MEET STATS: 50 - 164 / $304.80 (-$23.20) BEST BETS: 9 - 16 / $37.10 (+$5.10) SPOT PLAYS: 3 - 16 / $34.00 (+$2.00) BEST BET-PERFECT VIXEN (2nd) SPOT PLAY-WORLD FOR TWO (1st) Race 1 - 3-6YO 30000CLM Pace (7) WORLD FOR TWO romped to a win the last time he competed in this class on February 1 and returns to it tonight after facing tougher since. (1) BIG DREAM FELLA held sway on the front-end to win at this level a week ago and has four straight top-three finishes overall. Trainer Travis Alexander is sending out lots of live horses right now. (6) YS DO IT RIGHT finished with plenty of pace to come up just a head short of BIG DREAM FELLA last Thursday and has hit the board in four of his last five appearances. [DRF HARNESS: Get Harness Eye PPs for this card] Race 2 - F&M Invitational Trot (4) PERFECT VIXEN turned in a huge effort last Thursday to finish second to the red-hot Tipsy Moni in this class and avoids that foe tonight. This is her fourth start since adding Lasix. (1) QUEEN OF ALL moves inside on the gate this time and does own a win at this level back on February 22. (5) HELPOFTHESEASON took last week off, but she was second in the F&M Invitational Trot on 3-7 and hails from the high-percentage Per Engblom barn. [DRF BETS: Wager on tonight's Yonkers card at DRF Bets.com!] Race 3 - NW20000L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW15000L5/NW10 PM Races LT/60000CLM Trot (5) EPOS OSTERVANG DK came up just a neck short of winning in a tougher optional $75,000 claimer on March 7 and slides back down to the level where he was victorious on February 29. (4) CREDIT CON wound up third last week as a heavy favorite and didn't seem to have any noticeable excuse. I will play against but respect his chances. (1) TOP ME OFF rebounded from a break on the 7th of March with a strong second-place result in this class a week ago. Race 4 - Invitational Handicap Trot (3) PAPPARDELLE returns off the bench tonight off a strong qualifier at Pocono. He had a very good campaign last season that included multiple victories in the Open down at Harrah's Philadelphia and a bunch of strong performances in the local Open as well. (1) I GET IT ships north from Dover off a win in their Open Handicap most recently and starts from the pole position. (6) NOWS THE MOMENT reclaimed his throne in the Open level at Yonkers last week with another tally and is always a big danger. Race 5 - 40000CLM Trot (3) CANTKEEPMIASECRET finished an even fifth in her comeback last week and I will look for her to be tighter and sharper tonight from another good draw. (6) EMOTIONS RICHES won twice in this class earlier in 2024 and went a long way on the front-end before ending up third on March 7. (1) LIGHTFOOTEDLEGEND left hard last Thursday but made a break on the first turn. It's probably a good sign he was sent out of there after some off-the-pace tries, and he's usable again. Race 6 - NAADA Amateur Spring Series Leg #2 Trot (5) KASHA'S BOY didn't get involved last week from a poor post but makes his third start back after a lengthy layoff, and hopefully a more aggressive approach might be tried tonight against this wide-open group. (4) B MEDITHREE picked up a confidence-building win down at Freehold most recently and looks like an obvious candidate to be on the front-end in this contest. (2) WINNERESS shows a victory at Freehold in mid-Feburary and closed from last at the opening quarter to third at the wire in his last appearance. Race 7 - NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Pace (4) BENHOPE RULZ N gets a post relief/class drop combo tonight and I think has some sneaky form based on his solid final quarters in his last two tries against tougher company. (8) BIG GULP went a big qualifier over the oval on 3-8 and makes his pari-mutuel debut for Engblom here. He's definitely a threat, even from the outside post. (7) MIRRAGON A moves outside on the gate but is making his third start on Lasix and shows a third against NW15000L5 base class rivals on February 19. Race 8 - NAADA Amateur Spring Series Leg #2 Trot (4) BIRDMAN shows a couple of breaks and hasn't made a pari-mutuel start since February 18 but he's been easily in the toughest races of this field. Hopefully he'll mind his p's and q's and fire despite the time off. (1) RACEACE cut the fractions and just missed by a head in his division of the first leg of this series last Thursday and gets significant post relief off that try. (7) BY A HOFF HANOVER drew a tough post but has two wins and a second in his last three trips behind the gate and took his split of this series a week ago. Race 9 - NAADA Amateur Spring Series Leg #2 Trot (6) PSALMSFORTYSIXFIVE invades from Freehold in great form and I will look for that to continue as she makes her debut in this series. (1) SKRILL has been racing in some tough classes, including one appearance against NW10000L5's at Yonkers back in late January. (5) CALL ME THEFIREMAN had some late trot in the stretch to finish third in his division of this series last Thursday and shows a pair of victories at Freehold thus far in 2024. [DRF HARNESS: Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter] Race 10 - NW33091L5/NW12 PM Races LT/75000CLM Trot (1) ON HIGHER GROUND exits the Invitational Trot off a fifth-place finish last Thursday. That was his first start of the year, so I anticipate he'll be tighter and fire tonight. (2) EUROBOND was third in the Invitational Trot a week ago and squeezed into this class by a dollar as he has $33,090 earned in his last five outings. (3) P L OSCAR is riding a three-race streak of on-the-board finishes, including a third in a NW30000L5 tilt on March 7. Race 11 - NW5000L5/12500CLM Pace (5) GENIUS MAN slides down to the bottom level tonight, and while he doesn't have great form since his one win back on January 22, drops like this often result in better performances by horses out of trainer Ricky Bucci's barn. (2) MIGHTY SANTANA N closed in 27 and change in a third-place finish against NW7500L5 foes on 3-11 and meets up with NW5000L5 company here. He also has post relief. (1) SWEET TROY was fourth in a NW7500L5 race most recently and was a close third the last time he raced in this class back in early February. Add in that he starts from the pole, and I'll include. Race 12 - NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of the Base Class NW5000L5 Pace (6) CENTURY INSPECTOR has been facing tougher foes than this through his 5-year-old campaign and did show a 27 and change final quarter in his last effort. I'll give him a try. (3) MIND HUNTER drops and moves inside on the gate for Engblom and hit the board twice against NW10000L5 company last month. (1) DP REALORDEAL was a gaining third in his first start of 2024 last week and makes his second appearance out of Jenn Bongiorno's barn.