Yeudiel continues to dial it in at Mountaineer

Following his final race of 2021 on Dec. 8, Yeudiel didn’t make his return to the track for more than six months, until June 6. After his victory at Mountaineer Casino & Resort last night, the 5-year-old Gone Astray gelding has racked up a record of 3-1-2-1 in seven starts in 2022.

Luciano Hernandez was in the saddle for last night’s score, which came in the gelding’s 29th career start in which he’s 5-9-7 with earnings of $50,792.

Yeudiel broke alertly in the one-mile race, went three wide around the first turn and raced third down the backstretch. Hernandez sent him after the leaders coming to the turn and Yeudiel put away three challengers and out-gamed them to the wire, winning by three-quarters of a length in 1:41.98. He paid $5.60 and collected a check for $4,930.