FINAL 2025 STATS: 225 - 1,011 / $1,683.08 (-$338.92) BEST BETS: 52 - 101 / $223.12 (+$21.12) SPOT PLAYS: 8 - 101 / $92.50 (-$109.50) BEST BET - KANON LASER DK (3rd) SPOT PLAY - PINK FLOYD HANOVER (9th) Race 1 - F&M 20000CLM Pace (6) FIGHT NOT FLIGHT wrapped up 2025 in by far the best form out of these, and I'll look for that to carry over here. (2) WHO'S PERFECT has a start under her belt this year - a seventh with a good final quarter from a bad post over at the Meadowlands. She drew well tonight for leading driver Per Engblom and picks up top driver Jason Bartlett. (1) JIVE DANCING A has an inside post for the first time since the qualifier on 11-14 and posted a win and a second in two outings at Yonkers back in October. [DRF HARNESS: Get Harness Eye PPs for this card] Race 2 - 20000CLM Pace (3) STATESIDELCKDWN GB added Lasix for his last 2025 outing at Harrah's Philadelphia and hit the board. He comes north here for Ron Burke and gets to partner with Yannick Gingras. (2) THEFLYINGROCK closed out last year in sharp form against $15,000 and $20,000 claimers at Yonkers and landed an inside post. (6) EVER M tallied at Yonkers on December 17 and gets a chance to have Bartlett pilot him tonight. Race 3 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot (5) KANON LASER DK prevailed at Harrah's Philadelphia on Christmas Eve and then gained spots and ground in a subsequent try at the Meadowlands. He gets post relief off that mile tonight and switches pilots to Bartlett for Engblom. (4) MESSENGER HANOVER hit the board in his last three appearances of 2025 and went on Lasix on 12-18 for Burke. He adds Gingras in the bike here. (1) LOOKATMEGOAMIGO had a good enough season at 3 to make his Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final and comes east into Travis Alexander's stable from the pole position. He's another one that went on the Lasix program late last year. Race 4 - F&M NW3 PM Races or 30000LT Pace (1) NILA MAREE N looked the part in both her qualifier and victory over NW2s at the Meadowlands and starts from the pole for the Bartlett/Engblom combo. (3) ALWAYS B LAYLA IR gained spots and ground from eight-hole in her U.S. debut at Dayton Raceway on 12-22 and now comes east to Travis Alexander from an improved post. (5) ALWAYSBPUFFING IR qualified well both times at the Meadowlands and is a first-timer for Burke/Gingras tonight. Race 5 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot (2) DRINKING PROBLEMS found form at Harrah's Philadelphia in December and gives Yonkers a try tonight from a good post and with Bartlett at the helm. (4) THEOBALD closed out 2025 with an impressive win and gets to team up with co-owner Gingras again for Burke here. (7) BEERNSUNSHINE DEO will have to overcome a bad post but was second to THEOBALD on December 17, so I'll toss her in underneath. Race 6 - 25000CLM Pace (2) HURRIKANEKINGJAMES didn't have much of a chance from the eight-hole on 12-17 but moves inside on the gate tonight and does show a romping victory in this class on 10-29. (6) LYONS BENJAMIN wrapped up 2025 in sharp form outside of that try on November 12 and gets reunited with Bartlett. (5) DELIGHTFUL DUDE N exits the Open over at Monticello and prevailed over $25,000 claimers at Yonkers on both the 12th of November and the 10th of December. Race 7 - Winners of 5 but not more than 7 PM Races or 90000LT Trot (3) GREEN MEL had some success in this class last fall and winter, including a win on 11-12, and debuts for Burke tonight. Engblom figured out (5) TOP GUN HANOVER in December, and he's likely the one to beat as he gets reunited with Bartlett. (1) INCANTATION was Colin Kelly's choice and hit the board in four of her last seven outings of 2025, one of which was a victory at this level on October 29. Race 8 - NW10841L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW7500L5 Pace (3) ELITE MACHINE posted a couple of seconds at Saratoga in December and qualified well over at Monticello on 1-15. He gets a chance with Bartlett tonight against a wide-open group, and I'll swing with him. (1) NIGHT HAWK was a winner the last time he appeared at Yonkers on December 15 and starts from post one for Gingras/Burke. (4) ALWAYS B ELITE N is back with Alexander after two tries in Ohio and scored in his most recent effort against NW10000L5s at Yonkers back on the 21st of October. [DRF HARNESS: Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter] Race 9 - 20000CLM Pace I'm not in love with anybody in this tilt, so I'll go value-hunting with (5) PINK FLOYD HANOVER, who was very sharp at Harrah's Philadelphia not all that long ago and took the lead out of the pocket before he wound up fourth at Yonkers on 12-17. (4) SHAKE IT hit the board in all three of his tries in December after he returned to action, capped off by a victory in the same event my top pick exits. (1) TWO FACED hasn't won in quite a while but did post a second on the 10th of December and starts from the pole for Bartlett/Engblom here. Race 10 - 25000CLM Pace (2) KARLOO BRADLEY N led for a long way before he wound up third his in final outing of 2025 on December 10 and moves inside to the two-hole tonight. He was a winner at this level on both October 23 and November 19. (3) THEMASKEDCRUSADR N delivered in this class on 12-17 and could cap off a big night for Bartlett & Engblom. (1) TOPVILLE SOMEBEACH landed the pole and had a win and a second to cap off last year. He also tallied twice in-a-row back in October.