2026 MEET STATS: 73 - 241 / $519.60 (+$37.60) BEST BETS: 17 - 24 / $56.72 (+$6.72) SPOT PLAYS: 7 - 25 / $98.74 (+$48.74) BEST BET - KARINCHAK (2nd) SPOT PLAY - ADVANCE MAN (7th) Race 1 - F&M 20000CLM Pace (5) MAYBEMABEL drops a notch on the ladder tonight out of the $25,000 claimers and gets reunited with co-owner Yannick Gingras. (3) SHANGRI LA HANOVER has shown the ability to win at this level before and moves in on the gate from the eight-hole to post three. (4) SP DANCINWITHSTARZ comes in with back-to-back runner-up results in this class and I'll toss her in the mix underneath. [DRF HARNESS: Get Harness Eye PPs for this card] Race 2 - Winners of 5 but not more than 8 PM Races or 90000LT Trot (1) KARINCHAK cruised on the front-end in this class a week ago and I'll look for him to get the job done again from the pole position. (4) KAYS IN CHARGE hasn't won yet in 2026 but has hit the board in five of her last seven tries, including three in-a-row. You also get the leading driver/trainer combination. (3) PORTOBAROSSO AS NL finished second to my top selection last Wednesday and makes his second start back off the shelf here. Race 3 - John Brennan Series Leg #3 Trot (3) GREEN MEL lost all chance when he broke before the start last week but was a good second in his division of the first leg and gets reunited with Gingras for a hot stable. (2) ZENMEISTER S just missed in the opening round of this event and gets some post relief this time. (5) ALWAYS A STORY starts from the outside post but owns a victory and a third thus far in the Brennan Series and has been in the trifecta in five straight appearances. Race 4 - John Brennan Series Leg #3 Trot (3) KAZIO DK rolled on the front-end a week ago, making amends for his miscue in leg one. I'll give him top call tonight in the hopes everything is smooth sailing again. (1) COMMODUS A moves in from post five to the pole position and came up just a nose short of his first victory in the U.S. last Wednesday. (4) EXQUISITE TASTE hasn't been as big a threat in this event as I thought coming in but did finish second to KAZIO DK last week, so I'll toss in underneath. Race 5 - 15000CLM Pace (1) MR PROFETA doesn't have a great win record over the last two years but faces a pretty blank group tonight from the pole position for a high-percentage stable. (4) TWO FACED also rarely finds the winner's circle but has hit the board in seven of his nine appearances so far in 2026. (6) ROCKET FREIGHT is the only horse in this race with a victory this season and came up just a neck short of another triumph against $15,000 claiming foes on April 2. Race 6 - F&M Winners of 1 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT / NW2 PM Races LT Draw Inside Pace (3) SWEET ODDS makes her second start back after a layoff tonight and won in a similar class to this in one appearance at Yonkers last October. (4) SEND IT DOWN SLIM gets a bit of post relief here and has been knocking on the door at this level throughout 2026. (7) ALWAYSBPUFFING IR starts from the outside post but was a winner in this class a week ago and races out of a stable that's been hot on the East Coast as of late. Race 7 - 15000CLM Pace (5) ADVANCE MAN has put in back-to-back good efforts at this level and hopefully will offer a better price here than he did last week as he wasn't Gingras's choice. (4) GOTHIC ROCK delivered against $15,000 claiming company last Wednesday and gets to partner with Jason Bartlett again tonight. (2) TAKE A CLOSER LOOK was scratched sick out of a race on April 6 but has hit the board in four of his last six tries and gets some post relief. [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 (6) MUSCLE SPASM returns off a good third-place finish at the Meadowlands on 4-3, and the horse who won that race came back to prevail again on 4-10. He also shows a third at this level at Yonkers back on 2-25. (5) LIFE IS GREAT finished second up at Saratoga to get her 3YO campaign underway and adds Gingras in the bike here. (4) ARMANI BLUE CHIP showed little in the Weiss Series at Pocono, but this should be a softer spot, and he kept Bartlett for a high-percentage stable. Race 9 - 20000CLM Pace (3) PINK FLOYD HANOVER moves in from the eight-hole to post three and also drops out of the $25,000 claimers. (1) DISMAS starts from the pole position for the leading driver/trainer tandem and has a victory and a third in his last two tries. (2) HURRIKANEKINGJAMES makes his second start for these connections and has and inside post for the first time since back in early March.