2022 meet at Yonkers Raceway kicks off on Jan. 10
At 0h01, on January 7, 2022 • By YONKERS
The 240-day 2022 meet at Yonkers Raceway is set to begin on Monday night (Jan. 10) with an 11-race program. First race post time is now at 6:55 p.m., a change from 7:15 p.m. in prior years.
Monday night’s program is headlined by the $39,000 Open Handicap Pace in the ninth event on the card. Save Me A Dance (post two, Jordan Stratton/Travis Alexander), a 1:48.4 winner in a series final at The Meadowlands on Dec. 18, is the 2-1 morning line favorite and takes on the likes of multiple stakes winner No Lou Zing (post eight, Scott Zeron/Nancy Takter, 20-1).
Yonkers Raceway’s stakes action in 2022 begins in March and features the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for pacing mares and the MGM Borgata Pacing Series for free-for-allers commencing on March 18 and March 21, respectively. Preliminary round action in both of those events continues into April, with the finals set for Monday (April 25).
To start 2022, Yonkers will operate on a Monday-Friday racing schedule, but beginning in May, Wednesday will switch to a dark day and Saturday will become a live racing night. That format remains in place until October when Saturdays are removed and the Monday-Friday schedule resumes.
