Elimination winners Dontyouforgetit and Creampuff Macdaddy drew post positions four and six, respectively, for Yonkers Raceway's 59th Yonkers Trot.
The $450,000 first leg of Trotting's Triple Crown goes as Saturday night's seventh race, with post time at approximately 9:20 p.m. Eight three-year-olds - seven colts and one gelding - earned their berths after last week's pair of eliminations. First post for the baker's dozen buffet is the usual 7:10 p.m.
Dontyouforgetit, a Cantab Hall colt, held off Fico by a nose (1:57.2) in the second elim. He looks to give Jimmy Takter a fourth win in the last five editions of the Yonkers Trot.
For the season, Dontyouforgetit has four wins, a second and pair of thirds in seven tries ($195,732) and his $533,569 career bankroll (10-for-17 lifetime) makes him by far the wealthiest of the octet. Takter, who drove the Solveigs Racing Partners’ homebred last week, has enlisted Brian Sears for the final.
Creampuff Macdaddy made a successful out-of-Ontario debut last week, winning the first elimination in a sharp 1:56.3. The son of Ken Warkentin whipped Dewycolorintheline by a length-and-a-half.
Brad Maxwell trains for co-owners Howard Taylor, Ted Gewertz, Edwin Gold and Judith Taylor. The Yonkers Trot elim was his first "official" win in three seasonal starts (one north of the border disqualification is under appeal). Creampuff Macdaddy, a provincial standout at two, has baked in excess of $302,000 in his career.
Jason Bartlett, as of this writing, is double-listed behind Creampuff Macdaddy and pole-sitting Fico.
Yonkers Trot
1. Fico
2. Dewycolorintheline
3. Celebrity Stimulus
4. Dontyouforgetit
5. Boffin
6. Creampuff Macdaddy
7. Lauderdale
8. Cantab Abs
(Yonkers Raceway)