Published:
August 25, 2008 12:45 pm EDT
With purse offerings high on the evening of Saturday, August 23, the horsemen at Yonkers Raceway dipped in and took seven horses from the card via claims.
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York reports that the highest claim for $50,000 was followed by three claims at $40,000; one at $30,000 and two at $20,000. The total spent at the claim box was $240,000.
The report states that Yonkers is now contemplating a $75,000 and $100,000 claimer.
Click here to view Yonkers' Saturday lines.
(With files from the SOA of New York)
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