2023 MEET STATS: 248 - 945 / $1,616.30 (-$273.70) 2023 BEST BETS: 40 - 91 / $179.90 (-$2.10) SPOT PLAYS: 16 - 92 / $203.70 (+$19.70) BEST BET - COMMANDING OFFICER (11th) SPOT PLAY - NANCY LOU NO (10th) Race 1 - 20000CLM Pace (5) DON DOMINGO N romped to victory in a $15,000 claiming event at Yonkers on December 20 and I can overlook his most recent start at Monticello as it was from post eight. He also gets reunited with Jason Bartlett. (2) BRUSHING UP could have a fitness advantage on the others in here as he already has two appearances at Freehold in 2024. He was victorious at Yonkers back in mid-November. (1) NOB HILL FLASH couldn't deliver as the favorite at the Meadowlands to kick off his 7-year-old campaign but had to do the first-over work in that race and gets significant post relief here. [DRF HARNESS: Get Harness Eye PPs for this card] Race 2 - 15000CLM Pace (2) I'M J BEE N was facing $20,000 claimers with some success when last seen at Yonkers and has a start in 2024 under his belt down at Freehold. (3) OURRHYTHMNBLUES N closed out 2023 with a runner-up finish to my top pick from race one on December 20 and gets a chance to partner with Yannick Gingras. (5) ATLANTIS comes over from Monticello in sharp form and picks up Bartlett in the bike. [DRF BETS: Wager on tonight's Yonkers card at DRF Bets.com!] Race 3 - F&M NW2/30530LT Pace (3) SILKEN SMILE went two-for-two in an abbreviated 2-year-old season and defeated NW2 foes at Yonkers on December 20. Add Bartlett at the lines, and I'll give her top billing. (4) JAVA ended 2023 at the NW4 level and gets to compete against NW2 rivals tonight. She had some good results in this class, including a win on October 25. (6) ULTIMATE SPEED ships south from Woodbine Mohawk Park off a victory and enters Travis Alexander's barn. Gingras ended up with the call when George Brennan opted elsewhere. Race 4 - Winners of 2 but not more than 5 PM Races or 60000LT / NW2 Draw Inside Trot (4) CREDARENA doesn't show great form but makes his second start on Lasix and was Bartlett's choice in this tilt. (3) TOMBSTONE concluded 2023 with a tally in the NW4 class at Yonkers. Bartlett picked off of him tonight, but he gets a quality replacement in Gingras. (5) SHOPPING IN PARIS hit the board in four out of six chances against NW4's to end her 3-year-old season and gets reunited with Jordan Stratton. Race 5 - Winners of 10 but not more than 14 PM Races or 150000LT Trot (5) PAPA DOC won two straight at Yonkers in December and gets to drop out of the top level here and over at the Meadowlands tonight. (1) OUTSIDE THE FIRE has had plenty of success at Yonkers in his career and was racing just below the Open class when last seen here in late December. (6) UNEVERGONNAGETHIS had a great season in 2023 with just two finishes outside the top three in 27 appearances. He was Stratton's pick over two others in this test. Race 6 - F&M Winners of 3 but not more than 5 PM Races or 60000LT Pace (2) YS SENSATIONALCITY got on a nice run in November and December, including a win in the NW4 class at Yonkers. She wasn't Bartlett's choice, but I'll swing with her. (5) FAVORITE BEACH posted two seconds and a third against NW6 company to end 2023 for trainer Nick Devita and returns to action tonight with Gingras at the lines. (6) PRINCESS ARONA kept Bartlett and just missed by a nose in her final start of last year. Trainer Per Engblom was red-hot over the weekend at the Meadowlands. Race 7 - Winners of 3 but not more than 5 PM Races or 60000LT Trot (3) ALLSUMMERLONG AS defeated NW5's down at Harrah's Philadelphia in late November and then gained ground to finish fourth in a NW6 tilt at Yonkers in a subsequent effort. (4) MANCLANE went two-for-two against NW4 foes at Yonkers in November and December and goes with Gingras to start his 4-year-old campaign. (5) KOVU AS won at Harrah's Philadelphia on New Year's Eve and then rallied to down NW2's at the Meadowlands to begin 2024. Race 8 - 3-6YO Open Pace (5) SIMON SAYS HANOVER did well in this class last year, including a victory in his final start of 2023 on December 13. He lures Dan Dube in for this one drive tonight. (4) COACHES CORNER is on a lengthy winning streak for Engblom and visited the winner's circle 19 times overall a year ago. (2) CAPTAIN COWBOY drops out of the top level at Dover and partners with Gingras here. Race 9 - 15000CLM Pace (4) MAJOR DESIRE has had some success at Yonkers in the past, and although he doesn't have super form outside of a win in late December at Monticello, he gets a driver switch to Gingras tonight. (6) SMOKIN BY N picked up two wins and a second at Yonkers in November and December and returns off a closing fourth-place finish at the Meadowlands in his most recent start. (3) PRESTIGE SEELSTER kicked off 2024 with a win over at Monticello on January 3 and was also racing very well locally prior to that. [DRF HARNESS: Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter] Race 10 - Winners of 6 but not more than 9 PM Races or 125000LT Trot (5) NANCY LOU NO qualified well behind a good horse at the Meadowlands on 12-30 and I'm going to bank on trainer/driver Trond Smedshammer having her ready to go in her U.S. debut tonight. (3 SMASHIN RACQUETS won in the F&M Open class at Yonkers in early December and gets reunited with Gingras here. (7) INN AT RODANTHE scored three times at Yonkers late in 2023 after joining the Engblom barn, and I'll toss him in underneath. Race 11 - NW7500L5/Winners in the Last Start of Base Class NW5000L5 Pace (8) COMMANDING OFFICER debuts for the Burke Brigade off a closing second-place finish in a qualifier at The Meadows, and I don't see Gingras taking back against a beatable group, even from the eight-hole. (3) WAR DAN DELIGHT N had a second and a third in a trio of outings in this class in December and gets Bartlett at the controls again here. (6) IMA HAPPY FELLA GB hit the board at Yonkers on 12-11 and 12-20 and does have a 2024 pari-mutuel appearance at the Meadowlands under his belt.