Yonkers Raceway Race 7

Race 7

Prize Money: $60,938

Distance: 1609m
Track: Fast
Weather: Fine
Surface: All Weather
Class: INVITATION

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Finvarra (Fr1) 1338251331
Trainer: Doug Dilloian (Jnr) ()
Driver: Brent Holland
Prize Money: $444,976
Win / Place: 34% / 72%

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: NUALA (NZ)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

55: 19-11-10

Distance

14: 4-2-4

Trk/Dst

13: 4-2-4

Track

14: 4-2-5

Season

11: 4-1-4

1st Up

8: 3-3-1

2nd Up

8: 3-2-1

3rd Up

7: 4-0-1

Metro

39: 13-9-5

Non-Metro

16: 6-2-5

Mobile

40: 15-9-5

All-Weather

55: 19-11-10

Best Mile

1:52.30

Comments

In good form last start. Won by a nose as favourite (Fr2) at this track (1:53.00) beating Bondi Lockdown in NW35751L5 on May 19 at $2.15. Two runs back 3rd (Fr4) over 2012m at this track, beaten 8 m by Humble (2:23.30) in BORG ELIG on May 5 at $2.55.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	19/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jason Bartlett	1:53.00	1:53.00	0.1m	$2.15f	14	NW35751L5	$46,875	$17,578	1. Carabao, Finvarra 2. 3. Bondi Lockdown
3rd of 6	5/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	2:23.30	2:23.30	8.3m	$2.55f	14	BORG ELIG	$78,125	$9,375	1. Humble 2. Venturesome Arden 3. Finvarra
3rd of 6	21/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Yannick Gingras	1:52.20	1:52.20	9.0m	$50	14	BORG #4	$79,872	$9,585	1. For Once Inmy Life 2. Coaches Corner 3. Finvarra
1st of 7	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jason Bartlett	1:52.30	1:52.30	14.3m	$1.30f	7	NW20000L5	$39,936	$19,968	1. Finvarra 2. Vengeance Bluechip 3. Brutallyhandsome
5th of 7	31/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brent Holland	1:51.00	1:51.00	27.0m	$18	14	BORG #1	$79,239	$3,962	1. For Once Inmy Life 2. Coaches Corner 3. Dunkin
2nd of 7	17/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brent Holland	1:53.30	1:53.30	9.8m	$50	14	INVITATION	$56,180	$14,045	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Finvarra 3. Nandolo

Aardies Flash (Fr2) 4146142453
Trainer: Per Engblom (Patrick Estate)
Driver: Jordan Stratton
Prize Money: $349,523
Win / Place: 29% / 62%

Track / Distance Specialist

5 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: ALWAYS B MIKI (USA)

Dam: TATIJANA BROMAC (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

51: 15-10-7

Distance

15: 5-1-2

Trk/Dst

13: 5-1-1

Track

13: 5-1-1

Season

10: 2-1-1

1st Up

2: 1-0-1

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

3rd Up

2: 2-0-0

Metro

33: 9-7-6

Non-Metro

18: 6-3-1

Mobile

38: 10-9-6

All-Weather

51: 15-10-7

Best Mile

1:51.20

Comments

Improved last start with a good run when 3rd (Fr7) over 1609m at this track, beaten 6 m by Hemsworth (1:51.30) in BORG CON on May 9 at $24.40.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 8	9/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Jason Bartlett	1:51.30	1:51.30	6.0m	$24	11	BORG CON	$156,250	$18,750	1. Hemsworth 2. Why Not Now 3. Aardies Flash
5th of 6	28/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jason Bartlett	1:51.00	1:51.00	18.8m	$21	7	BORG #5	$79,872	$3,994	1. Chase H Hanover 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Miki Shan
4th of 6	21/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jason Bartlett	1:52.00	1:52.00	7.5m	$2.05f	7	BORG #4	$79,872	$6,390	1. Chase H Hanover 2. Binge On Yankee 3. Churchviewfrankl
2nd of 6	14/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Bartlett	1:51.30	1:51.30	6.8m	$7.10	7	BORG #3	$79,872	$19,968	1. Verdun 2. Aardies Flash 3. Desperate Man
4th of 7	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Jason Bartlett	1:51.30	1:51.30	13.5m	$24	7	BORG #2	$79,872	$6,390	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Charlie May 3. Verdun
1st of 7	31/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jordan Stratton	1:51.20	1:51.20	3.8m	$19	14	BORG #1	$79,239	$39,620	1. Aardies Flash 2. Humble 3. Wish You Well

Why Not Now (Fr3) 8x41333552
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Matt Kakaley
Prize Money: $1,215,122
Win / Place: 22% / 59%

5 yo Brown Horse

Sire: ALWAYS A VIRGIN (USA)

Dam: STAR OF THE SHOW

Rating

Stats

Career

49: 11-10-8

Distance

49: 11-10-8

Trk/Dst

10: 2-1-3

Track

10: 2-1-3

Season

8: 1-1-3

1st Up

4: 1-1-0

2nd Up

4: 2-0-0

3rd Up

4: 1-0-1

Metro

3: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

46: 11-10-8

All-Weather

49: 11-10-8

Best Mile

1:48.20

Comments

Two back was well beaten into fifth behind Coaches Corner at this track over 1609m in a BORG #5 on April 28 at $20.30. Then a handy effort when beaten by 2.25 m finishing second behind Hemsworth at this track over 1609m in a BORG CON on May 9 at $14.60.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 8	9/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Matt Kakaley	1:51.30	1:51.30	2.3m	$15	11	BORG CON	$156,250	$39,062	1. Hemsworth 2. Why Not Now 3. Aardies Flash
5th of 7	28/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:52.10	1:52.10	15.0m	$20	7	BORG #5	$79,872	$3,994	1. Coaches Corner 2. Binge On Yankee 3. Sherlock
5th of 6	21/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Matt Kakaley	1:51.20	1:51.20	24.8m	$11	7	BORG #4	$79,872	$3,994	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Himself 3. Charlie May
3rd of 6	14/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:50.40	1:50.40	3.8m	$19	7	BORG #3	$79,872	$9,585	1. Coaches Corner 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Why Not Now
3rd of 8	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Matt Kakaley	1:52.10	1:52.10	3.0m	$8.10	7	BORG #2	$79,872	$9,585	1. For Once Inmy Life 2. Miki Shan 3. Why Not Now
3rd of 7	31/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:53.00	1:53.00	3.0m	$2.85	7	BORG #1	$79,239	$9,509	1. Binge On Yankee 2. Typhoon Banner 3. Why Not Now

Himself (Fr4) 4x66241248
Trainer: Lance Hudson (Forrestdale)
Driver: Scott Zeron
Prize Money: $654,941
Win / Place: 28% / 60%

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: SPORTSWRITER (USA)

Dam: SHARDS OF MYROSS (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

73: 21-15-8

Distance

36: 8-9-4

Trk/Dst

31: 7-8-4

Track

32: 7-8-4

Season

8: 1-2-0

1st Up

8: 2-3-0

2nd Up

7: 1-2-1

3rd Up

7: 4-2-1

Metro

23: 8-3-2

Non-Metro

50: 13-12-6

Mobile

26: 5-4-4

Standing

12: 9-2-0

All-Weather

72: 21-14-8

Slushy

1: 0-0-0

Grass

1: 0-1-0

Best Mile

1:51.00

Comments

Last start 8th (Fr8) over 1609m at this track, beaten 25 m by Hemsworth (1:51.30) in BORG CON on May 9 at $54.75. Before that, 4th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 10 m by Chase H Hanover (1:51.00) in BORG #5 on April 28 at $18.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
8th of 8	9/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Scott Zeron	1:51.30	1:51.30	27.0m	$55	11	BORG CON	$156,250	-	1. Hemsworth 2. Why Not Now 3. Aardies Flash
4th of 6	28/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Scott Zeron	1:51.00	1:51.00	10.5m	$18	7	BORG #5	$79,872	$6,390	1. Chase H Hanover 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Miki Shan
2nd of 6	21/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:51.20	1:51.20	5.3m	$14	7	BORG #4	$79,872	$19,968	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Himself 3. Charlie May
1st of 7	14/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:52.30	1:52.30	0.9m	$4.20	7	BORG #3	$79,872	$39,936	1. Himself 2. Churchviewfrankl 3. Hemsworth
4th of 7	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Tim Tetrick	1:52.10	1:52.10	18.8m	$35	14	BORG #2	$79,872	$6,390	1. Huntinthelastdolar 2. Chase H Hanover 3. Ammo
2nd of 6	24/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Anthony Napolitano	1:52.30	1:52.30	1.5m	$6.10	7	NW30841L5	$42,789	$10,697	1. Why Not Now 2. Himself 3. Hez Allthe Rage

Heza Charttopper (Fr5) 1115111673
Trainer: Scott Blackler ()
Driver: Mark MacDonald
Prize Money: $197,987
Win / Place: 50% / 75%

Track / Distance Specialist

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: QUEEN OF POP

Rating

Stats

Career

16: 8-2-2

Distance

16: 8-2-2

Trk/Dst

12: 8-1-1

Track

12: 8-1-1

Season

14: 7-2-2

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-1

Metro

3: 0-1-1

Non-Metro

13: 8-1-1

All-Weather

16: 8-2-2

Best Mile

1:52.00

Comments

Last start 3rd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 9 m by Dunkin (1:52.30) in INVITATION on May 19 at $20.50. Two runs back 7th (Fr5) over 1609m at Pocono Downs beaten 16 m by Always A Thrill (1:50.30) in WO25000LT on April 26 at $3.50.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 6	19/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jason Bartlett	1:52.30	1:52.30	9.0m	$21	23	INVITATION	$60,938	$7,312	1. Dunkin 2. Chase H Hanover 3. Heza Charttopper
7th of 8	26/4/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Dexter Dunn	1:50.30	1:50.30	16.5m	$3.50f	12	WO25000LT	$39,936	-	1. Always A Thrill 2. Spring Inhis Step 3. Howlenthehills
6th of 7	14/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Scott Zeron	1:51.30	1:51.30	24.0m	$3.10	7	3-6 YO OPN	$62,300	-	1. Howlenthehills 2. Rock The Belles 3. Endofstory
1st of 8	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Scott Zeron	1:52.00	1:52.00	0.9m	$10	7	INVITATION	$62,300	$31,150	1. Heza Charttopper 2. Always A Thrill 3. Blue Lou
1st of 7	31/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Scott Zeron	1:52.20	1:52.20	0.3m	$5.10	7	INVITATION	$61,807	$30,903	1. Heza Charttopper 2. Soho Dow Jones 3. Hez Allthe Rage
1st of 5	24/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Yannick Gingras	1:52.30	1:52.30	0.6m	$12	14	3-6 YO OPN	$55,468	$27,734	1. Heza Charttopper 2. Verdun 3. Blazing Home

Always A Thrill (Fr6) 4411111211
Trainer: Nicholas Devita ()
Driver: Jason Bartlett
Prize Money: $295,616
Win / Place: 32% / 54%

Going for the Hat-Trick

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: SOMETHININCREDIBLE

100

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 12-5-3

Distance

37: 12-5-3

Trk/Dst

9: 4-1-1

Track

9: 4-1-1

Season

9: 7-1-0

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

Non-Metro

37: 12-5-3

All-Weather

37: 12-5-3

Best Mile

1:50.20

Comments

Four-year-old gelding is racing in fine form. Won his last two outings at this track and Pocono Downs both over 1609m. Last start won by 18 m as favourite (Fr4) at this track (1:52.00) beating Blue Lou in INVITATION on May 5 at $1.30.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	5/5/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:52.00	1:52.00	18.0m	$1.30f	9	INVITATION	$60,938	$30,469	1. Always A Thrill 2. Blue Lou 3. Smiffy's Terror
1st of 8	26/4/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Ridge Warren	1:50.30	1:50.30	4.5m	$4.30	19	WO25000LT	$39,936	$19,968	1. Always A Thrill 2. Spring Inhis Step 3. Howlenthehills
2nd of 8	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Bartlett	1:52.00	1:52.00	0.9m	$1.25f	7	INVITATION	$62,300	$15,575	1. Heza Charttopper 2. Always A Thrill 3. Blue Lou
1st of 8	31/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jason Bartlett	1:52.00	1:52.00	3.8m	$2.70	14	NW22251L5	$39,620	$19,810	1. Always A Thrill 2. Blue Lou 3. Quality Bud
1st of 7	17/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:53.10	1:53.10	5.3m	$1.30f	7	NW20000L5	$35,313	$17,657	1. Always A Thrill 2. Dunkin 3. Carabao
1st of 8	10/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Bartlett	1:51.00	1:51.00	20.3m	$3.05	9	NW15000L5	$30,498	$15,249	1. Always A Thrill 2. Blazing Home 3. Sherlock

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