BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Thursday, October 12,
2017—This Saturday afternoon (Oct. 14th), while there’s a New York
State harness-record $3.3 million of Yonkers Raceway purses up for grabs,
there’s also a fair chunk of change to be had by some wily handicappers.
A pair of intriguing multi-race gimmicks
figure to garner the bulk of the attention.
Up first—chronologically—is a $10,000
guaranteed Pick 5 pool (50-cent minimum wager), comprising the last five races
during the 11-race, all-stakes card. We’re talking a pair of $250,000
Invitationals, the $1 million Yonkers International Trot @ Empire City Casino
and the final two of eight, $225,000 New York Sire Stakes events.
The guarantee is a combined effort of the
Raceway, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York and the U-S Trotting
Association’s Strategic Wagering Program.
Not to be outdone, the New York Racing
Association has become a part of the afternoon, with two of its stakes races
serving as the back end of the special ’New York, New York Pick 4’ wager. The
quartet of races are Yonkers’ 8th ($250,000 Harry Harvey
Invitational Trot) and 9th (million-dollar International Trot), then
Belmont’s 8th ($150,000 Futurity) and 9th ($200,000
Pebbles). Post time for the four races are 3:30 PM, 4 PM, 4:46 PM and 5:19 PM,
respectively.
This bet is hosted by NYRA and also has a
50-cent minimum, with program pages available in both track’s live programs as
well as off-track simulcast books. The wager is also available through Empire
City Bets, NYRA Bets and other ADW portals.
Advance wagering for Yonkers’ stakes card
is available Friday (Oct. 13th).
Please be aware of these other Saturday changes to the Raceway’s usual wagering
format…
--Add 6th and 9th race superfectas
--Add Pick 3 beginning with 9th race
--Remove Pick 3 beginning with 8th race to accommodate start of ‘New
York, New York Pick 4’
--Late Daily
Double races 10 and 11, both also with superfectas.
A reminder
that Saturday’s first post is 1 PM, five minutes after Belmont’s opener.
(Pick 5 and Pick 4 program pages accompany this release)
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