Lit De Rose became the sport’s newest millionaire when she captured her $40,000 division of the final preliminary leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway on Friday (April 12) night for trainer-driver Patrick Lachance.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Kakaley and Alexander sweep leg four of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series
Desperate Man, Pleaseletmeknow and Backstreet Shadow gave driver Matt Kakaley and trainer Travis Alexander victories in the three $50,000 divisions of the fourth round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Monday night (April 8).
Mikala, Racine Bell tally in round four of Matchmaker
Mikala, driven by George Brennan, marched to the front past the quarter and never looked back on the way to her second victory in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, scoring as the favorite in the first of two $40,000 fourth-leg divisions on Friday (April 5) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Racine Bell and Jason Bartlett pulled a mild upset in the second Matchmaker section.
Favorites clean up in round three of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series
Desperate Man improved to three-for-three while Linedrive Hanover and Dunkin’ both collected their second victories in the prelims in a trio of $50,000 divisions of the third leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series on Monday night (April 1) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Lit De Rose doubles up in Blue Chip Matchmaker Series
Lit De Rose and driver Pat Lachance won for the second time in three Blue Chip Matchmaker Series legs on Friday night (March 29), kicking home strongly as the 3-5 choice to capture one of three $40,000 divisions at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Desperate Man, Rocknroll Runa A score again in MGM Borgata Pacing Series
Desperate Man and Rocknroll Runa A improved to two-for-two in this year’s MGM Borgata Pacing Series by taking their respective $50,000 divisions of the second leg on Monday night at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Collecting wins in the other sections were Dunkin’ and Whats Stanley Got A.
No repeaters in round two of Blue Chip Matchmaker Series
Intothemysticmoon and driver Yannick Gingras blasted to the front on the opening turn and never looked back in posting a mild upset in the first of three $40,000 divisions in the second round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday (March 22) night. It was the second win of the season for the 5-year-old daughter of Artspeak trained by Mickey Burke Jr.
Desperate Man now a millionaire after Borgata Series triumph
Desperate Man, the 2021 Horse of the Year in Canada, became a millionaire in U.S. dollars after taking the first of four $50,000 flights of the opening leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series for older horses and geldings on Monday night (March 18) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Also taking victories were Rocknroll Runa A, Covered Bridge and Linedrive Hanover.
Lit De Rose blossoms in opening Matchmaker leg
Lit De Rose and driver Scott Zeron converted on a pocket trip to victory in the first of three $40,000 first-leg divisions of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 15). The veteran Quebec-bred mare has been a constant at Yonkers over the last few years and won for the first time with the combination of Zeron in the bike and Hall of Famer Mike Lachance as the conditioner.
Allywag Hanover upsets in FanDuel; Confederate eighth
Allywag Hanover used a pocket trip to spring a 17-1 upset in Saturday’s (Nov. 25) $350,000 FanDuel Open Pace Championship, overtaking 4-5 favorite Bythemissal in deep stretch to win by a neck in 1:49.1 at the Meadowlands. Abuckabett Hanover finished third. Confederate, the lone 3-year-old in the race and 6-5 second choice in the betting, finished eighth after a first-over charge from the half-mile point.