Yonkers: Analysis for Wednesday 9/9/26

2026 MEET STATS: 170 - 646 / $1,117.64 (-$174.36)

BEST BETS: 37 - 68 / $140.02 (+$4.02)

SPOT PLAYS: 13 - 68 / $140.34 (+$4.34)

BEST BET - MAXIMUS RED A (9th)

SPOT PLAY - ROYAL CAPTAIN (3rd)

Race 1 - NW7500L5 / Winners in Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Pace

(2) HAMMERING HANK gets significant post relief and also drops to the level of his last win back on July 21. (3) PINNY TIGER A continues to work his way down the ladder and makes his third start for this high-percentage stable. (1) MUSIC HALL starts from the pole position and backed up his win over NW5000L5s on 8-25 with a good runner-up result in this class last Thursday.

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Race 2 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot

(3) BE MINE HANOVER moves in on the gate off her last three races in Pennsylvania and shows being very competitive in classes ranging from NW3 to NW5 at Pocono. She also gets reunited with Tyler Buter for the first time since he won with her back on June 28. (2) APEX TRACKER is on a short turnaround here after he was second from post seven at this level on Saturday. He hasn't missed the exacta in five appearances overall this year. (1) DIAMOND BAY landed the pole position and exits stakes company over at the Meadowlands. In her last overnight effort against NW3s at Harrah's Philadelphia on the 23rd of the July, she was a handy winner.

Race 3 - NW2/33956LT Trot

(5) ROYAL CAPTAIN beat NW2s at Woodbine Mohawk Park on 8-21, and horses coming down from Canada into this stable were very live on a regular basis last fall. (3) MAGIC VOLO debuts for new connections out of the Kentucky Golden Rod Series at The Red Mile and shows a victory by open lengths in Kentucky back on July 18. (1) ZUZU ZOOM squeezed into this race by $1 under the lifetime earnings cap and was second in this class when last seen on 8-29.

Race 4 - 20000CLM Pace

(3) CAPTAIN AWESOME has a win and a third in his last two appearances against $20,000 claimers and gets a driver switch to Jordan Stratton from another good post. (1) MAD RIVER should have picked up a lot of confidence off his first win of 2026 on August 29 and slides in on the gate to the pole position. He also partners with Colin Kelly again. (2) CENTURY INSPECTOR didn't have much to offer on 8-29 but had a second and a fourth against $30,000 claimers prior to that. He drops and gets reunited with Austin Siegelman tonight.

Race 5 - 15000CLM Pace

(6) DISMAS prevailed in handy fashion against $15,000 claimers back on 7-30 and enters this race with back-to-back third-place finishes. (5) WARRAWEE EXTREME owns a pair of victories and a runner-up result since the qualifier on July 28 and teams up with Kelly again tonight. (1) IT'S MAHOMES A starts from the pole position and raced well in a third-place effort against $15,000 claiming company when last seen on the 24th of August.

Race 6 - NW5281L5 / 12500CLM Pace

(4) PYRO hasn't been able to find the winner's circle yet in 2026 but moves in on the gate off back-to-back bad posts and is a second-timer for trainer/driver Pat Lachance. I wouldn't be surprised to see an aggressive approach coming. (2) NANDOLO N finds the bottom level tonight after he was second against NW7500L5s on Saturday afternoon and his lone triumph so far this year came in this class back in May. (5) SHAKESPEARE has had plenty of success at Yonkers in the past and comes south from Saratoga into a new stable.

Race 7 - F&M 20000CLM Pace

(1) YS SENSATIONALCITY returns to action at much lower level than she was racing at when last seen and her qualifier over at Pocono last week was fine with a good final quarter behind a stakes horse. (4) KARPATHIAN QUEEN is on an extended run of sharp form, including a gaining runner-up finish against $20,000 claimers last Tuesday. (3) TALENT TO SPARE A hasn't won in 2026 but has hit the board in four out of her last six appearances and moves in on the gate from post seven to the four-hole.

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Race 8 - NW5000L5 / 12500CLM Pace

(6) DOWN THE LINE finds a much softer spot tonight than the race he was in at Pocono on 8-29 and makes his second start back in a high-percentage stable with a driver change to Kelly. (4) TASTE OF HONEY woke up at Plainridge on August 31 with a runner-up effort in a fast mile and had post and trip excuses at Yonkers before that. (2) DONTTELLMENOW gets post relief in his fourth try against bottom level rivals and was third despite getting bothered on the 8th of August.

Race 9 - 15000CLM Pace

(2) MAXIMUS RED A closed with pace against $15,000 claiming foes on 8-29 and now gets major post relief as Brent Holland's choice. (3) LAST BEACH should get back in the hunt here as he slides in on the gate from the seven-hole to post three. (5) BLACK HAWK JOE A was third in his debut for this stable on August 27 and shows a victory at this level back on the 23rd of July.