Long layoff doesn’t hurt Yvonne’s Miss – she pays $2.60

After finishing second in her career debut last May in a race over the all-weather track at Golden Gate Fields, Yvonne’s Miss spent the next 10 months on the shelf, making her return at Lone Star Park with a new trainer in a race at 5 1/2 furlongs over the main track.

The layoff didn’t deter the betting faithful, and the 3-year-old California-bred daughter of Bucchero went off at odds of 3/10 in her first race back with Stewart Elliott. She had seven works listed, all over the all-weather track at Turfway, the best of which was the latest, a five-furlong trial in 1:00.60.

Yvonne’s Miss broke in the air and was off fourth and last in the short field, but the veteran Elliott sent her up on the outside on the turn and she proved to be a ton the best, drawing off late by 2 /4 lengths. She paid $2.60, collected a check for $9,600, and gave red-hot Bucchero his 12th winner of 2023.