The post positions have been drawn for the $309,800 final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series and the $606,000 final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Series, which will headline Yonkers Raceway’s program of live racing this Saturday evening.
The ‘Levy’ has been carded as Race 9, which carries an approximate post time of 9:50 p.m. (ET). The series’ points leader, Bit Of A Legend N, has drawn Post 2 for driver Jordan Stratton. Bit Of A Legend N swept his five series prelims, which included last week’s track-record, dead-heat (1:51.2) with Wiggle It Jiggleit. Peter Tritton trains Bit Of A Legend N for owner Harry von Knoblauch.
Take It Back Terry – the 2015 Levy runner-up – has ‘outdrawn’ his eight rivals in the final, as he will start from Post 1. Take It Back Terry has won three of his four Levy preliminary races this year. George Brennan is scheduled to take his usual seat for trainer Ron Burke and fellow co-owners Weaver Bruscemi, Larry Karr and Phil Collura.
Both ‘Legend’ and ‘Terry’ have entrymates in Texican N (Driver TBA, Post 6) and All Bets Off (Matt Kakaley, Post 5), respectively. A third entry starts in the form of P H Supercam (Jason Bartlett, Post 3) and Mach It So (Tim Tetrick, Post 7).
Texas Terror N (Brett Miler, Post 4) and Lucan Hanover (Brian Sears, Post 8) round out the field.
The results of the post draw for the $606,000 final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Series appears below.
$606,000 George Morton Levy Memorial Series final
(Post – Horse – Listed Driver)
1 – Take It Back Terry – G. Brennan
2 – Bit Of A Legend N – J. Stratton
3 – P H Supercam – J. Bartlett
4 – Texas Terror N – Br. Miller
5 – All Bets Off – M. Kakaley
6 – Texican N – J. Stratton
7 – Mach It So – Ti. Tetrick
8 – Lucan Hanover – B. Sears
The final of the Matchmaker has been carded as Race 7 (approximate post time is 9:10 p.m. [ET]). The results of the post draw for the Matchmaker final appear below.
$309,800 Blue Chip Matchmaker Series final
(Post – Horse – Listed Driver)
1 – Lady Shadow – C. Callahan
2 – Regil Elektra – Ti. Tetrick
3 – Sell A Bit N – J. Stratton
4 – Yagonnakissmeornot – D. Dube
5 – Al Raza N – D. Miller
6 – Mach It A Par – G. Brennan
7 – Venus Delight – Ti. Tetrick
8 – Krispy Apple – J. Bartlett
A pair of consolations ($100,000 – Levy, $75,000 – Matchmaker) will be raced immediately before their finals. Wiggle it Jiggleit has drawn Post 7 in the $100,000 Levy consolation, which has been carded as Race 8.
(With files from Yonkers)