Yonkers First 2012 Condition Sheet, Late Closer Nomination Forms Out

[LVGaryD]

YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 -- Yonkers Raceway has put out its condition sheet for the first two days of the 2012 racing season.
 
The sheet for Friday-Saturday, Jan. 13-14, is now available on-line (www.yonkersraceway.com, then go to "racing "icon), with the sheet for the first full week of racing (beginning Monday, Jan. 16) available shortly.
 
Also available for your viewing pleasure are nomination blanks for Yonkers' early 2012 series, the Petticoat and Sagamore Hill Pacing Series (both close Wednesday, Feb. 1), as well as the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series (both close Thursday, March 1).
 
Please note that nomination blanks for these series shall also begin appearing in various harness publications and their on-line counterparts, as well as the nightly racing program once the season gets underway.
 
For any question or further information, please contact the race office at 914-457-2627.

By: Frank Drucker

[pezz97]

Huge Purse Cut compared to what they went for in December

[careless hal]

Purses may be down but still look pretty good compared to the Big M.  Lowest purse Sat: Yonk $20,000, Big M $8,500

[pezz97]

Purses may be down but still look pretty good compared to the Big M.  Lowest purse Sat: Yonk $20,000, Big M $8,500

40 and 50K claimers are now going for the same exact purse. there is only 1k difference in the 30K claimers and the rest are exactly the same. That is a 3-4K purse cut. The open was 38K now only 33, only 3K more than The Big M The NW races are only 2K more than the Big M and they were all cut 3K as well. The Lowest Purse On Sat Night at Yonk is 16K and  the nw6000 race is the one with the 8500 purse at the Big M.

Not the huge gap it was last year

[careless hal]

SIXTH RACE 
Condition: OPEN HANDICAP POST POSITIONS 1-4 ASSIGNED POST POSITIONS 5-8 DRAWN 
Gait: Pace Purse: $38,000 Class: OPENHDP Dis: 1 1/16 Miles
 
That's about 21% higher the the largest Big M purse.  Where would you want to race your horses?

[pezz97]

SIXTH RACE 
Condition: OPEN HANDICAP POST POSITIONS 1-4 ASSIGNED POST POSITIONS 5-8 DRAWN 
Gait: Pace Purse: $38,000 Class: OPENHDP Dis: 1 1/16 Miles
 
That's about 21% higher the the largest Big M purse.  Where would you want to race your horses?

How about looking at the NEW CONDITION SHEET. The open now only goes for 33K
Only 3K more than the Meadowlands

All The Claiming classes are basically the same purse, no restrictions on winning at the Meadowlands.
That is why I said there was a HUGE purse cut.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
(DECLARATIONS CLOSE 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
)
1.
PACE
OPEN (HDP IF NECESSARY).
$33,000

[Jeremy]

you can't judge where you want to race your horse based on a few thousand dollars (once you get up to that level were a few thousand is only 10-15% difference)

have to worry about who you can get to drive and if your horse does better on a half mile track or mile as well as if it can go that extra 1/16 of a mile.

[jordanjacob]

15 - 20% purse cut

also on the condition sheet is this item:

ALL RACES WILL BE 1 MILE UNLESS A DIFFERENT DISTANCE IS INDICATED