BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, March 3, 2019—Yonkers
Raceway’s 2019 stakes season begins Monday night (March 4th)—weather
permitting—with the opening round of the Petticoat Pacing Series.
The series, for 3- and 4-year-old young
ladies who are/were non-winners of four races and/or $40,000 through last Dec.
1st, offers four, $20,000, first-round events.
That’s the same set-up for the gentlemen’s
companion series, the Sagamore Hill, which gets underway Tuesday night (March 5th).
Both the Petticoat and Sagamore Hill offer
three prelim legs leading to $50,000-added finals March 25th (girls)
and 26th (boys), respectively.
Eligibles have been announced for Yonkers’
premier older pacing soirees, the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy
Memorial.
The Matchmaker attracted 43 of the sport’s
preeminent mares, while the Levy numbered 55 male Free-For-Allers (see
accompanying lists). Those rich events begin their respective six-week
runs Friday and Saturday evenings, March 15th (Matchmaker) and 16th
(Levy).
