Today's Yonkers Raceway Horse Racing Picks

Stakes Race

Stakes Races are known as better class races, with higher purses and often accompanies by trophies.

Rabbit

Also known as a pacemaker; this is a horse with no expected chance of winning but is used to prompt a quick pace on the front end of the race to the benefit of a stablemate who is a closer.

Scratch

A horse is a scratch when injury or other necessity causes it to be withdrawn from the race.