Draw complete for Triple Crown races

On Monday afternoon (Jun. 26), the open draws took place for Friday night’s (Jun. 30) four Grand Circuit harness racing finals for 3-year-olds at MGM Yonkers Raceway: the $300,000 MGM Yonkers Trot, the $250,000 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes, the $115,000 Park MGM Pace and the $100,000 New York New York Mile. The MGM Yonkers Trot and the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes are the first legs of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns.

Trainer Ake Svanstedt swept the MGM Yonkers Trot eliminations last Friday (Jun. 23) and had good luck in the draw for the final as Up Your Deo (Walner) landed post two and stablemate Kierkegaard K (Chapter Seven) is right next to him in post three. Svanstedt co-owns Up Your Deo, who set a track record in his elimination victory, so he will drive him, leaving the call on Kierkegaard K to Mark MacDonald.

The other event to require eliminations was the Park MGM Pace for fillies, and the winners of those races, Earthwindfire (American Ideal) and Ucandoit Blue Chip (Keystone Velocity), will depart from posts five and two, respectively, in the championship.

As for the MGN Grand Messenger and New York New York Mile, they went straight to their finals without eliminations and will be conducted at the distance of a mile and sixteenth with two horses starting from trailing posts in the MGM Grand Messenger and one horse in a trailing post in the New York New York Mile.

To complement the big night of racing, the Empire Terrace Dining Room will be open during the program. For more information, please call 914-457-2627.

The full draws, in race order, for the four finals, with listed drivers and trainers, are as follows.

$100,000 New York New York Mile – 3YO Filly Trot – Race 5

1-Life Itself (Walner, Ake Svanstedt trains/drives)

2-Sadie Hanover (Chapter Seven, Scott Zeron/Linda Toscano)

3-Canterbury Hanover (Chapter Seven, Jeff Gregory trains/drives)

4-Walner Payton (Walner, Dexter Dunn/Chris Ryder)

5-Usosweet Blue Chip (Devious Man, Marcus Miller/Erv Miller)

6-Emira Mil IT (Face Time Bourbon, Svanstedt also listed trainer/driver)

7-Tipsy Moni (International Moni, Jim Marohn Jr./D.R. Ackerman)

8-Secret Volo (Walner, Brian Sears/Marcus Melander)

9-Warrawee Yes (Walner, George Brennan/Mark Steacy)

$115,000 Park MGM – 3YO Filly Pace – Race 6

1-Treacherous Penny (Captaintreacherous, Andy McCarthy/Tony Alagna)

2-Ucandoit Blue Chip (Keystone Velocity, Scott Zeron/Linda Toscano)

3-Lisa Lane (Lazarus N, Patrick Ryder/Chris Ryder)

4-Turn On The Charm (Huntsville, Marcus Miller/Bruce Clarke)

5-Earthwindfire (American Ideal, Tim Tetrick/Brett Pelling)

6-Vivians Dream (American Ideal, Brian Sears/Kevin Lare)

7-True Blue Hanover (American Ideal, Jason Bartlett/John Balzer)

8-Silky Stride (American Ideal, Jordan Stratton/Mark Harder)

$250,000 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes – 3YO C&G Pace – Race 7

1-Annapolis Hanover (Stay Hungry, Hunter Myers/Mitchell York)

2-Seven Colors (Stay Hungry, Tim Tetrick/Brian Brown)

3-Strengthfromabove (Tellitlikeitis, Jason Bartlett/Per Engblom)

4-American Fling (American Ideal, Jason Bartlett/Ed Hart)

5-Captain Batboy (Captaintreacherous, Jordan Stratton/Tom Fanning)

6-Thunder Hunter Joe (Huntsville, Tyler Buter/Nick Devita)

7-It’s A Me Mario (American Ideal, Brian Sears/Shane Tritton)

8-Hungry Man (Stay Hungry, Andy McCarthy/Tony Alagna)

9-Bamboozler (Captaintreacherous, Dexter Dunn/Virgil Morgan Jr.)

10-Joemikiyoursofine (Always B Miki, Yannick Gingras/Chris Choate)

$300,000 MGM Yonkers Trot – 3YO C&G Trot – Race 8

1-Chapercraz (Crazy Wow, Yannick Gingras/Ron Burke)

2-Up Your Deo (Walner, Ake Svanstedt trains/drives)

3-Kierkegaard K (Chapter Seven, Mark MacDonald/Ake Svanstedt)

4-Crown (Chapter Seven, Brian Sears/Marcus Melander)

5-Ari Ferrari J (Walner, Dexter Dunn/Tony Alagna)

6-Tillio’s Action (E L Titan, Jordan Stratton/John Grasso)

7-Devilish Hill (Muscle Hill, Andy McCarthy/Lucas Wallin)

8-Manclane (Cantab Hall, Tyler Buter/John Butenschoen)

MGM Yonkers Raceway is currently operating on a Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday live racing schedule with post time at 7 p.m. (EDT).

For race entries, click here.

From Yonkers Raceway