MEET STATS: 190 - 864 / $1,498.30 (-$239.70)
BEST BETS: 43 - 87 / $183.36 (+$9.36)
SPOT PLAYS: 7 - 87 / $80.68 (-$93.32)
BEST BET - ETERIA IT (3rd)
SPOT PLAY - PEMBROKE REGAL (9th)
Race 1 - NAADA Fall Series Leg #8 Trot
(6) PAPA DOC has been facing the best competition out of anybody in this race lately and won the last time he was in an amateur race at Yonkers back on August 7. (2) CREATIN' HAVOC comes in from Pocono with a second and a third in his last two outings and partners with one of the top amateur drivers in Yogi Sheridan. (3) MAMY WATA shows a trio of on-the-board results in amateur contests at Pocono since September 6.
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Race 2 - 40000CLM Trot
(4) KINDA LUCKY LINDY gained ground in a dead-heat for third last Thursday. That was his first pari-mutuel outing since mid-August and he switches pilots to Tyler Buter here. (3) CHIPPER DALE got parked and tired a week ago but just missed prior to that, won twice against $40,000 claiming company back in September and gets post relief here. (5) CANTSTOP YANKEE hasn't won in a while but has hit the board in five of his last seven appearances in this class.
Race 3 - F&M Invitational Trot
(3) ETERIA IT scored the last time she was in the F&M Invitational on September 25 and gets some post relief off her third against NW30000L5 foes on October 9. (1) HOT FLASH KIMMY starts from the pole and was just a neck behind ETERIA IT when they met in the F&M Invitational on 9-25. She's picked up checks in two tries against NW30000L5's since then. (4) LEGACY AFFAIR comes to Yonkers off a victory at Northfield and is a newcomer to the Ron Burke stable. I'll toss her in underneath.
Race 4 - NW21001L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5 / NW10 PM Races LT / 60000CLM Trot
(1) ESCAPER closed well again last week in this class to finish third and starts from the pole tonight after a pair of outside draws. (4) AQUARIUS FACE S double-drops out of the Invitational and hails from the stable of leading trainer Per Engblom. (3) UNEVERGONNAGETHIS steps up from the NW15000L5 level but does so off a victory and was fourth both times he faced NW20000L5's prior to that.
Race 5 - NAADA Fall Series Leg #8 Trot
(5) THE LAST CHAPTER exits the Open over at Monticello and won handily in this series back on September 11. (3) MUSKINGUM just missed last Thursday after he took the lead before three-quarters and also performed well in a runner-up result over at the Meadowlands prior to that. (1) EYES OF JUSTICE starts from post one and comes south from Woodbine Mohawk Park with a win and a second among his last four tries.
Race 6 - F&M 20000CLM Pace
(3) I LOVED HER FIRST overcame bad posts to hit the board in her last two tries in this class and moves inside to the three-hole tonight. (6) DW'S DARLENE led a long way before she just missed at this level a week ago and shows a victory against tougher $25,000 claimers back on August 19. (5) EBONY LADY went down the road to tally last Wednesday and also went to the winner's circle on 10-1.
Race 7 - 15000CLM Pace
(3) MOTIVE HANOVER enters with two good performances since he returned to action off the qualifier and moves in from the six-hole to post three. (4) CHECKONWILLIAM GB has back-to-back victories against $15,000 claiming company and has hit the board in six of his last seven efforts overall. (2) SOUTH POINT gets significant post relief after he had the eight-hole last week and won against $15,000 claimers earlier this month.
Race 8 - Invitational Trot
(2) CHAPERCRAZ landed an inside post as he drops out of stakes company and he's had success at Yonkers before. (4) DRIBBLING BI has a third and a second in his last two tries in the Invitational and I think might be facing a slightly softer group here. (3) ASTEROID was third in the same edition of the Invitational that DRIBBLING BI exits from last Thursday.
Race 9 - 40000CLM Trot
(7) PEMBROKE REGAL departs from a bad post but we've seen his sharp early speed off the gate, and I'm going to hope they go back to that here after he was positioned off-the-pace in his last try. (3) WILLY WALTON saw his win streak end a couple of weeks ago when he was third but he's hit the board in six straight efforts and debuts for new connections off a claim. (4) WARRIOR ONE owns a win and two thirds in at this level this month. Colin Kelly picks up the drive tonight with Jason Bartlett not here.
Race 10 - NW30000L5 / NW12 PM Races LT / 75000CLM Trot
(1) ULTION FACE S makes his Yonkers debut here with a much better post than he's had in his last two tries at Woodbine Mohawk Park and Harrah's Philadelphia. He rallied from eighth to third last Thursday, and that was his first start in over a month. (3) TAKE ALL COMERS was fourth after he cut the fractions in the Invitational last week and drops a notch tonight. (2) KEG STAND hikes up from the NW20000L5 class but does so off a rallying win. Colin Kelly took over the assignment in that victory and stuck with him tonight.
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Race 11 - 3-6YO 20000CLM Pace
(1) CAPTAIN T HANOVER turned in another good effort when he finished a close third from first-up last Thursday and starts from the pole position. (2) I'M THE PRINCE comes in with back-to-back second-place efforts since he dropped to this level. He debuts for new connections here off a claim and gets some post relief. (4) MINOTAUR didn't get involved a week ago but slides in a couple of notches on the gate and did post a couple of thirds in this class on 9-25 and 10-2.
Race 12 - 15000CLM Pace
(3) MUSCLE BART A hasn't been outside the top three since trainer Scott Di Domenico took over last month and he moves in to post three off back-to-back eight-hole starts. (1) KILOWATT KID N came up just short after he cut the fractions a week ago and won prior to that. He slides in on the gate to the pole position here. (4) ON THE VIRG rebounded after he broke on October 9 with a third last Wednesday. Buter has the drive tonight with Bartlett not here.