Yonkers: Analysis for Wednesday 7/15/26

2026 MEET STATS: 136 - 491 / $931.42 (-$50.58)
BEST BETS: 26 - 52 / $92.08 (-$11.92)
SPOT PLAYS: 11 - 52 / $126.86 (+$22.86)
BEST BET - CALL ME ANGELITA (7th)
SPOT PLAY - BLAZING QUEEN (2nd)

Race 1 - F&M 20000CLM Pace

(2) HURRIKANE MARIGOLD ships up from Harrington into a high-percentage stable, gets considerable post relief off her last try at Delaware and catches a beatable group. (4) BIG CITY DAISY has hit the board in five of her last seven outings and won in this class back on May 9. (6) TH RIZZO is a first-timer for these connections off a claim and prevailed at this level two back.

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Race 2 - F&M NW2/50651LT Pace

(7) BLAZING QUEEN starts from the outside again but I'm going to bank on an aggressive try forthcoming as she showed a strong final quarter kick in her last outing against tougher NW3 foes on 7-1. (5) NAPALM was raced very conservatively last week for a 1-5 shot and had to settle for second. She gets a driver switch tonight but I'm not going to settle for odds-on value on her again. (4) PRECIOUS GEMMA comes in from Monticello having won both of her career starts thus far.

Race 3 - F&M Winners of 5 but not more than 8 PM Races or 90000LT Pace

(2) THREECURTAINCALLS was never put into the mix from the eight-hole last week but moves in on the gate tonight and won handily two back at Pocono. (1) SAMMY JO HANOVER slides in from the six-hole to post one, and Joe Bongiorno going in the bike tells me an aggressive approach is ahead. (3) TALL DARK TEQUILA has missed the board just once in her nine appearances thus far in 2026 and came in second at this level a week ago.

Race 4 - 50000CLM Pace

(4) IKNOWBETTER drops tonight for a stable that's started to find the winner's circle locally with more regularity as of late and he does own a victory against tougher $60,000 claiming handicap rivals back on 5-18. (6) BET ON BIG JOE has a pair of recent triumphs at this level and finished a solid second in his debut for these connections when last seen on June 29. (1) HIMSELF N steps up here but does so off a crunching win over $40,000 claiming rivals on the 29th of June and moves in from the four-hole to post one.

Race 5 - Winners of 5 but not more than 7 PM Races or 90000LT Trot

(2) CAMERA MAN exits what are likely tougher spots out of town and gets some post relief to go with it. He also has a driver switch to Tyler Buter. (1) BRUHA finished a good second in this class a couple of weeks ago and has hit the board in four of his last five outings overall. (5) MINOAN won two in-a-row at Yonkers in June and returns to overnight action off a fourth in a division of the W.N. Reynolds at the Meadowlands.

Race 6 - NW2/30000LT / NW $1,700 in 2026 Trot

(1) SERENITY AS overcame the eight-hole to post a third-place finish in this class on July 1 and now moves inside to the pole position and gets reunited with Colin Kelly. (7) CHANT landed a bad post here but won impressively in her debut for these connections last Wednesday and can build on that tonight. (3) RAUCOUS was a gaining fourth in the event won by CHANT a week ago and slides in from post six to the three-hole this time.

Race 7 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Pace

(2) CALL ME ANGELITA dominated in this class last week when she went on Lasix and Bongiorno went in the bike. I'll look for the same thing to happen tonight. (4) CRYSTAL COAST hasn't won yet in 2026 but has hit the board in five of her six starts and was second to my top selection a week ago. (6) LOCHINVAR MATILDA returns from Monticello off a victory and has been out of the exacta just once in seven appearances this year.

Race 8 - 20000CLM Pace

(1) LOU'S BEACH was scratched sick a couple of weeks ago, so he hasn't raced since 6-18, but I'll bank he's ready and fire as he won the last two times he faced $20,000 claimers back in May. (4) CURLY JAMES A has found his form with back-to-back handy victories and debuts for new connections off a claim tonight. (3) ITALIAN LAD N is just one-for-18 in the win column thus far in 2026 but shows a trio of recent second-place efforts at Yonkers.

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Race 9 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 69796LT Trot

(2) HAPPY JACK B plummets out of the Graduate Series into a no-excuse spot here. (5) MATTHEWS kept his good form from Pocono going with a second-place finish to a well-meant rival at this level a couple of weeks ago. (4) CHAPTER GEO J came from off-the-pace to prevail over NW2 company at Yonkers on July 1 and was the runner-up in a track record mile in the NY Sire Stakes at Buffalo prior to that.

Race 10 - 15000CLM Pace

(1) SMOOTH LOU doesn't have great recent form but is a first-time starter for a high-percentage stable, and that might be all it takes to get him going the right way. (4) ALADDIN looks like the one they'll have to beat in here as he's won two straight and hit the board in six of his last seven tries overall. (2) MACH N CHEESE drops to the bottom claiming level tonight and does show that closing runner-up effort against $25,000-$30,000 claiming handicap foes on June 10.