by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers, NY — It’s a froshfest Monday night (Aug. 20), with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $160,400 New York Sire Stakes Michael Sorentino Trot for 2-year-old colts and geldings. Post time for the dozen-race card is 6:50 p.m., with the pair of $80,200 statebred events going as races six and eight.

Photo courtesy of Monticello Raceway

Gimpanzee seeks to extend his NYSS winning streak to four on Monday evening at Yonkers Raceway.

The opening division finds Gimpanzee (Brian Sears, post eight) eying a fourth sire stakes win in as many starts. The son of Chapter Seven hasn’t been tested thus far, winning those first three races by a combined 12-1/4 lengths. He hits town after a life-best 1:55.4 effort at Saratoga Casino Hotel, which is a track record for that age group.

Gimpanzee is trained by Marcus Melander for Delray Beach, FL, co-owners Courant Inc. and S R F Stable.

Geldings Horns for Three (Jason Bartlett, post one) and Cavill Hanover (Dan Dube, post two) have each won twice in sire stakes competition, the latter edging the former earlier this month at Batavia Downs.

Our White Knight (Scott Zeron, post five) has been a bridesmaid four times (with one third) in his five NYSS tries, while Brady Bunch (Andy Miller, post seven) has chased home Gimpanzee in his last couple of sire stakes efforts.

The evening’s second and final grouping has Thunder (Zeron, post five) going after a third consecutive NYSS win. The son of Conway Hall, trained by John Butenschoen for co-owners Crawford Racing, Jeremey Day and VIP Internet Stable, was an off-the-pace, life-best 1:58.3 at Batavia Downs in his latest work night.

Chip Chip Conway (Jim Taggart Jr., post three) has two wins and two seconds in a half-dozen seasonal starts, while Chapter Fashion (Bartlett, post seven) enters off an )pen stakes win in a division of the Tompkins-Geers at Tioga Downs in a maiden-breaking 1:56.1.