Yonkers: Analysis for Saturday 5/20

MEET STATS: 85 - 325 / $605.60 (-$44.40)
BEST BETS: 10 - 32 / $34.30 (-$29.70)
SPOT PLAYS: 6 - 32 / $51.90 (-$12.10)
BEST BET - HURRIKANE LADY LOU (9th)
SPOT PLAY - DROP THE MIC (1st)

Race 1 - NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Trot

(1) DROP THE MIC makes his fourth start back after a layoff here and performed well in two of his three attempts at Pocono. The connections might be keen to strike with this horse while he's on the track given his limited starts the last couple of seasons. (4) HAT TRICK MARLEAU returns to Yonkers after one attempt at the Meadowlands where he closed with trot to finish fourth. (2) ETHAN T HANOVER gets post relief in this spot after grabbing a fourth-place result at this level last Saturday.

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Race 2 - F&M NW7 PM Races/75000LT / F&M NW4 PM Races/50000LT Drawn Inside Pace

(3) SOMESWEETSOMEWHERE rallied to get second in a NW8 test a couple of weeks back and gets another opportunity to partner with Jason Bartlett tonight. (4) HUNTRESS hasn't been out of the top two in her efforts thus far in 2023 but five of the six results are seconds. That's where I'll slot her again. (1) ON THE MONEY GB moves up in class tonight but won in easy fashion last Saturday and has hit the board against NW4's both here and Pocono.

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Race 3 - F&M NW2/26021LT Pace

(1) SHOWMEMAGIC picked up a fourth in a New Jersey Sire Stakes split last Saturday and shows a victory in the NW2 class at The Meadows back on April 12. She squeezed into this race by a dollar under the expanded lifetime earnings cap. (5) DINNER AND DANCING held sway on the front-end to win a NW2 tilt at Yonkers on 4-26 and hasn't missed the board in four tries overall in 2023. (2) PEMBROKE SOUTHIE has been able to follow along and complete the trifecta in her last two attempts both here and over at Pocono. She keeps Bartlett, and I'll include.

Race 4 - NW10621L5/Winners in the Last Start of Base Class NW7500L5 Trot

(3) JULA MUSCLE PACK exits tougher spots at Yonkers and Harrah's Philadelphia and gets a driver change to Bartlett for the high-percentage Per Engblom barn. (1) IM THE MUSCLE rolled to a facile victory last Saturday and moves up in class tonight. He did just miss by a nose at this level on April 19. (4) FULL RIGHTS probably needs a drop to be a win contender but hit the board two back and could add value underneath.

Race 5 - F&M NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5/15000CLM Pace

(1) GOT SEXY SCARS prevailed in a similar spot to this one at Harrah's Philadelphia on May 5 and finished up her mile at the Meadowlands in 26 and change most recently. (5) PAIGE'S GIRL did the first-over work and won over bottom level foes last Saturday. She shows a second against $50,000 claimers at Yonkers in March, so this probably isn't out of her comfort zone. (7) DANCE CLUB tallied in the corresponding class to this one at Harrah's Philadelphia in early April and trainer Gil Garcia-Herrera has been pretty hot lately.

Race 6 - F&M NW4/50000LT Pace

(2) HIGH FASHION STAR owns a pair of wins in this class at Yonkers already and gets reunited with Bartlett this time around. I'll put her on top. (5) COALFORDSNSHINE GB scored over NW4's at Yonkers on April 12 and was second to my top selection when they met a couple of weeks ago. (4) FROMAKINGTOAQUEEN was third in that common race with HIGH FASHION STAR and COALFORDSNSHINE GB on 5-6. She makes her second local appearance for trainer Tom Shay and recently added Lasix.

Race 7 - NW12641L5/Winners in the Last Start of Base Class NW7500L5 Pace

(3) ROCK DIAMONDS N is riding a four-race win streak if you include that "no contest" on 4-25 and hooks up with another beatable group here. (4) SAMHARA N invades from Pocono off a victory, which was his first since being imported to the U.S. Those last two final quarters he's produced catch the eye. (5) BUCHANNON HANOVER turned in a quality effort on May 9, finishing second a in a NW6 test. He has just one win this year, but that did come at Yonkers.

Race 8 - NW8145L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Trot

(4) BARRY BLACK received conservative handling last Saturday and couldn't get involved but gets to drop again tonight and gets some post relief to go with it. I'll give him another swing. (3) GEMOLOGIST finished third against NW20000L5's as recently as April 20 and gets a driver change to Bartlett here. He also doesn't have to start from the eight-hole like he did two weeks ago. (1) MEMO squeezed into this contest by a dollar as he has $8,144 earned in his last five starts. He scored his last win at this level at Harrah's Philadelphia on 4-2.

Race 9 - 2-4YO F&M NW1/15291LT Pace

(7) HURRIKANE LADY LOU starts from a poor post but finished third as the favorite against NW2's here on 4-26 and then gave stakes company a try at Pocono. (3) MORE PLEASE invades from Pocono on a streak of four straight races where she's hit the board. (2) FINAL STING lands an inside post here in her third outing of the season and just missed two back at Freehold.

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Race 10 - NW5000L5/12500CLM Trot

(2) DRACO S finds a bottom level race here for his U.S. debut and was victorious in his second qualifier down at Harrah's Philadelphia. (5) BIZET woke up on the drop to this class last Saturday and is back on a regular racing schedule tonight. (1) BY A HOFF HANOVER was third a week ago in the same race that BIZET was the runner-up in and loses Bartlett to my top choice.

Race 11 - F&M NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(4) MISS QUALITY wound up not racing last Saturday as she was late for Lasix but tallied twice in-a-row at Monticello before that, something that stands out against this group that's struggled to the find the winner's circle. (1) BROOKDALE JESSIE hasn't produced a victory in quite a while but did hit the board three and four back when she drew a good post like she has tonight. (2) THUNDRA came up just a neck short of winning when she had a clean trip on 4-13 and gets reunited with Matt Kakaley.