Yonkers Raceway's premier trotting event offers a total purse of $530,000,
beginning with a pair of $40,000 eliminations this Saturday night. The first
four finishers in each elim return for the $450,000 final, set for Saturday
night, July 27.
The eliminations go as races 4 and 6 on the 13-race card, divided as such with
"early" drivers...
First elim--1-Creampuff Macdaddy (Driver TBA), 2-Cantab Abs (Driver TBA),
3-Deweycolorintheline (Ray Schnittker), 4-Denver (Jeff Gregory), 5-Broadway
Prince,g (Eric Goodell), 6- Lauderdale,g (Mark MacDonald), 7-Kegler Hanover
(Driver TBA).
Second elim--1-Twisted Pretzel,g (Driver TBA). 2-Explosive Action (Jason
Bartlett), 3-Boffin (Charlie Norris), 4-Detour Hanover (Dan Dube), 5-Fico
(Bartlett also listed), 6-Dontyouforgetit (Jimmy Takter), 7-Celebrity Stimulus
(Tom Jackson), 8-Theraputic,g (Jeff Gregory).
Driver changes and morning-line odds shall be added Wednesday.
This
Saturday's soiree also includes the $111,250 final of Lawrence B. Sheppard (5th
race) for 2-year-old colts and geldings.
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 (note that Saratoga opens Friday).
