Heading into the third round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, trainer Cory Stratton has a pair of mares with ambitions of qualifying for the final, with leg winner Incaseyoudidntknow and stable favorite Easy To Please showing positive signs. Those two will be in action in two of three $40,000 divisions this Friday night at Yonkers. Stratton also has one of his two Borgata campaigners – Whats Stanley Got A – entered on Monday as he looks for a spot in the lucrative final. Incaseyoudidntknow was a finalist in last year's Blue Chip Matchmaker, and Stratton hopes the results will be better this year for the daughter of Always B Miki after last year's sixth-place finish in the final. "She drew post seven and never had a chance," Stratton said looking back. In the 2024 series, Incaseyoudidntnow captured the opening leg despite lagging cover much of the way and then finished third after racing without cover a long way in round two. The lack of early speed has compromised Stratton's mare over the last few weeks, and he's hoping things can change a bit going forward. "It's tough leaving from the rail here unless you can really sprint out quickly," said Stratton. "Andy [McCarthy] called Jim Morand, who drove her down at Dover, to ask if there's a way to get her to leave." Morand's advice was to get her on the gate. Stratton is not certain leaving will be in the cards this week in that 11th race contest. Incaseyoudidntknow finds herself with post four in a solid field that includes speedster Delitfulcatherin N (post one) and Racine Bell (post two) to her inside and second-leg winner Mikala (post six) on the outside. "She was out early last week and just kept coming," said Stratton with admiration for the 31-race career winner who he expects will keep racing in each leg of the series. Easy To Please (post six, race 10) is a horse that put Stratton on the map, and he's happy to see her returning to form. "She had an off year last year and I really don't know why," said Stratton of the daughter of Roll With Joe. "This year she's racing closer to top form." Easy To Please has finished fifth and third in the two series legs thus far, and Stratton is hopeful the trip will work out for her in Friday's tenth race. "She's a much better horse coming first- or second-over than she is on the front-end," said Stratton, with recognition that Easy To Please will have to compete with Tony's Mom (post one) and Lit De Rose (post five) to her inside on Friday. Friday's first Blue Chip Matchmaker division (race four) finds Jive Dancing A (post one) heading a group of five mares that include a pair of solid veterans in Karma Seelster (post two) and Dougs Babe A (post five). ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Whats Stanley Got A has been solid in two legs of the Borgata Series, and Stratton hopes he continues to race as well on Monday (April 1) in one of three $50,000 Borgata divisions. Whats Stanley Got A (post four) goes in race nine against three other leg winners. Desperate Man (post three) is likely the public choice off consecutive dominating performances, with Covered Bridge (post six) and Rocknroll Runa A (post seven) razor-sharp but likely compromised by post position. "I have to give all the credit for his success here to my wife [Victoria]. She takes care of him every day," said Stratton. "I've had a lot of success with horses I've bought from Down Under. I thought he would be a good overnight horse, but he's turned out to be a lot more." Whats Stanley Got A made $109,050 last year in just 18 starts and appears on his way to another strong campaign with a first and second in the opening legs of the Borgata. "I knew he was a pretty good horse when he finished second behind Abuckabett Hanover in his first qualifier," said Stratton of the qualifier last June. "After that I raced him from post nine, and he won for me right out of the box." Whats Stanley Got A just kept improving following the 1:50 2/5 victory and is now racing against the premier aged horses, far exceeding Stratton's expectations along the way. In Monday's other $50,000 divisions of the Borgata, Linedrive Hanover looks to regain winning form from post six in the fifth race and first leg on the card. He'll meet a rejuvenated Funatthebeach N (post four) and six others. Veterans Backstreet Shadow (post six) and Hellabalou (post seven) do battle in the eighth race division, each looking to gain a victory and valuable points to reach the final. The field of seven has only one leg winner, with Dunkin' (post one) looking for his second straight following an impressive 1:51 4/5 mile for trainer Scott DiDomenico on March 25. Stratton is hoping Idealsomemagic A will be ready to return for the fourth leg of the series. "He choked in the first leg," Stratton said. "Last week he scoped sick so we're giving him the week off and will start him next week." Stratton is aiming for Whats Stanley Got A to race well this week so he can give him next week off. "Last year I started Idealsomemagic A in all the legs, and he wasn't himself in the final, then needed time to regain form," said Stratton. Both Friday's and Monday's cards at Yonkers Raceway begin at 7:00 P.M. (EDT).