by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers, NY — Updating Yonkers Raceway’s October post times, specifically the return of Sunday racing.
First, the ‘usuals’: Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and just about all Saturdays remain at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday matinees continue at 1 p.m.
Second, the ‘variables’: Saturday (Oct. 15), the date for the million-dollar Yonkers International Trot, a requested first post of 1:10 p.m. has been submitted to the New York State Gaming Commission.
Sunday late morning/early afternoon racing returns just in time for Halloween. The first of six Sundays between then and the Dec. 18 end of the racing season will be held on Oct. 30 with first post set for 12:30 p.m. Note that in an earlier release, this was listed as TBA.