Post positions have been procured for Yonkers Raceway’s stakes-stuffed Saturday night program, which features more than $1.5 million in purses for the five features, a $20,000 guaranteed all-stakes-race Pick 5 pool and a free t-shirt while supplies last.
First post for the baker’s-dozen buffet is 7:10 p.m.
Race 5 – $500,000 YONKERS TROT
1-Gural Hanover (Jim Morrill, Jr.)
2-Nuncio (John Campbell)
3-Expressive Action (Jason Bartlett)
4-Datsyuk (Charlie Norris)
5-Resolve (Tim Tetrick)
6-King City (George Brennan)
7-Journey (Dan Dube)
8-Don Dorado (Tetrick also listed)
Race 6 – $500,000 MESSENGER STAKES
1-Stevensville (Mark MacDonald)
2-National Debt (Bartlett)
3-Lyonssomewhere (Brett Miller)
4-Mcwicked (Dave Miller)
5-Luck Be Withyou (Tetrick)
6-All Bets Off (Matt Kakaley)
7-Western Conquest (Brent Holland)
8-Forty Five Red (Brennan)
Race 7 – $150,874 HUDSON FILLY TROT
1-Highest Peak (Ake Svanstedt)
2-Market Rally (Morrill, Jr.)
3-Mistresswithmuscle (Driver TBA)
4-Avalacious (MacDonald)
5-Bambino Supreme (Brennan)
6-Yoga (Brett Miller)
Race 8 – $124,590 LADY MAUD
1-Do Your Job (Eric Carlson)
2-Act Now (Brennan)
3-Scandalicious (Dube)
4-Anagada (Campbell)
5-Fancy Desire (Brennan also listed)
6-Tyra (Tetrick)
7-Beautiful Lady (Kakaley)
8-A La Notte Hanover (Kakaley also listed)
Race 9 – $250,000 INTERNATIONAL TROT PREVIEW (1¼ miles)
1-Commander Crowe (Orjan Kihlstrom)
2-Bee A Magician (Dave Miller)
3-Archangel (Kakaley)
4-Obrigado (Bartlett)
5-Arch Madness (Trond Smedshammer)
6-Sebastian K (Ake Svanstedt)
7-Natural Herbie (Verlin Yoder)
8-Not Afraid (Brett Miller)
Program changes are to be made Wednesday morning. Please be advised that program pages Saturday’s Pick 5 (50-cent base) shall be available for perusal no later than Wednesday afternoon at www.yonkersraceway.com.
As always, the guaranteed pool is a joint venture of the Raceway, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York and the US Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program.
(Horses pictured above, clockwise from top left: Nuncio, Luck Be Withyou, Commander Crowe, Sebastian K)
(Yonkers Raceway)