Hillbilly Hanover, who hasn't won a race all season, won the draw for Saturday night's 57th edition of Yonkers Raceway's Messenger Stakes for three-year-old colts and geldings.
The final jewel of the Pacing Triple Crown, worth $415,820, goes as the eighth race on the 13-race wagering card (first post 7:10 p.m., approximate stakes post time 9:35 p.m.).
Seven colts and one gelding are set to the contest the Messenger Stakes, and here’s how they’ll line up behind the starting gate:
$415,820 Messenger Stakes
1. Hillbilly Hanover (Jim Morrill Jr.)
2. Domethatagain (Brent Holland)
3. A Rocknroll Dance (Dave Miller)
4. Lawgiver Hanover (Eric Goodell)
5. Bolt The Duer (Mark MacDonald)
6. Major Bombay (Brian Sears)
7. Pet Rock (George Brennan)
8. Steelhead Hanover (Tim Tetrick)
Messenger notes:
- Hillbilly Hanover, the lone gelding in the field, has earned more money this season ($236,503) than any winless horse. He enters this race 0-for-19
- A Rocknroll Dance, winner of the Meadowlands Pace, is one of six pacing millionaires ($1,011,464) in 2012, all but one (Foiled Again) are in the three-year-old pacing colt/gelding glamour division
- Major Bombay, the New York Sire Stakes champ this season, is one of four Empire-breds (Domethatagain, Lawgiver Hanover, Steelhead Hanover) in this race
- Pet Rock returns to Westchester for the first time since winning the Art Rooney Pace here in early June. His 1:51 effort was a stakes record and a track record for his age group
- Bolt The Duer, second to Pet Rock in the Rooney after cutting the mile, is the world record-holder over a five-eighths oval off his 1:47.4 win in the Adios at the Meadows.
The stakes companion event, the $229,440 Lady Maud Pace for three-year-old fillies, goes as the sixth race (approximate post time 8:55 p.m.). Here’s how they’ll line up behind the starting gate:
$229,440 Lady Maud Pace
1. Bettor B Lucky (Jim Morrill Jr.)
2. Handsoffmycookie (Dave Miller)
3. Ramalama (Dave Miller)
4. Economy Terror (TBA)
5. Major Look (George Brennan)
6. Romantic Moment (Brian Sears)
7. Rockaround Sue (Mark MacDonald)
Changes are to be made Wednesday morning and shall be sent along with the morning line.
(Yonkers Raceway)