Yonkers, NY — The 2024 edition of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series continues on Monday (March 25) at MGM Yonkers Raceway with four $50,000 second-leg divisions.

Three first-round winners — Linedrive Hanover (post two), Covered Bridge (post three) and Desperate Man (post four) — drew against each other and will compete in the second split, which is race six on the card. Sumomentsomwhere A (post six), who was second to Desperate Man, is also in that race.

Linedrive Hanover, pictured winning in the first round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series, seeks a second preliminary win on Monday night. Mike Lizzi photo.

Rockrnoll Runa A (post four), the fourth of the first-leg victors, is in the third section, which is race nine of 12. He’ll meet the likes of Pleaseletmeknow (post one), who was a fast-closing third in the first leg, and series veteran Semi Tough (post two), who has a much better draw than he did in the opening round.

Last year’s MGM Borgata Pacing Series champion, Hellabalou (post three), tops the first flight in race four, and a pair of former series heroes in This Is The Plan (post one) and Funatthebeach N (post five) are among the entrants in the final tilt, carded as race 10.

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

Division 1 (Race 4)
1. Torrid Saint A (Matthew Athearn, Jimmy Nickerson)
2. Dunkin’ (Tim Tetrick, Scott DiDomenico)
3. Hellabalou (Yannick Gingras, Mickey Burke Jr.)
4. Hemsworth N (Joe Bongiorno, Jared Bako)
5. Backstreet Shadow (Matt Kakaley, Travis Alexander)
6. Idealsomemagic A (George Brennan, Cory Stratton)

Division 2 (Race 6)
1. Leonidas A (Austin Siegelman, Matthew Medeiros)
2. Linedrive Hanover (Scott Zeron, Linda Toscano)
3. Covered Bridge (Jordan Stratton, Jeff Gillis)
4. Desperate Man (Matt Kakaley, Travis Alexander)
5. Thunder Hunter Joe (Scott Zeron, Andrew Adamczyk)
6. Sumomentsomwhere A (Yannick Gingras, Mickey Burke Jr.)

Division 3 (Race 9)
1. Pleaseletmeknow (Matt Kakaley, Travis Alexander)
2. Semi Tough (Yannick Gingras, Mickey Burke Jr.)
3. Strengthfromabove (Jordan Stratton, Besim Odza)
4. Rocknroll Runa A (Mark MacDonald, Larry Stalbaum)
5. Coaches Corner (Jason Bartlett, Per Engblom)
6. Magic Four N (Todd McCarthy, Brett Pelling)
7. Venturesome Arden N (Brent Holland, Ricky Bucci)

Division 4 (Race 10)
1. This Is The Plan (Yannick Gingras, Mickey Burke Jr.)
2. Cranbourne N (Austin Siegelman, Matthew Medeiros)
3. Whats Stanley Got A (George Brennan, Cory Stratton)
4. I Did It Myway (Tim Tetrick, Chuck Crissman Jr.)
5. Funatthebeach N (Jordan Stratton, Jeff Gillis)
6. Fourever Boy (Scott Zeron, Linda Toscano)

Preliminary round action in the MGM Borgata Pacing Series continues through April 15, with the $200,000-added final slated to take place on 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).

Friday night’s (March 22) program at MGM Yonkers Raceway will be headlined by a trio of $40,000 second-leg splits of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, for pacing mares, featuring a showdown between first-round winners Lit De Rose and Tony’s Mom in the third division, carded as race 10. The opening rounds of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series will continue through April 12, with the $125,000-added final on April 22.

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