For everything that’s happened during Yonkers Raceway’s storied century-plus history, this Sunday afternoon (March 12) offers something never before seen in Westchester.
Surmised by the author (Frank Drucker, Yonkers Raceway Publicity Director) and confirmed (+/- the acceptable margin of error) by track legends Bob (OUTP) Miecuna and stat savant Fred Opper, Yonkers is presenting its first-ever all trot program.
Eleven races (first post 12:30 p.m.), eleven trots, including seven (races three through nine) of the ‘French’ theme, featuring overflow fields at the mile-and-one-quarter distance.
The card begins with the $50,000 Open, a blind-draw get-together including Hemi Seelster (Jason Bartlett, post seven), Springbank Sam N (Jordan Stratton, post two) and lone lass Allerage Star (Andy Miller, post eight), who finished 1-2-3 in last week’s handicapped event.
Sunday’s matinee card also features the return of the ‘New York, New York Double,’ with the third race from Aqueduct (post time 2:20 p.m.) and the sixth from Yonkers (post time 2:55 p.m.).
(With files from Yonkers Raceway)