BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, March 8, 2017—For
everything that’s happened during Yonkers Raceway’s storied century-plus
history, this Sunday afternoon (March 12) offers something never before seen in
Westchester.
Surmised by the author and confirmed (+/-
the acceptable margin of error) by track legends Bob (OUTP) Miecuna and stat
savant Fred Opper, Yonkers is presenting its first-ever all trot program.
Eleven races (first post 12:30 PM), eleven
trots, including seven (races 3 through 9) of the ‘French’ theme, featuring
overflow fields at the mile-and-one-quarter distance.
The card begins with the $50,000 Open, a
blind-draw get-together including Hemi Seelster (Jason Bartlett, post 7),
Springbank Sam N (Jordan Stratton, post 2) and lone lass Allerage Star (Andy
Miller, post 8), who finished 1-2-3 in last week’s handicapped event.
Sunday’s matinee card also features the
return of the ‘New York, New York Double,’ with the third race from Aqueduct (post time 2:20 PM) and the sixth from
Yonkers (post time 2:55 PM). Program pages for this wager shall be sent when
available.
Going
off-topic for a moment, everyone on this side of the river is deeply saddened to
learn of Sam McKee’s passing. He was as good and good-natured a
person as anyone would hope to meet.
