Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 11/5

MEET STATS: 189 - 576 / $1,150.80 (-$1.20)
BEST BETS: 33 - 60 / $117.60 (-$2.40)
SPOT PLAYS: 8 - 60 / $55.00 (-$65.00)
BEST BET - SIESTA BEACH (9th)
SPOT PLAY - MANWILLING (4th)

Race 1 - F&M NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(5) QUITE A DELIGHT N drops to the bottom level tonight and has winning experience at Yonkers before. This driver/trainer combo of Stratton and Hernandez swept the early double on Monday. (3) KEENE OLIVIA has not been able to win in 2020 but did finish up her mile pretty well on 10-22 from post eight. She draws much better tonight and gets a chance with Bartlett in the bike. (1) LA ALWAYS AMARTINI wound up first-over on the 27th of October and tired. She was much better with a cleaner trip two back.

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Race 2 - NW2/25000LT Trot

(4) CHERRY RED switches pilots to Stratton tonight after staying flat for trainer Ray Schnittker last Thursday. I think he's worth a chance at a price. (2) BURBERRY has hit the board in her last three starts in the local NW2 class and makes her second start for trainer Travis Alexander. (3) BANZAI AS invades from Ohio with four straight wins. He did make a break over the half-mile track at the Delaware County Fair on 9-20, so I'll try and beat him at an expected short price.

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Race 3 - F&M NW7500L5/Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5/15000CLM Pace

(4) COVEREDNDIAMONDS N couldn't make up any ground in the last quarter in the slop a week ago, but gets another crack at the same class tonight, and hopefully can take advantage in better track and weather conditions. (1) ROSELILY broke last Thursday but scored easily over NW5000L5's prior to that and races out of the hot Scott DiDomenico barn. (2) TELL ME A JOKE gets some additional class relief tonight and is due for a wake-up call one of these times.

Race 4 - NW4/61000LT Trot

(7) MANWILLING remains in sharp form as he was second again a week ago and should have some value switching back to an outside post again. (1) CATWALK AS rolled over NW3's down at Harrah's Philadelphia in impressive fashion on 10-2 and did gain some ground in the final quarter from an outside draw last Thursday. (6) SWAN LEGACY is a newcomer to the DiDomenico barn from Indiana. Back in July he was able to defeat Bluebird Deacon, who went on to finish second in the sire stakes final in the Hoosier State, so I think he has some talent.

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

(3) ROSE RUN TONI made up some ground in the last quarter against the likes of Feelin Red Hot last Thursday and hopefully lands in a winnable spot from a good draw tonight. (2) CABOWABOCUTTIE backed up her second-place finish versus NW5000L5's with a third against NW7500L5's a week ago and moves inside a couple notches tonight. She gets Brennan to drive again. (7) CRYSTAL SPARKLES N looks like the likely favorite dropping out of the NW10000L5's. Stratton sent her two weeks ago, and I expect him to be aggressive here.

Race 6 - F&M NW10000L5/Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW7500L5/20000CLM Pace

(4) TAKE ABIT OF LIFE receives both class and post relief tonight. She was victorious over NW10000L5's in her last chance in this class on 9-24 and will probably continue to have value. (5) I'M VERY SPECIAL cruised over NW10000L5's when last at Yonkers on 10-22. She was defeated against NW7000L5's at Harrah's Philadelphia in a subsequent effort, but a back-class horse in Annie Hill beat her, so that doesn't bother too much. (8) ANGEL'S PRIDE dominated NW7500L5's on the 22nd of October and seems to have rounded back into top form. She is out in post eight, but DiDomenico is sending out a number of sharp horses right now, and I believe she's usable.

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Race 7 - F&M NW20000L5/30000CLM Pace

(6) ROBYN CAMDEN lost Marohn Jr.'s services tonight, but she recently won and finished third in the Open, and might be worth a shot in the hopes this race sets up for a closer. (1) MACZAFFAIR N is one of a number of sharp mares coming out of the Shane Tritton barn right now. She does step up another level tonight, but seems capable of handling that. (4) PONDER THE ODDS rallied from eighth to fourth in the Preferred last Thursday. That was her second straight good closing performance, and she gets some class relief here.

Race 8 - NW8/100000LT / NW6 Drawn Inside Trot

(5) WINNERUP qualified well behind Manchego on 10-17 at the Meadowlands. He was in good form during the summer months, and I'll bank on Smedshammer having him ready to go tonight. (1) AFTER ALL PAUL had a good enough season in Indiana to make the sire stakes final. He is now in Lance Hudson's barn and gets Stratton to drive. (4) KASHA V showed his run of success down at Freehold was no fluke by finishing a closing second against NW8's on 10-15. The horse that beat him, Reign Of Honor, was in the Breeders Crown Open Trot on Saturday.

Race 9 - F&M NW10000L5/Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW7500L5/20000CLM Pace

(3) SIESTA BEACH rallied from an outside draw in a higher class last week, and I'll give her another try since she drops and moves inside here. (6) POPPY DRAYTON N is another of these Tritton mares that is on a tear since joining his barn. She moves up another level tonight but has done nothing wrong thus far. (7) CORAL BELLA took advantage of a drop down to NW7500L5's to win a week ago. She has to step back up to NW10000L5's here but was third from post eight two back when in this class.

Race 10 - F&M NW15000L5/Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5/25000CLM Pace

(1) SURREAL FEELING cruised up at Saratoga in her most recent effort and won at Yonkers back in September. (2) NEVERFORGETWHOUR won three straight in this class in August and September and finished well behind much tougher foes on 10-22. (3) THE CHARGING MOA N's win streak ended last Thursday, but it was still a solid effort behind the classy Pammy Jo.