Yonkers: Monday 1/12 Analysis
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 1/12 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseJan 09, 2015
Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 1/12 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Greg Gangle's analysis of the Monday 1/12 card at Woodbine Harness.
General a Rod, among the leading members of the 3-year-old division here last winter, will launch his comeback going seven furlongs under optional-claiming conditions in Wednesday’s featured eighth race. General a Rod won the Gulfstream Park Derby, finished second, beaten a head by Wildcat Red, in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth, and was third in the Grade 1 Florida Derby last winter.
Charles Town Races is expected to begin broadcasting in high definition “within the next several weeks,” the track announced Friday, joining a slowly growing roster of tracks that have invested in a broadcast capability that is standard in all major sports.
Though traditionally a series of races restricted to Florida-breds, the late decision to open the Sunshine Millions to horses bred in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland has given many horsemen new options they originally had not considered when shipping locally for the winter.
Racing was canceled Friday at Aqueduct following the second race after two horses broke down and jockeys complained of blowing snow and some ice particles in the track.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Though she won sprinting in her only start, Bourbonstateofmind has the pedigree to suggest she’s better suited to running long.
DRF handicapper Brad Free provides a suggested pick three play in races 2-4 Saturday at Santa Anita.
The British all-weather circuit will expand on Sunday with the resumption of racing at Chemlsford City racecourse east of London, a facility formerly known as Great Leighs.
A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers has introduced a bill to the state legislature granting the Breeders’ Cup a tax break during the two-day event scheduled for Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland in Lexington this year.