2026 MEET STATS: 55 - 185 / $365.24 (-$4.76)
BEST BETS: 14 - 19 / $48.54 (+$10.54)
SPOT PLAYS: 5 - 19 / $48.82 (+$10.82)
BEST BET - RASPALIA N (3rd)
SPOT PLAY - HURRIKANEKINGJAMES (5th)
Race 1 - F&M 20000CLM Pace
(2) MALUKA MISS N drops out of the $25,000 claimers, moves in on the gate off two outside draws and gets a driver switch to Joe Bongiorno. (4) PINK RUBY delivered in this class last Wednesday and has been first or second in five of her last seven outings overall. (3) IDEAL SKIES finished in the runner-up spot behind PINK RUBY a week ago and her lone victory thus far in 2026 came in the corresponding class to this one at the Meadowlands on January 9.
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Race 2 - 30000CLM Pace
(1) THEFLYINGROCK comes in off a dull effort, but he was very sharp prior to that and drops out of the $40,000 claiming class. (4) OVERTHINKING finished ahead of my top selection when they met last Monday and has the leading driver/trainer combo in his corner. (2) WALKINSHAW N shows a victory at this level back on the 2nd of March and moves in a couple of slots on the gate this time.
Race 3 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Pace
(2) RASPALIA N remained undefeated in the U.S. when she won at this level two weeks ago, and I'll look for her to keep it going tonight. (3) PLEASE BE YOU has a victory and a second thus far in her 4-year-old campaign and should offer a better price than my top selection if she can knock her off. (4) ALWAYSBPUFFING IR should have picked up some confidence with a triumph over NW2 company a week ago, and she was the runner-up in this class on the 4th of March.
Race 4 - F&M NW2/30000LT Pace
(5) SOUTHWIND RICOCHET makes her second start out of a high-percentage stable and was very sharp against NW2 foes up at Saratoga last month. (4) PAPI'S DREAM has burned some money in her last two tries when she couldn't win as the favorite, but competes for hot connections and catches a pretty wide-open group in her Yonkers debut. (2) MARTINI STAR gained spots and ground in a third-place finish at this level last Wednesday and gets to team up with driver Jordan Stratton again.
Race 5 - 20000CLM Pace
(5) HURRIKANEKINGJAMES had pace in traffic from the back of the pack last Wednesday and slides in from post eight to the five-hole this time. (2) SHAKE IT has hit the board in six of his last seven appearances and debuts for new connections after being claimed again a couple weeks ago. (3) DISMAS broke before the start last Monday and lost all chance. He drops out of the age-restricted $30,000 claimers here and gets to team up with Bartlett again for the leading trainer.
Race 6 - Winners of 5 but not more than 8 PM Races or 90000LT Trot
(1) EXQUISITE TASTE should get back into contention tonight as she starts from the pole rather than a bad post and she was the best horse in this class not all that long ago. (5) KARINCHAK added Lasix and went down the road to tally at this level last Wednesday and had a very solid 3-year-old campaign in 2025, banking over $231,000. (3) TOP GUN HANOVER got pretty lucky to score on the 11th of March when a horse who was going by him broke. That said, he's been in raging form since early December and gets reunited with Bartlett.
Race 7 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot
(2) MARIN COUNTY wound up with a poor trip and then broke in traffic two weeks ago. Given he was favored in that race, I think good things were expected had things worked out better, and I'll go back to him here. (4) WALKWHILEYOURTALKN has finished second in two of his three outings thus far in 2026, including in his most recent try on 3-11. (6) WON'T LET'EM scored from first-over at this level last Wednesday and gets Bartlett in the bike again for a high-percentage stable.
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Race 8 - 15000CLM Pace
(5) ANTS MARCHING gets to drop a notch off a fourth against $20,000 claimers last Wednesday and Yannick Gingras takes over the driving. (1) MOVIN' ON UP just missed after he cut the fractions a week ago and moves in from the four-hole to the pole position. (4) DEETZY has hit the board in three straight outings, including a victory over MOVIN' ON UP last Wednesday.
Race 9 - 25000CLM Pace
(5) TRENDY TEEN picked up a couple of checks over at Pocono to start his 2026 campaign and was facing way tougher optional $60,000 claiming company when last seen at Yonkers in December. (2) ITALIAN LAD N drops out of the $30,000 claimers and Joe Bongiorno takes back over the driving for his stable that's been hot at the Meadowlands and now at Yonkers as well. (1) JO PA'S WARRIOR starts from the pole again off a third at this level last Wednesday.