BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Monday, March 13, 2017—The
adults come out to play this weekend, featuring opening rounds of Yonkers
Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.
Friday night (March 17) finds three,
$40,000 Matchmaker melees (races 4,5 and 6), comprised of 24 of the best pacing
mares in training.
Saturday night (March 18) offers four,
$50,000 Levy groupings (races 5 through 8), including Bit of a Legend N. The
defending series champ drew post position No. 2 in the final division, with
Jordan Stratton driving for owner Harry von Knoblauch and trainer Peter
Tritton.
A total of 31 leading Free-For-Allers
declared their intentions for the first series go-round.
An early program proof of these races
accompanies this release.
Both series include five preliminary
rounds leading to their respective (Saturday, Apr. 22) finals
Reminder again that in advance of the late-winter blizzard, Yonkers has cancelled
live racing (and simulcasting) for Tuesday (March 14).
