Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 9/24/26

2026 MEET STATS: 186 - 694 / $1,200.46 (-$187.54)

BEST BETS: 39 - 73 / $149.16 (+$3.16)

SPOT PLAYS: 16 - 73 / $163.68 (+$17.68)

BEST BET - YUENGLING (6th)

SPOT PLAY - SHORE NOT BEACH (11th)

Race 1 - 40000CLM Trot

(7) SIR MAVERICK took one chance against tougher foes last week and now drops back down to the level where he won on both 8-13 and 9-10. He was also Tyler Buter's choice. (5) CHULO was sharp in April and May with a pair of seconds and a win against $40,000 claimers and returns to action here off a solid qualifier. (1) SMOKING JET starts from the pole position and has back-to-back runner-up results against NW10000L5s and $40,000 claiming company.

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Race 2 - NAADA Fall Series Leg #3 Trot

(5) WHISKEY PEDDLER enters off a handy win in an amateur race at Pocono last Saturday and was facing $40,000 claimers when last seen locally. (1) SOUTHSIDE BAR starts from the pole off a runner-up effort at Tioga a week ago and shows a victory at Yonkers against NW5000L5s back on July 24. (4) MAMY WATA doesn't have a great record at just three-for-50, but the NW3s and NW5s she's been facing in Pennsylvania are likely tougher company than she meets up with here.

Race 3 - NAADA Fall Series Leg #3 Trot

(6) WINDSONG PIONEER won by 11+ lengths the last time Tony Beltrami drove him in an amateur even at Yonkers, and I'll give him top call based on that. (4) LOOKATMEGOAMIGO races out of a high-percentage stable and was victorious at Harrah's Philadelphia a week ago. (1) BIG CHARLIE MORAN landed post one, owns that win over NW5000L5s at Yonkers back in late July, and has been facing tougher $40,000 claimers and NW10000L5s since then.

Race 4 - F&M Invitational Trot

(5) ALWAYS A STORY has just one recent poor result and that was when she broke on 8-27. She also owns a win at this level back on 7-30, and I'll put her on top. (6) VOGUISH tired badly two back but when she's been handled patiently and rallied around that performance, she's been victorious in this class both times. (3) CLASSICAL JANE comes in with back-to-back triumphs over $40,000 claiming foes and faces just mares in this event.

Race 5 - NW7500L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Pace

(6) INVISIBLE N continues to work his way down the ladder tonight, and this should be a green light spot for a horse who shows a second-place finish against $50,000 claimers as recently as June 22. (5) CAVIART SARGENT hikes up from the NW5000L5s but does so off a handy victory for a stable that's been sending out a lot of live horses lately. (4) ROLLING WIH SAM shows a couple of on-the-board efforts against $30,000 claiming company back in July and August and moves in on the gate off three straight outside posts.

Race 6 - F&M 20000CLM Pace

(2) YUENGLING got back to her winning ways last Wednesday when she returned to facing $20,000 claimers and starts from another good post tonight. (3) IDEAL SKIES has been out of the trifecta just once in her last six appearances and returns to the stable she finished second out of on 7-14. (6) GABBYS WISH triumphed at this level on September 9 and backed that up with a third-place effort with a solid final quarter a week ago.

Race 7 - 40000CLM Trot

(1) I'M OUT converted a pocket trip into a victory a week ago and merits another shot tonight from the pole and with Brent Holland in the bike again. (3) BELLISSIMO FACE S debuts for a high-percentage stable off a claim and has hit the board in five out of his last seven tries. (7) THE BRODSTER also has five finishes in the trifecta in his last seven outings, including victories both last week and back on August 6.

Race 8 - NW20000L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5 / NW10 PM Races LT / 60000CLM Trot

(3) E-PASS was parked and predictably tired a week ago but won in this class prior to that with Holland driving, and he returns to the bike here. (1) CAMERA MAN has only missed the trifecta once in his last five appearances, and that came from the eight-hole on 9-10. He starts from the pole tonight and gets a driver switch to Colin Kelly. (6) VANDY LANE slides in a couple of notches on the gate this time and did triumph at this level back on September 3.

Race 9 - NW30000L5 / NW12 PM Races LT / 75000CLM / Higher Money Earners Draw Outside Trot

(2) DEVILISH HILL wound up first-over and didn't really threaten in the Bob Miecuna Invitational Trot, but that qualifier on 9-4 was so good that I think he is worth another chance here. (4) UNCLE RAT broke before the start in the Miecuna and lost all chance but was razor-sharp prior to that, including a victory in the Invitational on 9-3. (1) SIR PINOCCHIO is another horse who came up empty in the Miecuna but was third to UNCLE RAT in the Invitational prior to that and starts from the pole.

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Race 10 - 40000CLM Trot

(4) KAYS IN CHARGE doesn't have any recent victories but has shown the ability to win at this level before and more crucially moves in on the gate to post four after she's had the seven-hole and the eight-hole in her last two efforts. (3) B NICKING comes in with two wins and a second in his last three starts and is back with the stable that had him on 7-30 and 8-13 off a re-claim. (7) STACKING GREEN has been outside the trifecta only once in her last seven outings, and that was in the F&M Invitational. She starts from the outside again but led a long way before she wound up third a week ago.

Race 11 - 15000CLM Pace

(3) SHORE NOT BEACH delivered on 8-24 in a similar-looking spot to this where he was moving in from the eight-hole to an inside post and doesn't face anybody overly imposing in this event. (6) IM A POWERPLAY A has finished second or third in all of his outings since the qualifier on August 18 and debuts for new connections after being claimed again. (5) THEMASKEDCRUSADR N shows three recent on-the-board results against $15,000 claimers and races out of a stable that's been sending out plenty of live horses lately.