Yonkers: Analysis for Saturday 6/7

MEET STATS: 97 - 412 / $698.40 (-$125.60)
BEST BETS: 25 - 40 / $106.90 (+$26.90)
SPOT PLAYS: 3 - 40 / $32.10 (-$47.90)
BEST BET - BEAT BOBBY BAYOU (8th)
SPOT PLAY - HOPNROLL HEAVEN (4th)

Race 1 - 15000CLM Pace

(2) REASSURANCE finished fifth from an outside post last week in this class and now moves inside on the gate and gets another shot with the hot-driving Tyler Buter. (3) YOUR BROTHER owns a win against $15,000 claimers back on 4-23 and gained spots and ground in a third-place effort a week ago. (1) TIN ROOF RAIDER A is a horse I've used several times lately but he has just one on-the-board result for this stable. He does start from the pole tonight and was George Brennan's choice.

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Race 2 - 20000CLM Pace

(5) KARLOO BRADLEY N owns a win and a third in two attempts in this class and was claimed out of his race last Saturday by a stable that often does well with first-timers. (6) LYONS BENJAMIN has hit the board in five straight tries and rallied to defeat $20,000 claimers a week ago. He also debuts for new connections off a claim here. (7) CLEVELAND B MIKI was second to LYONS BENJAMIN when they met last week and also has a new owner/trainer here after he was claimed out of that tilt.

Race 3 - 15000CLM Pace

(2) JUST PLAIN LOCO hasn't shown much in two starts off the qualifier but drops, moves inside and gets a driver switch to Buter. I'll give him a shot and hope he's live. (5) HEAVE AWAY was second in a $15,000 claimer a week ago after he had to go three-wide before three-quarters. Mark MacDonald takes over the driving tonight. (1) ROCK THIS WAY tallied two back at this level and slides in on the gate from the seven-hole to the pole position.

Race 4 - 20000CLM Pace

(5) HOPNROLL HEAVEN drops out of the $30,000 claimers here and also gets some post relief to go with it. He won two straight at Monticello back in April but has been in tougher spots or had poor draws since then. (2) REAL PEACE is on a good run of form with on-the-board finishes in six of his last seven appearances and makes his second start for trainer Ron Burke. (4) SAILBOAT HANOVER was third when he hiked up to this class last Saturday and had a couple of victories against $15,000 claiming company prior to that.

Race 5 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT / NW2 PM Races or 30000LT Draw Inside / Maidens Assigned the Rail Pace

(5) ALBRIGHT performed well in the Weiss Series prelims at Pocono, then had post eight in the final, then wound up in a race that went in 1:49 and change after that. I'll hope this spot is more to her liking and give her top call. (3) BETTOR'S TICKET rallied to defeat NW2's at Yonkers in her last try a couple of weeks ago and switches drivers to Jim Marohn Jr. tonight. (4) PONDA SUPERB just missed from first-over in her Yonkers debut last Saturday and could definitely be sharper in this event.

Race 6 - Winners of 5 but not more than 7 PM Races or 90000LT Trot

(1) UP YOUR DEO plummets out of the top class over at the Meadowlands where he made his 2025 debut on 5-23 and just looks too fast for the others in here. (3) DRAW THE LINE owns a third and a win since she added Lasix and also prevailed in a similar class to this one at Pocono back on April 5. (7) THE THING IS starts from a poor post but has been sharp for a while outside of two poor efforts on the 23rd of April and the 10th of May that he seems to have gotten past now.

Race 7 - 15000CLM Pace

(7) TYMAL ENVOY doesn't have a win yet in 2025 and starts from a poor post but catches a wide-open group here in his first start in from Northfield. He also debuts for a stable that has shown time and again to do well with first-timers. (4) HELSINKI finished third in a $15,000 claiming event a week ago and has won at this level before at Yonkers. (6) HOOSIER CELEBRITY didn't make much of an impression as the favorite at the Meadowlands last Saturday but this could be a softer spot than that.

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Race 8 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot

(2) BEAT BOBBY BAYOU is three-for-three in this class since he came to the Cushings from Ohio and gets to take another crack at it here as he's still under the earnings cap. (3) JAKEY JUMPUP struggles to find the winner's circle but has hit the board in three straight and rallied to finish just a head behind my top pick a week ago. (1) BIZZY BRENDA makes her second start of 2025 tonight and was third in a stakes event over at Pocono to begin her sophomore campaign.

Race 9 - 3-6YO 20000CLM Pace

(6) AVENGER FORCE gets reunited with Buter tonight, and when he last drove him on 5-20, he was a good second against tougher NW2 company. (8) SIP OF BOURBON starts from the outside but has a pair of wins and seconds in his last four trips behind the gate and overcame the eight-hole in one of those runner-up results on May 17. (4) CONTACT ZONE hasn't been able to get into the winner's circle yet in 2025 but closed from seventh to second in the final quarter of his race a week ago.