“This is my first stakes race I’ve ever been in. She’s a bit of a forgotten horse and it’s a lot less pressure on me and her and I’m going to go into (Saturday) night and just enjoy myself.”...read on
Matchmaker Prelims Conclude
April 12, 2019:
Yonkers Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker saw its fifth and final preliminary round go Friday night (April 12), with three, $40,000 groupings of Free-For-All mares....read on
A Soggy & Chalky Matchmaker Leg
April 5, 2019:
Yonkers Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker saw its fourth preliminary round conducted over Friday night’s (April 5) ‘sloppy’ surface....read on
Levy, Matchmaker Continue At Yonkers
April 4, 2019:
Yonkers Raceway is getting down to both the nitty and the gritty as the oval hosts the fourth — or penultimate — rounds of both the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series....read on
Logical Winners In Matchmaker
March 29, 2019:
Yonkers Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker offered up the third of five preliminary rounds Friday night....read on
Marohn On Yonkers Depth, Stakes Drives
March 29, 2019:
“You can take any regular at Yonkers [Raceway] and put them at a lot of other tracks and they’re going to be leading driver, if not very close to it.”...read on
Matchmaker, Levy Continue At Yonkers
March 28, 2019:
The glasses are half-full for some and half-empty for others - 40 per cent of the way in....read on
Apple Bottom Jeans Doubles In Matchmaker
March 22, 2019:
Yonkers Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker Series saw the second of five preliminary rounds go Friday night (March 22)....read on
Matchmaker Win A 'Delightful' Surprise
March 22, 2019:
“To be honest, I thought she was probably a big track horse. I thought she was a closer and I thought you’d have to race her at the Meadowlands or Mohawk....I didn’t think she was a Matchmaker horse, really, but she’s gotten better and better."...read on
Shartin N Solid In 'Matchmaker'
March 15, 2019:
Beware the Ides of March, provided you weren’t mesmerized by the start of Yonkers Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker....read on
King Set To Defend Matchmaker Title
March 14, 2019:
When Jim King, Jr. thinks about returning to the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway, the trainer admits he’s “going in with a better chance than most.”...read on
Matchmaker, Levy Set To Kick Off
March 11, 2019:
The big girls and big boys come to play this weekend, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the opening round of both the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series....read on
Levy, Matchmaker Eligibles Announced
March 3, 2019:
Yonkers Raceway’s 2019 stakes season is scheduled to begin on Monday night (March 4) with the opening round of the Petticoat Pacing Series....read on
Keystone Velocity Repeats In 'Levy'; Shartin N Rebounds In 'Matchmaker'
April 21, 2018:
Many of the sport’s top older pacers were on display Saturday evening at Yonkers Raceway, as the half-mile oval hosted a set of rich tilts – the $373,000 Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for distaffers and the $532,000 George Morton Levy Series for their male counterparts....read on
Adjustments Made To Control Shartin
April 21, 2018:
"I certainly don’t think we’ve seen her limit. We don’t know what she thinks of a half-mile track that much because she’s never been out of the handholds; she’s been in-hand at all times. Timmy’s given her such wonderful trips that she hasn’t had to go to work yet."...read on
