2026 MEET STATS: 27 - 79 / $207.26 (+$49.26)
BEST BETS: 6 - 8 / $20.30 (+$4.30)
SPOT PLAYS: 3 - 8 / $31.14 (+$15.14)
BEST BET-SHEZ THE REASON A (2nd)
SPOT PLAY-PETROL QUEEN (5th)
Race 1 - NW7621L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 / 15000CLM Trot
(3) MUSICAL RIDE was fifth in a NW10000L5 event a week ago to begin his 2026 campaign and now drops and moves inside on the gate here. (4) LOOKATMEGOAMIGO probably faces softer company here than he did on 2-11 and was a winner in a dead-heat prior to that. He also races out of one of the hottest stables at the track right now. (1) GO HAVE FUN takes a second shot at this level off a fourth-place effort last Friday and slides in from the eight-hole to post one.
Race 2 - F&M NW7500L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 / 15000CLM Pace
(2) SHEZ THE REASON A impressed in a handy win at the Meadowlands in her U.S. debut last Friday and I'll look for her to get the job done here also. (7) IM OFFNGONE N starts from the outside post but double-drops out of the NW15000L5 base class off a third-place result a week ago. (3) BONITAS BEST BET had to settle for fourth as the odds-on favorite last week but gets additional class relief tonight and kept Jason Bartlett over a Per Engblom trainee.
Race 3 - NW15251L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5 / NW9 PM Races LT / 30000CLM Trot
(1) LAFERRARIDMANCHE S is two-for-two in the U.S. thus far, and although she wasn't Bartlett's choice, I'll back her here. She is up in class tonight but offsets that by moving from post eight to the pole position. (3) ZENMEISTER S also improved to two wins from two starts in the U.S. with a victory at Yonkers on 2-11 and kept Bartlett for Engblom. (2) ENOLA finished second to a heavy favorite in a NW7500L5 event last Friday and starts from post two after she's had nothing but outside draws since back in early January.
Race 4 - F&M NW20000L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5 / NW10 PM Races LT / 60000CLM Pace
(2) FRONT PAGE STORY and (3) DRAGONS LUCKY LADY were seventh and sixth, respectively, in the same event last Friday. They both drop and move inside on the gate tonight, but I prefer FRONT PAGE STORY for the top spot as I think she might offer a bit better price and she won the last time she competed in this class. (4) SILK CLOUD A gets a second chance to face NW20000L5 compay tonight after she missed by just a nose as the favorite on 2-6.
Race 5 - F&M NW10000L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW7500L5 / NW6 PM Races LT / 20000CLM Pace
(6) PETROL QUEEN posted her last win in the corresponding class to this one at Harrah's Philadelphia on December 19, and she drops here after facing NW20000L5s and NW15000L5s since she came to Yonkers. She also gets a new driver in Tyler Buter. (2) AMBUSHED has closed well from impossible spots in her last two tries and now moves in on the gate. She was third and second against tougher as recently as late January. (3) VIBRANCE comes in off a third-place effort against $30,000 claiming foes on the 27th of January and gets a chance to partner with Bartlett.
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Race 6 - F&M NW16851L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5 / NW8 PM Races LT / 30000CLM Pace
(3) GLITTERING HOPE gets to slide down from the NW20000L5 class and was a winner the last time she raced against NW15000L5s on December 12. (2) STRUTSVILLE double-drops out of the NW30000L5 level off a second-place finish last Friday. (1) MACHS LEGACY A has been facing tougher $50,000 claimers lately and had a recent run of four straight on-the-board finishes. She moves in from the eight-hole to post one and races out of a high-percentage stable.
Race 7 - NW10000L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW7500L5 / NW6 PM Races LT / 20000CLM Trot
(4) AUSTRAL HANOVER came up just a nose shy of winning a NW15000L5 race last Friday and gets to drop in class tonight. (2) BUSY MAKING MONI should have picked up some confidence with a handy victory against NW7500L5 company a week ago and will look to build on that tonight. (3) CHAPHEART was third in his debut for Engblom on 2-6 and while he's moving up on the ladder, he offsets that by moving in from post eight to the three-hole. He also kept Bartlett's services over BUSY MAKING MONI.
Race 8 - F&M NW5000L5 / 12500CLM Pace
(7) MIGHTHAVTIME N has been facing off against tougher claiming company since she came east from Ohio and races out of a hot stable. I'll back her despite the bad post against what appears to be a wide-open field. (4) MAYBEMABEL shows a third against $25,000 claiming foes down at Dover on January 7 and debuts for Engblom tonight. (3) BRONX MIXER closed well to finish fourth last week in her first outing of 2026 and moves in from post seven to the three-hole here.
Race 9 - F&M Invitational Pace
(1) LLOYD'S LOVES owns two wins in two outings so far in 2026 and although she's up in class again, she out-drew the other logical-looking mares in here and she has won the Invitational at Yonkers before. (5) TICK A LOCH A has a second and a third since she moved up to the Invitational level and has shown the ability to perform well both from off-the-pace and closer to the front. (6) ELUSIVE A upset in the Invitational on January 30 and then backed that up with a solid second-place performance in a subsequent outing.
Race 10 - NW5911L5 / 12500CLM Trot
(5) KASHA V minded his manners with trotting hobbles added in the qualifier on 2-6, and this is a race he can win as long as he stays on-stride. (1) DOMOVOY has faced NW7500L5 company at Saratoga in his last two tries and now comes south to Yonkers to face a wide-open group from post one. (6) AIRMANS JACKPOT makes her third start of the year tonight and posted a third-place finish against NW5000L5 company a couple of weeks ago.