BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Thursday, March 12,
2015—Yonkers Raceway has announced the list of eligibles for its “big boy” and
“big girl” pacing series, the 2015 edition of the George Morton Levy Memorial
and Blue Chip Matchmaker.
Connections of 62 of the best Free For
Allers in training—39 Levy and 23 Matchmaker—have paid to play as both series
get underway next weekend (Matchmaker Friday, March 20 and GM Levy Saturday,
March 21). As is traditionally the case, any number of career seven-figure
performers shall be invading Westchester for these events.
Leading the list for the Levy is, of
course, Foiled Again. Harness racing’s richest-ever horse, with career cash
approaching $7 million, is to begin his 11-year-old campaign in this series. He
won the Levy consecutively in 2008-09.
Defending series champ P H Supercam is
also among the eligibles, along with the likes of Apprentice Hanover, Big Boy
Dreams, Clear Vision, Dancin’ Yankee, Lucan Hanover and Warrawee Needy.
Somwherovrarainbow, who won the
Matchmaker a season ago, is among the leading lasses this season. Anndrovette,
a four-time consecutive (once in a dead-heat) older female pacer of the year,
is also Matchmaker-bound, along with Carolsideal, Sayitall BB and
Yagonnakissmeornot.
Both the Levy ($50,000 per race) and
Matchmaker ($40,000 per event) offer five preliminary legs, with finals
(and consolations) scheduled for Saturday, Apr. 25.
A list of eligibles for both series may be found on the Yonkers Raceway website.
Changing subjects, a friendly reminder
that tonight’s (Thursday, March 12) Pick 5 offers a carryover of $3,178.11
(50-cent base wager, races 7 through 11).
