Yonkers: Analysis for Thursday 9/26

MEET STATS: 210- 766 / $1,225.40 (-$306.60)
BEST BETS: 36 - 73 / $162.10 (+$16.10)
SPOT PLAYS: 7 - 73 / $88.40 (-$57.60)
BEST BET - BUZZ (3rd)
SPOT PLAY - SOUTH POINT (5th)

Race 1 - 25000CLM Pace

(1) MICKY GEE N takes a pretty big drop here from the $40,000 claimers and also moves inside to the pole position. The slide down the class ladder is a little puzzling, but he should be able to win if all systems are go. (4) KEYSTONE DASH got the job done at this level a week ago and has Jordan Stratton to drive again. (7) DELIGHTFUL TERROR drew poorly but is very sharp with six top-two finishes in his last seven outings.

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Race 2 - 3-5YO 20000CLM Pace

(4) LAST POUND drops out of the age-restricted $30,000 claimers and slides in on the gate after two straight eight-holes. I'll swing with him. (5) THAT DOG WILL HUNT had to settle for fourth as the favorite in this class on 9-14 but should offer a better price here and I'll toss him in underneath. (3) FLIP MY CHIP is a first-timer off the claim for a barn sending out some live horses and did finish second at this level on 8-24.

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Race 3 - NAADA Amateur Fall Series Leg #3 Trot

(2) BUZZ was bothered and wound up with a difficult trip last time out at the Meadowlands. He won handily at both The Big M and Pocono prior to that, though, and driver Andrew Adamczyk has been doing very well in the amateur races. (4) PILSNER FROSTY has a pair of wins and a second in her last four efforts down at Freehold and was also third here in a leg of the amateur summer series back in July. (5) IMA STANDUP GUY overcame a break to finish third a week ago and won an amateur tilt at Harrah's Philadelphia before that.

Race 4 - 40000CLM Trot

I'm going to bank on the outside post being why (2) KEYSTONE APACHE saw his win streak end a week ago. He moves all the way in to post two here and I'll give him top call. (1) BRAVE BY DESIGN led throughout in a victory over NW7500L5 base class foes on 9-13 and was third in a $40,000 claimer in late July. He slides in from post five to the pole position and gets an aggressive driver in Mark MacDonald. (7) WILLY WALTON drew poorly this time but is riding a five-race streak of on-the-board results and packs enough gate speed to get positioned well.

Race 5 - 3-5YO 30000CLM Pace

(7) SOUTH POINT owns just a one-for-23 win record this year but came up just a head short of winning the last time he was in this class on 9-2 and has been facing open $30,000 claimers since then. (2) I AINT NO MACK saw his run of top-three results come to an end last Tuesday but missed by a nose when he was at this level back on September 2 and has post relief off his last couple appearances. (1) LOUS THE ATTITUDE held sway to take an open $30,000 claimer when last seen on the 9th of September. He starts from the pole again and was Jason Bartlett's choice.

Race 6 - NAADA Amateur Fall Series Leg #3 Trot

I'm going to give (4) DWIGHT HANOVER another chance tonight after he drew in off the also-eligible list. He did make a miscue before the start a week ago but had trot in the stretch from off-the-pace. Hopefully he minds his p's and q's this time. (6) SECRET BRO hasn't been seen in a pari-mutuel race since back in mid-July but should be ready after four qualifiers, and it's tough to discount any Adamczyk trained/driven horse in these races. (1) WINNERESS drew the pole and comes north from Freehold with back-to-back on-the-board results.

Race 7 - NW20000L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5/NW10 PM Races LT/60000CLM Trot

(4) DONATO PATRIOT K steps up another notch on the ladder tonight but has looked good in his back-to-back tallies and gets a chance with the hot-driving Anthony Napolitano this time. (1) CANTKEEPMIASECRET should appreciate a chance to drop out of the F&M Invitational and starts from the pole position. (7) PASSIONATE PROMISE goes from the $40,000 claimers to the optional $60,000 level here but was giant in that victory a week ago and was re-claimed by trainer Travis Alexander. She's won three straight overall.

Race 8 - Invitational Trot

(6) ARI FERRARI J has taken to Yonkers like a duck to water as he won a NW20000L5 tilt on 8-22 and then the Bob Miecuna Invitational on International Trot Day. I'll bank on him keeping the good times rolling tonight. (5) TAKE ALL COMERS bounced back from a break on August 15 with a third to ARI FERRARI J in the Miecuna. He gets a bit of post relief here. (4) DIAMANTE TRIO IT goes against mainly males foes tonight but has been the sharpest horse in the F&M Invitational lately and packs big speed off the gate.

Race 9 - NW22651L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5/NW10 PM Races LT/60000CLM Trot

(4) GHOSTLY CASPER closed with trot in his first start over the track last week. He should every chance to be sharper tonight and will hopefully offer a little better price. (2) NOWS THE MOMENT just missed by a nose in a big effort in a NW30000L5 base class event a week ago and gets to drop and move inside on the gate here. (6) CECIL HANOVER has been first or second in all five of his outings since coming to Yonkers from Kentucky. His last runner-up effort was in the Miecuna and he gets reunited with Dan Dube.

Race 10 - NW8331L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Pace

(2) WALKINSHAW N doesn't have a great win record this year or any super-obvious form, but this combo of driver Anthony Napolitano and trainer Lance Hudson were red-hot on Monday's card, and I'll give this one in the hopes that carries over to this program. (5) IT'S MAHOMES A has hit the board in both of his U.S. starts thus far and was Austin Siegelman's pick over three others. (6) OUTLAW MAN N held off IT'S MAHOMES A when they met a week ago and has Bartlett in the bike again.

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Race 11 - NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace

(3) RAYRAY put in another good effort a couple weeks ago by posting a gaining third-place result. He moves in on the gate tonight and takes a second crack at bottom level foes. (2) RICARDOSHILYSHALLY is zero-for-26 this year but comes south from Canada into leading trainer Travis Alexander's stable, and his last two final quarters north of the border are promising. (1) CAPTAIN BATBOY also hasn't been able to find the winner's circle in 2024 but all of his best efforts have come at this level and he gets Jordan Stratton in the bike from the pole.

Race 12 - 40000CLM Trot

(3) STICK WITH ME KID switches drivers to Bartlett here off a rallying third-place effort in this class a week ago, and I'll use. (2) ROGER RABBIT went a long way on the front-end before missing by just a nose last Thursday. He was claimed by Joe Bongiorno out of that race and gets Brent Holland in the bike again. (5) MISSION VOYAGE has hit the board in a $40,000 claimer at long odds before and gets reunited with Napolitano for the first time since he piloted him to a second-place finish back in July at Pocono.