Yonkers, NY — Three $50,000 divisions of the final preliminary round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series will go behind the gate on Monday night (April 15) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

Fresh off a win in the fourth leg (April 8), Pleaseletmeknow is among the entrants in the first split, carded as race two. Rocknroll Runa A has two wins in the prelims but will have to bounce back after finishing fifth in the fourth leg; and Whats Stanley Got A, who has a pair of runner-ups and victory in his series appearances thus far, is back in action after taking the fourth round off.

Pleaseletmeknow leads the 17 entrants in the final preliminary round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series. Mike Lizzi photo.

Backstreet Shadow has the pole position in the second flight, carded as race nine, after tallying on Monday night. Dunkin’ won in rounds two and three but made a miscue before the start in the fourth leg and will look to get back on track. Covered Bridge won back in the opening round and will look to duplicate that feat in this race.

Linedrive Hanover skipped the fourth prelim but returns on Monday night in the last section, carded as race 10. He’ll match up against former series champions Hellabalou and Funatthebeach N.

A full look at the fields, with nominated drivers and trainers, is as follows:

Division 1 (Race 2)
1. Whats Stanley Got A (George Brennan, Cory Stratton)
2. Venturesome Arden N (George Brennan, Ricky Bucci)
3. Rocknroll Runa A (Mark MacDonald, Larry Stalbaum)
4. This Is The Plan (Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke)
5. Pleaseletmeknow (Matt Kakaley, Travis Alexander)

Division 2 (Race 9)
1. Backstreet Shadow (Matt Kakaley, Travis Alexander)
2. Covered Bridge (Jordan Stratton, Jeff Gillis)
3. Hemsworth N (Tim Tetrick, Jared Bako)
4. Dunkin’ (Tim Tetrick, Scott DiDomenico)
5. Coaches Corner (Jason Bartlett, Per Engblom)
6. Semi Tough (Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke)

Division 3 (Race 10)
1. Strengthfromabove (Jason Bartlett, Besim Odza)
2. Linedrive Hanover (Scott Zeron, Linda Toscano)
3. Hellabalou (Yannick Gingras, Ron Burke)
4. Leonidas A (Austin Siegelman, Matthew Medeiros)
5. Idealsomemagic A (George Brennan, Cory Stratton)
6. Funatthebeach N (Jordan Stratton, Jeff Gillis)

Point totals for the Borgata Series heading into the final leg are available here.

The $200,000-added final of the Borgata is slated to take place a week from Monday (April 22). This year’s MGM Borgata Pacing Series final will also have a “win and you’re in” feature for the $125,000 Birthday Invitational Pace in May to celebrate 125 years of MGM Yonkers Raceway, the Battle of Lake Erie at MGM Northfield on June 8, and the Aria Invitational at Yonkers (scheduled for Sept. 7).

The John Brennan Trotting Series will be added to the current mix of ongoing stakes races at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Wednesday (April 10) with five $25,000 tilts to get that event underway. The Brennan Series, which has three prelims prior to the $55,000-added final on May 1, is named in honor of the longtime Standardbred Owners Association of New York horsemen’s representative who passed away from complications of COVID-19 in March 2020. The series is for 3-year-olds and older who were non-winners of six pari-mutuel races or $200,000 through Feb. 1, 2024, with winners over $250,000 as of that date not eligible.

Friday night’s (April 12) program at Yonkers will be headlined by two $40,000 splits of the last round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, for pacing mares. Tony’s Mom and Incaseyoudidntknow each seek their second win in the prelims in the first division (race five), while the other section (race nine) has leg-winners Lit De Rose, Dougs Babe A, Delitfulcatherin N and Racine Bell. The $125,000-added final of the Matchmaker is also slated to take place on Monday, April 22.

Point totals for the Matchmaker going into the last round can be found here.

Live racing at Yonkers takes place on a Monday-through-Friday schedule with post time each night at 7 p.m. (EDT).