Grand Circuit action returns to Yonkers

Harness racing’s Grand Circuit returns to Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (May 6) with splits of the W.N. Reynolds Stakes for 3-year-old pacers of both sexes.

In the $33,500 Tar Heel for colts and geldings, Groovy Man drew post seven with Yannick Gingras listed to drive for trainer Nancy Takter. Groovy Man, a Huntsville gelding, was victorious in the inaugural $100,000 Paul Revere Pace at Plainridge Park on April 28.

Groovy Man’s competition includes JD (post one, Mark MacDonald/Ray Schnittker), the New York Sire Stakes champion in this division a year ago, and Pleaseletmeknow (post three, Matt Kakaley/Michael Spaccarelli Jr.), who was victorious in the $150,000 MGM Springfield Stakes final at Yonkers in 2021. JD, a gelding by So Surreal, and Pleaseletmeknow, a gelded son of American Ideal, will both be making their sophomore debuts in this event.

Gotthegreenlight (post six) tops the entrants in the $28,500 Leta Long for fillies. A daughter of American Ideal, Gotthegreenlight won eight of 12 starts at age 2, with her biggest victory coming in the $200,000 New York Sire Stakes final at Yonkers on September 10. Gotthegreenlight qualified on April 23 at the Meadowlands and won in 1:55 for trainer Richard “Nifty” Norman, who has listed Jason Bartlett to drive.

The W.N. Reynolds Stakes go as the first two dashes on Friday night’s 10-race program at Yonkers. Post time is 6:55 p.m. (EDT).

From Yonkers Raceway Media