Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 6/20

MEET STATS: 121- 429 / $727.60 (-$130.40)
BEST BETS: 23 - 42 / $87.00 (+$3.00)
SPOT PLAYS: 7 - 42 / $88.40 (+$4.40)
BEST BET - UNFORGETTABLE (6th)
SPOT PLAY - WINNERESS (7th)

Race 1 - 40000CLM Trot

(1) CANTKEEPMIASECRET has been sharp since joining Nik Drennan's barn last month and won in this class a couple weeks ago. (5) BLUEBIRD BISHOP overcame post eight to win a $40,000 claimer last Thursday and moves inside on the gate a few notches here. (3) GRINDER shows a victory at this level back on 5-30 and drops out of the NW20000L5's.

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Race 2 - NW20000L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5/NW10 PM Races LT/60000CLM Trot

(2) WARRIOR ONE was bothered and broke last time out at Pocono, so I think you can just draw a line through that one. He was racing well at Yonkers prior to that and gets reunited with owner Yannick Gingras this time. (1) AIRMANS JACKPOT posted a second in this class two starts back and drops from the NW30000L5's this week. (6) INFINITY STONE finished third when hiked up to the NW20000L5's a week ago and trainer Ricky Bucci has been sending out plenty of live horses lately.

Race 3 - 30000CLM Pace

(5) KB MAC owns a zero in the win column so far this year but I think he's got a little form given his consistently solid final quarters, and I'll give him a chance against this wide-open group. (6) URBAN RENEWAL exits some fast miles out of town and when last seen at Yonkers he was fourth against tougher $40,000 claiming company. (2) PRETTY HANDSOME is another one in here that hasn't found the winner's circle yet in 2024. He gets post relief and reunited with Jordan Stratton.

Race 4 - NW30000L5/NW12 PM Races LT/75000CLM Trot

(2) TACHYON drops out of the Invitational for Bucci tonight and I'll look for the class relief to put him back in the winner's circle. (3) EUROBOND has been racing very well down at Harrah's Philadelphia and comes out of a second-place finish behind a Grand Circuit-caliber horse most recently. (4) HIGHLAND MOWGLI was positioned more off-the-pace last Thursday and saw his run of on-the-board results end. He did have a bit of a gap in his schedule coming into that tilt but returns to a weekly rotation here.

Race 5 - 3-5YO 30000CLM Pace

(7) AIN'T NOSTOPN TIME is the lone 3-year-old in here and drew poorly, but I think this is a softer spot than he's been in, co-owner Gingras gets back in the bike, and I can't see him taking back. (1) HE'S SPECIAL woke up with a rallying win in this class a couple of weeks ago and starts from the pole with George Brennan back in the bike. (3) DEMPSEY HANOVER was second at this level last Thursday but does lose Gingras to my top pick, giving Stratton a chance behind the Ron Burke trainee.

Race 6 - F&M Invitational Trot

(2) UNFORGETTABLE looked like she was going to win in this class last week before she made a break in the stretch. She makes her second start for leading trainer Per Engblom and adds Gingras in the bike here. (1) JULIA SISU S had every chance to pick up her first win in the U.S. a week ago but got overtaken in the stretch. She does pick up a catch driver this time with Dan Dube taking over. (7) P L NOTSONICE starts from the worst post but she's been very reliable at this level as long as main rival Tipsy Moni isn't here like is the case tonight.

Race 7 - NAADA Summer Series Leg #3 Trot

(2) WINNERESS finished second to a sharp foe in Explosive Ridge back on May 23 and I can overlook his poor result a week ago as he had been off since that 5-23 appearance and had a bad post. (3) ALLINDOTIME shows a win in an amateur race at Yonkers back in late April and has hit the board in his last two outings. (4) BY A HOFF HANOVER was third a couple of times in amateur events at Monticello last month and finds a softer spot here than the NW7500L5 contest he was in at Yonkers most recently.

Race 8 - Invitational Trot

(4) HILLEXOTIC exits a pair of stakes tries for Gingras and Burke and won in this class twice back in May. (6) TAKE ALL COMERS starts from the outside post but has a win and a second in the Invitational at Yonkers so far in his 6-year-old campaign. (5) INCOMMUNICADO qualified well on June 1, finishing behind a horse who won in 1:50 at the Meadowlands on Friday night (June 14) and the Dan Patch Award-winning older trotter. He makes his first pari-mutuel appearance of 2024 here and Dube hops back in the bike. Note he won the Open twice in-a-row to end last year.

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Race 9 - NAADA Summer Series Leg #3 Trot

(3) BEACON BEACH rallied to finish in the runner-up spot in an amateur race at the Meadowlands last Friday and also went a big trip at Yonkers in finishing second on 5-2. (4) SHOEMAKER HANOVER wound up too far back and then got bothered to boot a week ago. He did have some trot in the stretch so I'll include in the hopes of a smoother journey. (1) CALL ME THEFIREMAN didn't have anything to offer from the pocket last Thursday but had been performing well down at Freehold prior to that and moves in from the seven-hole to the pole position.

Race 10 - 40000CLM Trot

(5) LOS BALLYKEELAMIGO returns to Yonkers off a winning effort over at Pocono on June 9, and I'll bank on him being another live horse from the Bucci barn. (1) STEUBEN HANOVER was the runner-up to a runaway winner back on 6-6. He drew the pole here for the high-percentage Travis Alexander barn and gets Gingras back at the controls. (3) FIGHT SONG cut the fractions and wound up second at this level a week ago, and I'll include in the hopes of another solid effort this time.