Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 4/7

MEET STATS: 59 - 221 / $309.80 (-$132.20)
BEST BETS: 14 - 23 / $47.10 (+$1.10)
SPOT PLAYS: 2 - 22 / $14.70 (-$29.30)
BEST BET - HIGH MINDED (1st)
SPOT PLAY - ALWAYS BE COOL (6th)

Race 1 - F&M NW15000L5/Winner in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5/25000CLM/NW9 Pace

(2) HIGH MINDED raced in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series on 3-18, then against males at Pocono on March 26. She was also interfered with in the latter contest. She should find this company much more reasonable, and I'll use. (1) VELOCITY MCSWEETS gets reunited with Matt Kakaley this time and drew the pole position again. (4) SHEIKH YABOOTY N topped NW10000L5's on the 24th of March and raced pretty well in this class prior to that as well.

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Race 2 - 25000CLM Pace

(7) FOX VALLEY INFERNO topped NW7500L5's here two back and then was a solid second in a fast-tempo'd $30,000 claiming handicap at Pocono. He does have the outside here, but has shown the ability to blast out. (5) LETTUCERIPITA A enters with three straight victories and drops from the $30,000 claiming class to the $25,000's. (3) FOURBOLTMANE hit the board twice over at the Meadowlands in mid-March and then closed in 27 and change in a race he was too far back to get involved in after that. I'll toss him in.

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Race 3 - F&M NW30000L5/NW13 PM Races LT / NW20000L5 or NW10 PM Races LT Drawn Inside Pace

(5) MORNING HAS BROKEN has won three of her last four starts and is now with Ron Burke after being claimed last Tuesday. (3) BETTERB CHEVRON N might be the sharpest horse at Yonkers right now and kept Jim Marohn Jr.'s over two others. (1) VIOLETS RAINBOW owns the best recent victory of these as she downed Easy To Please on 3-10 before that mare went on to win twice in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series.

Race 4 - NW6/75000LT / NW4/50000LT Drawn Inside Trot

(8) FOUR UNDER PAR starts from the eight-hole but dominated in her 2022 debut last Thursday and retained Jason Bartlett here. (1) YUCATAN PARTY MAN has a second and a win in his last two outings against NW4's and drew the pole to help his cause tonight. (6) TITANS HOPE made a miscue a week ago but had been racing well prior to that, and I'll hope she can rebound.

Race 5 - 30000CLM Pace

(5) SELECT FRIDAY appears in a bit of an unusual spot for a horse who was in NW2 last time out, but I think he'll probably offer some value for a high-percentage barn. (1) HAPPY TRIO turned in a big effort to finish third from post eight and from first-over in his debut for Gareth Dowse on 3-29 and now has the pole position tonight. (7) SOUTHWIND ONYX tripped out from the pocket to win at this level a week ago. He moves outside on the gate but is still usable.

Race 6 - F&M NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(3) ALWAYS BE COOL invades from The Meadows and is a first-timer for trainer Jared Bako. That usually results in some improvement, and this mare has a win and a second in two of her last three starts. (4) WALTZWITHSIERRA A is winless in North America but you have to think she could wake up tonight as she slides down to the bottom level. (1) SLICK ARTIST A got the job done in this class a week ago and moves back to the pole position.

Race 7 - F&M Open Handicap Trot

(6) NO MAS DRAMA should offer a better price this week than she did two weeks ago. I thought she was a good second after having to do the hard work from first-up. (4) KENZIESKY HANOVER has raced well at Yonkers before and ships over from the Meadowlands off back-to-back wins. (7) HEY LIVVY delivered the goods in this class on 3-24 and while still stuck outside, it's post seven rather than the eight-hole.

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Race 8 - F&M NW15000L5/Winner in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5/25000CLM/NW9 Pace

(1) BETTOR LADY got rolling late last week after racing well off-the-pace, and though she steps up a level, this isn't the toughest NW15000L5 race I've seen. (7) JIVE DANCING A took back a week ago, but this looks like a group she could definitely fire out against. (6) GINGER TREE LIZ keeps racking up on-the-board results and gets reunited with Bartlett tonight.

Race 9 - 30000CLM Pace

(6) SHOREVIEW delivered the last time he faced $30,000 claimers on 2-28, and although he wasn't Bartlett's pick, he gets a shot with Jordan Stratton. (2) MISSILE SEELSTER shifts back to an inside post here and retained Bartlett. (5) AWESOMENESS is way overdue for some better trip luck than he's had lately. Perhaps it'll come here.