Yonkers: Analysis for Saturday 9/17

MEET STATS: 193 - 717 / $1,111.20 (-$322.80)
BEST BETS: 45 - 74 / $155.90 (+$7.90)
SPOT PLAYS: 9 - 73 / $77.30 (-$68.70)
BEST BET - ROCK OF CASHEL (8th)
SPOT PLAY - WINDSONG JACK (7th)

Race 1 - 15000CLM Pace

(7) FARMER'S TAN owns four straight on-the-board finishes and slides down from the $20,000 claiming level. I'm going to hope he gets overlooked a bit from this outside draw and put him on top. (2) TITANIUM N looms as the one to beat again as he has another inside post and Bartlett in the bike again. He's tallied three times in his last five appearances. (5) TWIN B SPEED DIAL enters with back-to-back runner-up results, including to Titanium N two weeks ago.

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Race 2 - 30000CLM Pace

(1) ODDS ON DELRAY won comfortably when he dropped down to this claiming level last Saturday and looks pretty imposing from the pole position. (4) BAMSKI gained positions and ground in the final quarter two weeks ago and should offer some value underneath. (2) ASTON HILL DAVE hikes up from the $25,000 claimers but does so off a victory and was Braxten Boyd's choice to drive.

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Race 3 - NW10000L5/Winners in the Last Start of Base Class NW7500L5 Pace

(2) SARANAC BLUE CHIP scored the last time he raced in this class on 7-9 and returns to it here after facing better since then. (1) AS ALWAYS gives NW10000L5 foes a second crack here and moves inside on the gate. He dominated in the corresponding class to this one at Harrah's Philadelphia on July 31. (5) MIGHTY SANTANA N makes his second start back after a bit of a layoff tonight and was a solid third in his return on the 3rd of September. He also gets reunited with Jordan Stratton.

Race 4 - NW5000L5/12500CLM Trot

(3) BAZILLIONAIRE is just one-for-57 in the win column over the last two years but gets a chance with Bartlett tonight and did finish second in this class on August 13. (1) LIFETIME ROYALTY lands at the bottom level and moves inside on the gate to the pole position. I am expecting he'll be on or near the lead. (4) CIRCLE OF LIFE AS picked up his last victory in the corresponding class to this one at Harrah's Philadelphia on July 21 and is scheduled to be reunited with Matt Kakaley.

Race 5 - 3&4YO 40000CLM Pace

(3) THOR AND DR JONES has been knocking on the door at this level in recent weeks and has a driver switch to Stratton tonight. I think he's worth a shot at what hopefully is some value. (7) ARTIST BEST went a long way on the lead a week ago before finishing second in a quick mile. Kakaley picks up the drive tonight. (4) SHIP WRECK BEACH K pulled an upset from first-over a couple weeks ago and kept Brent Holland's services.

Race 6 - NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5/15000CLM Trot

(2) LEVITATION was third against NW15000L5's when last seen locally on June 24 and hopefully this softer spot can help him wake back up. (8) BIZET plummets out of the $75,000 claimers. He hit the board in that class twice back in August, so he can definitely win this race, even from post eight. He also gets a shot with Bartlett. (4) MUFASA AS also exits the $75,000 claiming level and gets reacquainted with Stratton in the bike.

Race 7 - 15000CLM Pace

(5) WINDSONG JACK wound up with an impossible trip down at Freehold most recently and finished last at 4-5. That should inflate his price tonight, and this horse went some huge miles at the Meadowlands earlier this year. (1) SOHO WALLSTREET A took advantage of a drop to this level a week ago to score a pretty facile win and gets post relief off that mile. (6) BET THE LIMIT has been pretty consistent with five on-the-board finishes in his last seven tries, including a second last Saturday.

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Race 8 - NW10000L5/Winners in the Last Start of Base Class NW7500L5/20000CLM Trot

(6) ROCK OF CASHEL gets to double-drop out of a NW20000L5 base class race on September 9, and I would expect he'll be tough to beat. (8) HL REVADON makes his second start out of the Ron Burke barn and won his debut for that stable against NW7500L5's on 9-3. (3) BARRY BLACK won in this class back on the 23rd of July and comes out of an excuse race where he was knocked off-stride by a breaking rival.

Race 9 - 30000CLM Pace

(2) BARON MICHAEL receives a class drop with post relief to go with it tonight. The last time he faced $30,000 claimers on August 13 he had post eight but closed in an impressive 27 2/5. (5) THE DOWNTOWN BUS is probably going to be the one to beat as he slides down from the $40,000 claimers in his third attempts for Gareth Dowse. (4) LATE MAIL N picked up a check against $40,000 claimers the last time he was at Yonkers in mid-July and won handily in an amateur race two starts back.