YONKERS,
NY, Tuesday, June 25, 2013--There are horse trailers, there are trailing
horses...and, in the case of Yonkers Raceway Friday night, there are going to
be horse trailers with trailing horses.
That's because the opening round of Yonkers' debuting "Jackpot Next
Door" Claiming Series has produced overloaded fields.
The five-Friday series, for $20,000 claiming pacers of both sexes, has proven
quite popular. So much so that seven of the evening's baker's dozen races are
"Jackpot Next Door" events, and all but one of those events have
second-tier starters. All races during all four prelim rounds carry a $20,000
purse.
Ladies first (races 1 and 4), with the second of those two a nine-horse affair.
The lads do battle in races 5,6,10,11 and 12, featuring 9,9,10,10 and 10
entrants, respectively.
A horse may be claimed only during his/her first two series starts, with a 50
percent premium added to a second-start claim (in addition to standard
allowances for age and gender). The finals, worth $76,000 (boys)
and $59,900 (girls), and their requisite consolations, are scheduled for
Friday, July 26th.
The Raceway's five-night-per-week live schedule continues, with first
post every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:10 PM. Evening
simulcasting accompanies all live programs, with afternoon simulcasting
available around the NYRA schedule.
