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There are a couple of strong meetings this Saturday night, with the main focus being on Menagle where it is Miracle Mile Night.
Below are the best bets for the respective programs.
Menangle
Best bet: Luke McCarthy three-plus winners
Odds of $3.30 for the gun driver to steer home three or more winners is a decent enough gamble for the night. Most would agree that King Of Swing is a lock for the Miracle Mile, so it comes down to the first three races. McCarthy will drive first or second favourites in those races and to get this bet up, he would need to drive two of them to the post in first spot. Ideally, he will get all three home and enjoy a star in King Of Swing winning the big one.
Australian import Let It Ride N will make his Yonkers Raceway debut in the featured $30,000 open handicap pace on opening night, Monday (Jan. 11).
The move to the Hilltop comes after the Rock N Roll Heaven gelding took a Meadowlands Preferred/Open Handicap in such style as to garner praise like, “he really amazed me,” from trainer Nifty Norman.
In that start Jan. 2, driver Dexter Dunn slotted Let It Ride into seventh after starting from post 9 as Harambe Deo ripped an opening quarter in :26.1. Let It Ride N followed cover from Rock Diamonds and drew within four lengths of the lead as Harambe Deo blitzed a :53.2 half-mile. Dunn tipped Let It Ride N three-deep at the midway point of the final turn and the pacer rocketed into contention.