Yonkers’ Sunday matinees return this weekend
November 3, 2015,by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers, NY — Yonkers Raceway’s “French-centric” Sunday matinees return this weekend (Nov. 8).
First post for the dozen-race card is 11:25 a.m., with the first seven races — all oversized-field trots going at the 1-1/4 mile distance — being simulcast overseas.
The Sundays run through Dec. 13, with the exception of Dec. 6. First posts shall either be 11:15 a.m. or 11:25 a.m., but to try and keep things consistent, 11:15 is going to be what’s listed for each.
Sunday’s card is highlighted by a $50,000 Open Handicap Trot (third race), with Luminosity (George Brennan) sent “behind the 10-hole” in search of a fourth consecutive win and sixth in his last seven tries.
To remind, the return of Sundays meant the end of Thursday live racing/evening simulcasting (effective after last week’s program). A current schedule is always available at www.yonkersraceway.com.
- Nearly $20 million wagered in first year of Yonkers simulcasts to Europe (Tuesday, November 03, 2015)
Sunday matinee racing returns to Yonkers Raceway this Sunday (Nov. 8) and the 12-race card which starts at 11:25 a.m. also marks the one year anniversary of simulcasting races from Yonkers to the French PMU distribution hub. The European simulcasting began on Nov. 9, 2014 and through the first year nearly $20 million have been wagered on races from Yonkers throughout Europe.