BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, April 15, 2019—After five preliminary rounds, post positions have been
drawn for Yonkers Raceway’s finals of the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George
Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.
Both go this
Saturday night (Apr. 20th), worth $401,600 and $662,800,
respectively, by far 2019’s richest North American races to date.
Post time for the
12-race card is the usual 6:50 PM, with the co-features presented as race 9
(Matchmaker) and 11 (Levy).
The 11th
edition of the Matchmaker autodrew as such for the Free-For-All pacing mares…
1-Kaitlyn N (Matt
Kakaley), 2-Apple Bottom Jeans (Corey Callahan), 3-Feelin’ Red Hot (George
Brennan), 4-Don’t Think Twice A (Jason Bartlett), 5-Bettor Joy N (Dexter Dunn),
6-Shartin N (Tim Tetrick), 7-Ideal Lifestyle A (Driver TBA), 8-Seaswift Joy N
(Jim Marohn Jr.).
Shartin N is the
defending champ.
It’s the 32nd
Levy, a Free-For-All for the boys again honoring the memory of the Hall of Fame
Founder of Roosevelt Raceway.
The roster reads
as such…
1-Anythingforlove
A (Joe Bongiorno), 2-More the Better N (Scott Zeron), 3-JJ Flynn (Tetrick),
4-The Downtown Bus (Tetrick also listed), 5-Western Fame (Dan Dube), 6-Rodeo
Rock (Andrew McCarthy), 7-The Wall (Andy Miller), 8-Ideal Jimmy (Brent
Holland).
Dube goes for a
Levy hat trick, having won (with trainer Rene Allard) the last couple with the
now-retired Keystone Velocity.
