BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers
Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, June 3, 2019—After
its annual R&R, Yonkers Raceway returns this weekend.
A pair of 10-race cards were drawn for
Friday and Saturday evenings (June 7th and 8th), with
first post the usual 6:50 PM. Twin $44,000 Open Handicaps, for trotters (6th
race) and pacers (8th race), highlight the Saturday program
A couple of
reminders…
--there are
morning draws for the cards of Monday, June 10th (box closes
Tuesday, June 4th) and Tuesday, June 11th (box closes
Thursday, June 6th), before the regular late afternoon draw schedule
returns Friday, June 7th (card of Thursday, June 13th).
The morning box
closes promptly at 9 AM.
--when racing
resumes, there’s a Pick 5 guarantee going into effect. As part of the U.S.
Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program and with the approval of the
New York State Gaming Commission, a $10,000 guarantee is available every
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening, the first night being Monday, June 10th.
Should the
sequence go unhit, the current ‘instant guarantee’ remains leading to the next
racing program.
The Pick 5 is a
50-cent base wager comprising either races 6 through 10 (10-race card) or 7
through 11 (more than 10-race card). It has no consolation payoff, hence the
shot at an ‘instant guarantee”.
More information
shall be sent after the June 10th card is drawn.
