2026 MEET STATS: 50 - 165 / $344.88 (+$14.88)
BEST BETS: 12 - 17 / $42.12 (+$8.12)
SPOT PLAYS: 4 - 17 / $41.98 (+$7.98)
BEST BET - LYRICAL GENIUS A (3rd)
SPOT PLAY - I LOVED HER FIRST (4th)
Race 1 - F&M 20000CLM Pace
(1) FIGHTING EVIL finished second against tougher $25,000 claimers the last time she had an inside post on 2-10 and slides in to the pole position tonight off back-to-back starts from post seven. (2) IDEAL SKIES drops a notch after a difficult trip last Tuesday and shows a second against $30,000 claiming company as recently as January 27. (4) PINK RUBY doesn't have a great win record over the last two years but has hit the board in five of her last seven starts.
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Race 2 - 25000CLM Pace
I'm going to give (2) HEAVEN ON HIGH N another chance here as he couldn't rally after getting shuffled last week. He makes his third start back off the shelf tonight and switches pilots to leading driver Jason Bartlett. (4) MAXIMUS RED A drops out of the $30,000 claimers and also gets post relief to go with it. (6) BLACK HAWK JOE A missed a scheduled start last week due to sickness but is on a run of six consecutive finishes in the exacta.
Race 3 - 30000CLM Pace
(6) LYRICAL GENIUS A steps up here but dominated $25,000 claiming company on 3-4 and is a second-timer for a high-percentage stable. He was also Bartlett's choice over three others. (3) ITALIAN LAD N shows a victory against tougher $40,000 claimers on 2-2 and makes his second start for a stable that's started to heat up locally in recent weeks. (1) ALTA CLASSIC A starts from the pole again and just missed by a head after he cut the fractions last Monday.
Race 4 - F&M 20000CLM Pace
(5) I LOVED HER FIRST has been the victim of either bad posts or bad trips for several weeks but landed a mid-pack starting spot here and gets Bartlett for the same high-percentage stable he drives for in Race 3. (2) STAY HAPPY was second to a well-meant winner when she returned to this class a week ago and drew inside again tonight. (4) SHANGRI LA HANOVER shows a victory at this level on the 17th of February and was third as the favorite last Tuesday.
Race 5 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 70436LT Pace
(2) PLEASE BE YOU rallied impressively to win in her 2026 debut last Wednesday, and I will look for her to build on that in this contest. (1) NILA MAREE N gets reunited with Bartlett and raced well in a second-place finish to a well-meant rival a week ago. (4) SEND IT DOWN SLIM was third in the same event that NILA MAREE N exits and makes her third start back off the bench tonight.
Race 6 - Winners of 5 but not more than 8 PM Races or 90000LT / Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Draw Inside Trot
(8) EXQUISITE TASTE owns multiple victories in this class, and I'm going to bank on her being put in play somehow from the outside as I think she's the best horse in here and the price should be right. (6) MANFORCE looked like he was going to win last week before he made a break in the stretch. He had a couple of rallying runner-up efforts prior to that and Dan Dube takes over the driving. (3) KAYS IN CHARGE has a couple of seconds to EXQUISITE TASTE back in February as has the leading driver/trainer tandem in her corner.
Race 7 - F&M NW2/40826LT / NW1 PM Race Draw Inside Pace
(2) OBSESSED WITH LOU is a second-timer for a high-percentage stable and gets both post relief and a driver change to Bartlett. (4) ALWAYSBPUFFING IR tired after she got parked out last Wednesday but was in good form prior to that and slides in a couple of notches on the gate. (6) SHE STINGS finished out 2025 in sharp form and came back a winning qualifier for her 3-year-old debut tonight.
Race 8 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT / NW30000LT Draw Inside Trot
(2) STOVID races on Lasix for the second time and catches a very wide-open group tonight. She did prevail earlier this year at Woodbine Mohawk Park and starts from an inside post again. (3) HIPPIE SHAKE comes in with back-to-back on-the-board results and has had success at Yonkers in the past. (6) BEERSNSUNSHINE DEO has hit the board in four of her last six outings and gets a chance to partner with Brett Beckwith this time.
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Race 9 - 15000CLM Pace
(6) STARE ME DOWN should be facing softer foes here than he did in his last outing against NW4 types at Pocono and does show thirds against both age-restricted and open $20,000 claimers at Yonkers earlier this year. Beckwith takes over the driving on this one as well. (4) MOVIN' ON UP drops out of the $20,000 claiming class and has hit the board in five of his last seven outings. (1) DELIGHTFUL TERROR moves inside on the gate to the pole position and gets a chance to partner with Bartlett.
Race 10 - 20000CLM Pace
(8) HURRIKANEKINGJAMES will have to overcome the outside but is a first-timer for a high-percentage stable off the claim and Colin Kelly has won with this horse before. (5) STATESIDELCKDWN GB prevailed at this level on 2-18 and drops after he was third against $25,000 claiming company most recently. (2) SETH HANOVER turned in another good effort on the front-end on March 4 in his second-place effort and is a first-timer for this group after being claimed out of that performance.