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Monday, October 9, 2017

‘INTERNATIONAL TROT DAY’ TO INCLUDES $10,000 GUARANTEED PICK 5 POOL

BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway

YONKERS, NY, Monday, October 9, 2017—Included in the wagering buffet for this Saturday’s (Oct. 14th) $3.3 million, all-stakes “International Trot  Day’ program, Yonkers Raceway—in conjunction with Standardbred Owners of New York and the U-S Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program—is offering a $10,000 guaranteed Pick 5 pool.

As usual, the sequence goes as races 7 through 11 (card is 11 races), with the order as such…

No.-Race                                                                                             Post time
            7-Dan Rooney Invitational Pace                                                         3:00
            8-Harry Harvey Invitational Trot                                                        3:30
            9-Yonkers International Trot @ Empire City Casino                         4:00
            10-NYSS Morrisville Coll. Equine Inst. 3YO Colt/Gelding Trot      4:30
            11-NYSS Allerage Farm 3YO Filly Trot                                            5:00

            Note races 8 and 9 offer 10 horses and the mile-and-a-quarter distance.

            “The guarantee is just another reason for fans to watch and wager as we present the richest program ever in the history of New York harness racing,” Raceway COO Bob Galterio said.

There is also a special ‘New York, New York Pick 4’ involving Yonkers’ 8th and 9th races along with a pair of Belmont Park stakes (8th race, $150,000 Futurity [post time 4:46 PM] and 9th race, $200,000 Pebbles [post time 5:19 PM]).
   
            A reminder of Yonkers’ special 1 PM first post, with the first six races (prior to the Pick 5) all $225,000 finals of New York Sire Stakes events.