BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers
Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, January 2,
2018—Yonkers Raceway begins its 238-program, 2018 live season this Sunday (Jan.
7th), with a dozen-race matinee and a first post of 11:30 AM.
Races 2 ($50,000 Open Handicap, post time
12:15 PM) through 8 (post time 3:15 PM) go as overflow-field, added-distance
‘French’ trots. Final race post time is 4:35 PM.
Note that the sequence for Sunday’s ‘New
York, New York Double,’ featuring one race from Aqueduct and one race from
Yonkers, has not been finalized.
Yonkers’ January schedule includes all
Sundays (remaining post times TBA), along with Monday, Tuesday, Friday and
Saturday evenings (post time 7:10 PM). Again, all dates are pending approval of
the New York State Gaming Commission.
