Yonkers Raceway’s entry box Monday afternoon offered up three-year-olds — four colts and four geldings — for the 64th Yonkers Trot.
The entry box also found 11 three-year-olds — eight colts and three-geldings — for the 63rd Messenger Stakes.
Thus, the second jewels of their respective Triple Crown find the Trot as a ‘one-dash-for-the-cash’ event, while the Messenger has a pair of $40,000 eliminations races this Saturday night.
Alphabetically, here are the entrants for Yonkers Trot No. 64:
Helpisontheway
Lindseys Pride
Lindys Big Bang
Maxus
Mississippi Storm
Six Pack
The Veteran
Tito
The Messenger’s elims go as the fifth and sixth races Saturday night, having drawn as such:
First elim
1. Babes Dig Me
2. Wild Bill
3. JK Wildfire
4. Topville Olympian
5-Nutcracker Sweet
Second elim
1. Springsteen
2. Winston
3. Decoy
4. Jimmy Freight ($30,000 supplement)
5. Stay Hungry
6. Kwik Talkin
Both finals - $500,000 each - are scheduled for Saturday, September 1. They are accompanied by the companion events, the $129,014 Hudson Filly Trot (six entrants) and the $112,904 Lady Maud Pace (eight entrants).
(Yonkers)