Yonkers: Analysis for Tuesday 8/18/26
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 8/18 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseAug 17, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 8/18 card at Yonkers Raceway.
After going just 4 for 45 through the first 13 days of the 45-day Saratoga summer season, trainer Linda Rice has won 19 races from 77 starts over the last 16 cards.
Counting Stars looms a short-priced favorite in a field of six entered Sunday for Saturday’s Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/4 miles.
Daddy's Secret has been saddled with the outside post 12 in Thursday's second race at Woodbine, but she could make her turf debut a winning one in the nonwinners-of-two sprint for Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers.
Three key races Thursday require addressing speed, pace, class, and condition. Standard stuff. But races 1, 3, and 7 require handicapping considerations beyond fundamentals.
Mountain View Farm is proud to announce that multiple Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 performer IMAGINATION will enter stud at the Gansevoort, New York, farm for the 2027 breeding season. His introductory stud fee will be announced at a later date.
Thirty years ago, Richard Mandella's Dare and Go slew a giant in Cigar, trained by Bill Mott, in the Pacific Classic, ending a 16-race winning streak. The two Hall of Famers renew acquaintances in this year's running, as Mandella sends out Subsanador to try and upset favored Kingsbridge, who ships in for Mott.
Overnight purses will increase across the board at the 13-day autumn meeting at Del Mar from Nov. 6 to Nov. 29.
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Two-year-old trotting fillies were in the spotlight on Sunday night at Northfield Park in two $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes sections.