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Racine Bell and driver Jason Bartlett found room to the inside in the stretch and forged to the front late to capture one of four $40,000 divisions in the second leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 24). A six-year-old mare by So Surreal, Racine Bell scored in 1:52.3 and became harness racing's newest millionaire with the victory.

Racine Bell stamped herself as the one to beat in the $381,000 Blue Chip Matchmaker Series final set for April 25 with a powerful performance, capturing the second of three $40,000 divisions at Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (April 15) in 1:51.2, the second fastest leg victory in all five preliminary rounds.

If horseplayers were looking for drama, they found it Friday night in the first of three $40,000 divisions in the third leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway.

A half-mile track might not be ideal for Machnhope, but it is difficult to quibble with her results at Yonkers Raceway. In her most recent 11 starts at The Hilltop, the seven-year-old female pacer has hit the board nine times, including three wins.

Machnhope, last seen winning the $232,800 Blue Chip Matchmaker at Yonkers Raceway on April 19, kept on rolling Friday night at The Meadowlands, taking the $30,000 featured Winners Over/Preferred Handicap for fillies and mares on the pace in wire-to-wire fashion despite going off as the fifth choice in the betting in the six-horse field. “I wasn’t sure how to play it,” said winning driver Andy McCarthy after being asked what was his thought process given how the extremely windy conditions ...

This Week: Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series finals and consolations, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit at Yonkers on Monday (April 19) features the $514,000 final of the MGM Borgata Pacing series for open pacers and the $232,800 final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker series for open pacing mares. The card will also have the $100,000 MGM Borgata Pacing series consolation and the $60,000 Blue Chip Matchmaker consolation. Last Time: Preliminary round...

This Week: Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series fifth legs, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit at Yonkers features two $35,000 divisions on Friday (April 9) in the fifth round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker series for open pacing mares. The Monday (April 12) card at Yonkers will see three $40,000 divisions in the fifth round of the MGM Borgata Pacing series for open pacers. Each series offers five preliminary rounds leading to the finales, both set f...

Mark Hall USTA photo It has been announced by the owners of Shartin N, the 2019 USA Dan Patch Harness Horse of the Year and the fastest pacing mare in history, has been retired from racing and has been sold. In a glittering harness racing career, the world champion mare won 46 of her 68 lifetime starts and $2,667,563 in purses- an average of $39,228 per start - and took a world record lifetime mark of 1:46.4. She clocked an amazing 20 winning miles in 1:50 or better. Bred in New Zealand, Sharti...