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

Yonkers, NY — Our long national nightmare is over…Yonkers Raceway’s Sunday matinees have returned.

The first of six such cards goes postward this weekend (Oct. 30), with first post of 12:30 p.m., as races one through seven (all trots) are simulcast to our French-hubbed audience.

Those events again each have 10 scheduled starters at the 1-1/4 mile distance. The weekly Open Handicap Trot, with its vitamin-enriched $56,000 purse, is the first race on the dozen-dash program.

Tornado Tim, last week’s first-up marquee trot winner, starts from post position No. 7 this time around, with Dan Dube retaining the assignment for co-owner/trainer Rene Allard.

Dot Dot Dot Dash (Tyler Buter, post four) and Springbank Sam N (Jordan Stratton, post nine) both move up off wins against softer, while Yonkers Invitational Trot participant Wind Of The North (Matt Kakaley, post eight) makes his first overnight start since late August.

Luminosity (George Brennan, post three), Cash Me Out (Buter also listed, post six) and Tober (Brent Holland, post 10) all made money in last week’s featured trot.

Note that Thursday live racing (evening simulcasting) is done for the season after this week (Oct. 27) and post times for the remaining Sundays (Nov. 13, 20, 27 and Dec. 4 and 18) are TBA as of this writing.