Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 6/30

MEET STATS: 123 - 479 / $755.00 (-$203.00)
BEST BETS: 31 - 48 / $103.70 (+$7.70)
SPOT PLAYS: 4 - 47 / $38.80 (-$55.20)
BEST BET - BABS JANSEN (8th)
SPOT PLAY - BLOOD BROTHER (4th)

Race 1 - F&M NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(7) PRAY THE ROSARY is back at Yonkers tonight after racing over at Pocono in her last two starts. Trainer Nick Devita and driver Austin Siegelman have been having plenty of success together lately, and I'll look for this 5-year-old mare to wake up in this spot. (4) WAKEMESHAKEME led and wound up fourth in this class a week ago and makes her second start for Ron Burke tonight. (3) SWEET PINK hasn't hit the board in five starts in 2022 but exits the NW6 level and has leading driver Jason Bartlett in the bike.

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Race 2 - NW2/25000LT Trot

(4) BANK BREAKS has struggled in his last couple of tries against NW3's at Harrah's Philadelphia, but trainer Per Engblom is riding a hot streak right now, and if I can get some value on one of his starters, I'll take it. (3) FLIP THE SWITCH folded on the lead a week ago but has a driver switch to Bartlett that everybody will probably notice, and I imagine he'll be favored. (2) MR ZUANETTI wasn't Jordan Stratton's choice but finished a gaining third last Thursday and drew another inside post.

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

(3) FEELIN RED HOT drops, moves inside on the gate, and gets reunited with Joe Bongiorno. She's gotten a lot harder to guess right on since her heyday a couple of years ago, but I'll give her a shot. (1) ANNABELLE HANOVER has been facing tough customers over at the Meadowlands lately but she's just one-for-17 this year, and I'll take a chance against her at what will likely be a short price. (2) ANNE BONNEY N resurfaces at Yonkers tonight after competing over at Pocono lately. She finished third at this level and then again against NW10000L5's here back in late April and early May.

Race 4 - 25000CLM Pace

(6) BLOOD BROTHER finished a gaining fourth against NW10000L5's last time out, and trainer Travis Alexander has been winning plenty of races lately, so I think this veteran pacer is worth a swing. (2) EDDARD HANOVER slides down from the $30,000 claimers and had a recent run of on-the-board finishes at that level. (8) MACHIAVELLI is stuck outside but goes for the dynamic duo of Bartlett & Gareth Dowse and is pretty used to starting from bad posts anyway. I'll include.

Race 5 - F&M NW30000L5/4&5YO F&M NW12 PM Races LT/75000CLM Pace

(2) ROCKN PHILLY came home in 26 3/5 in the Open last week and now drops a notch. She also gets reunited with Tyler Buter, who won with her in the Open back on February 24 of this year. (4) IMPRINCESSGEMMA A vaults up in class from the NW15000L5's but is riding a two-race win streak and makes her second start for Dowse. (3) TEMPUS SEELSTER has turned it around in her last three tries and was a solid third to two stout foes in Easy To Please and Drama Act a week ago.

Race 6 - NW4/50000LT Trot

(4) PC FREE WHEELING ships down from Canada and is now with Dowse. I imagine she'll be live given that factor and will put her on top. (5) COMPLETE LIFE beat NW3's at Harrah's Philadelphia and then was second in their NW5 class last time out. She gives Joe and Jenn Bongiorno another contender on the card. (7) BLACK HAWK DOWN topped NW4's over at Pocono in his second start for Hunter Oakes and was fifth here in a race won by a Yonkers Trot finalist on June 9.

Race 7 - F&M NW22321L5/30000CLM/4&5YO F&M NW10PM Races LT/F&M NW15000L5 Drawn Inside Pace

(4) DARBY HANOVER squeezed into this class by $1 (she has $22,320 earned in her last five starts). I imagine her connections would like to take advantage of this chance, and I'll look for the Buter/Noel Daley combination to connect again. (2) STAR CAPTAIN woke up with a much-improved effort when she dropped down to this level last week and has an inside post for the first time since back in mid May. (6) SPORTS FLIX comes in riding a five-race streak of top-three finishes, and I could see Brent Holland sending her out of there.

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Race 8 - F&M NW15000L5/Winner in Last Start of the Base Class NW10000L5/25000CLM/4&5YO F&M NW9 PM Races LT Pace

(5) BABS JANSEN gets a chance to drop out of the NW20000L5 class tonight and was razor-sharp at this level a few weeks ago. Add in the bit of post relief she has, and I'll use. (1) INTHESKYROCKET A topped NW10000L5's pretty handily on June 16 and just missed hitting the board against NW15000L5's on 6-9 after getting interfered with and having to do the first-over work. (3) CASH ROLL continues working her way down the ladder in this spot and was second against NW15000L5's on May 12.

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

(4) UPTOWN HANOVER advanced from seventh to third in the final quarter at a higher level than this down at Harrah's Philadelphia in her last start, and was fourth in a race won by Kobe's Gigi, who would go on to make the Roses Are Red final in Canada, at Harrah's Hoosier Park on June 4. (6) GRACE ROCKS invades from Indiana for trainer Dylan Davis, and given she was a regular in their F&M Open, she'll probably fit in nicely here. (1) MILLWOOD BONNIE N takes another step up in class but won two back and then rallied from seventh to fourth from an outside post a week ago. She has the pole tonight.