2026 MEET STATS: 45 - 146 / $327.44 (+$35.44) BEST BETS: 11 - 15 / $38.48 (+$8.48) SPOT PLAYS: 4 - 15 / $41.98 (+$11.98) BEST BET - RASPALIA N (7th) SPOT PLAY - QUICK MENU (1st) Race 1 - F&M 20000CLM Pace (2) QUICK MENU drew inside of the other logical ones in this tilt and comes off a solid third-place finish a week ago. (6) JIVE DANCING A won in this class last Tuesday and races out of a high-percentage stable. (8) SHEIKH YABOOTY N will have to overcome the outside draw but did show a new dimension by gaining from off-the-pace in a runner-up effort last week. That gives driver Austin Siegelman some options on what to do with her. [DRF HARNESS: Get Harness Eye PPs for this card] Race 2 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT / NW2 PM Races or 30000LT Draw Inside Trot (4) HIPPIE SHAKE wound up third from first-over in an improved effort last Wednesday and hopefully she can build on that in this race. (3) MUSCLE SPASM has hit the board in all three of his 2026 appearances thus far and was a closing third in this class when last seen on February 25. (2) ZIDANE KEMP broke in one start at Yonkers on the 4th of February but found his form over at Pocono the last two times with back-to-back victories. Race 3 - 25000CLM Pace (3) HEAVEN ON HIGH N didn't show much in that one pari-mutuel start on 2-16 but drops and gets a driver switch to Tyler Buter tonight. He shows a second and a third against tougher $30,000 claiming foes back in November of last year. (6) BLACK HAWK JOE A is on a six-race stretch of finishes in the exacta and races out of a stable that's off to a hot start to 2026. (5) CHICKEN N DICE debuts for new connections off a claim and had back-to-back triumphs at this level on February 11 and 18. Race 4 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT / NW2 PM Races or 30000LT Draw Inside Pace (5) ALWAYS B LAYLA IR was third-placed-second in one start against NW3s at Yonkers back on January 21 and returns to the half-mile oval tonight off a victory over at Pocono most recently. (3) PLEASE BE YOU qualified well at the Meadowlands on 2-28 and makes her 4-year-old debut tonight. Note the last time she was at Yonkers she came in third as the odds-on favorite in a Grand Circuit stakes test last June. (6) BETTOR'S TICKET posted a third in her first outing of 2026 a week ago and could take a step forward off of that. Race 5 - Winners of 5 but not more than 7 PM Races or 90000LT / Winners of over 7 PM Races LT Draw Outside Trot (3) TOP GUN HANOVER prevailed in dominant fashion in this class back on February 18 and leading trainer Per Engblom has had him in razor-sharp form overall dating back to early December. (1) THE THING IS slides inside to the pole in his third outing of 2026 and had trot in the stretch last Wednesday. (4) MANFORCE wasn't Brent Holland's choice but he's closed well in back-to-back runner-up finishes at this level. Race 6 - 20000CLM Pace (2) SHAKE IT debuts for a red-hot, high-percentage stable off a claim tonight and has been outside the exacta just once in his last six starts. (3) EVER M gained spots and ground in a third-place finish to SHAKE IT last week and moves in a couple of slots on the gate here. (1) PINK FLOYD HANOVER was one of the top horses at this level not all that long ago. He is a first-timer for a new group after being claimed on 2-25 and gets significant post relief. Race 7 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 5 PM Races or 69076LT Pace (1) RASPALIA N owns a three-for-three mark in the U.S. so far at the Meadowlands and Pocono and gives Yonkers a shot here. She gets significant post relief off her efforts out of town where she had mid-pack or outside draws. (2) NILA MAREE N is also perfect since she came from Down Under and unlike my top selection has had success at Yonkers before. My only concern is she was scratched sick out of the same race RASPALIA N exits. (3) WIN WITH LYNNLY has won both times she's raced in this class at Yonkers and slides in from the six-hole to post three. [DRF HARNESS: Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter] Race 8 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot (1) MARIN COUNTY landed the pole position tonight, won at this level on February 18 and catches a group I think he can beat again here. (5) BO SILAS has back-to-back second-place finishes in this class and another runner-up result back on 1-21. (2) MESSENGER HANOVER slides in to the two-hole off back-to-back post seven appearances and shows three recent on-the-board efforts. Race 9 - 15000CLM Pace (2) SMOOTH LOU came up empty on 2-25 but had two wins and a second prior to that. He starts from post two here and hopefully the new stable can get him back on track. (4) HANK THE HUNK was going to win a week ago but made a break late in the mile. Given he's right back in the box, nothing serious must be wrong and the miscue looks like it was out of character for him. (3) TWO FACED hasn't won in a long time but has hit the board in five of his last six trips behind the gate.