Last year's Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace winner and half-mile track world record holder This Is The Plan will face a stiff challenge in his title defense this coming Saturday at Saratoga Casino Hotel as he faces seven other top pacers including a couple of Canadian-connected contenders.
The 2022 MGM Borgata Pacing Series preliminaries started with favourites going five-for-five in leg one and ended with the chalk registering a three-for-three mark in Monday's trio of $50,000 divisions of the final round at Yonkers Raceway.
A neck, half a length, a neck, and half a length were the winning margins in four closely-contested $50,000 splits of the fourth leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series on Monday night at Yonkers Raceway.
It was a chalk-filled start to the 2022 MGM Borgata Pacing Series on Monday night at Yonkers Raceway, as the public choice won all five $50,000 divisions for free-for-allers, starting with defending champion This Is The Plan scoring in 1:51.3.
On Tuesday afternoon (March 15), the draw took place for Monday's (March 21) opening round of the MGM Borgata Series for free-for-all pacers at Yonkers Raceway. When all was said and done, 38 horses were entered, resulting in five $50,000 divisions (races three through seven) being carded.