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Race 7 - $250,000 Dan Rooney Invitational Pace

(2) SOMEWHERE IN L A has a lot of hard miles on him this season but I suspect he'll be primed for another big effort; with the rail horse Sintra not proven on the half-mile and lacking early speed Jason Bartlett should be able to step to the front and may have the opportunity to control these. (4) ALL BETS OFF has quietly put together another strong season and prior to having no chance in the Allerage the Burke trainee has been in solid form; definitely playable from this midpack post. (3) KEYSTONE VELOCITY may have tailed off since his sparkling rally in the Canadian Pacing Derby elimination but you can never count the Levy champ out.

Race 8 – $250,000 Harry Harvey Invitational Trot

(10) HOMICIDE HUNTER has certainly held his own versus the top aged trotters in North America this season and he was tearing it up here a couple of months ago in the added-distance events. Barring any disaster from his second-tier starting spot he seems sharp enough to get it done versus this very competitive group. (4) LOOKSLIKEACHPNDALE got stuck in tough spots in his last two local efforts but we know the talent is there and he could be a big player here from this good post, at a good price. (3) CRAZY WOW is arguably the one to beat and is the slight morning-line choice but will the extra quarter-mile distance here lead to his downfall? (2) CHARMED LIFE has stakes experience, was an easy winner when last at Yonkers and lands a good post.

50 cent Pick-5 ticket: 2,3,4 / 2,3,4,10 / 3,4,6,10 / 1 / 2,3 = $48 Race 9 - $1,000,000 Yonkers International Trot at Empire City Casino

(6) RESOLVE returns to defend his International Trot title and we all saw how powerful of a winner he was last year. Svanstedt figures to be moving early off the gate at all costs and barring anything crazy he may prove too fast for these again. (3) DREAMMOKO may be one of the better prices of the European shippers and we saw his sire Timoko put in a big effort here two years back; post three is a good starting spot with early options. (4) TWISTER BI seems to be the most accomplished of the Europeans and will attract plenty of attention, and deservedly so. (10) ON TRACK PIRATEN finished very willingly in last year's Trot and he has the accomplished Johnny Takter driving but I would have preferred him being on the gate…still including in this wide-open affair.

Race 10 – $225,000 NYSS Final, 3-year-old Colts & Geldings

(1) GUARDIAN ANGEL AS made it to the Hambletonian final and we all saw what happened. He made it to the Yonkers Trot final (as one of the favorites) and we all saw what happened…time to make amends. Iʼll stand alone with the Lorentzon trainee from the best post.

Race 11 - $225,000 NYSS Final, 3-year-old Fillies

(2) CELEBRITY RUTH was nicely tightened last week in what some will argue were controversial tactics in an overnight event. Filly will be all business today when the gate springs open and she may get the jumps on rival (3) BARN BELLA. The latter is near-perfect this year save for a couple of breaks and this barn has live ones year-in and year-out. This looks like a great matchup in the finale and you can flip a coin between the two of them.