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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

YONKERS RETURNS MONDAY NIGHT WITH A DEFT DOZEN


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

YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, January 2, 2019—Yonkers Raceway’s 2019 racing season begins this Monday night (Jan. 7th), with a dozen races at the usual first post of 6:50 PM.

The Raceway’s 234-program docket offers a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday schedule (nearly exclusively at 6:50 PM).  As always, all dates are pending approval of the New York State Gaming Commission.

A reminder that the next two days have morning draws…
--Thursday, Jan. 3rd (draw for Tuesday, Jan. 8th)--
--Friday, Jan. 4th (draw for the Thursday, Jan. 10th)--.

The entry box closes each day at 9 AM. The usual afternoon box closing/draw schedule returns Monday (Jan. 7th), with a double draw for Friday and Saturday (Jan. 11th and 12th).


For more information, please contact the race office at (914) 457-2627.