Yonkers Raceway announced Wednesday its intent to put on an Invitational Trot the night of the Yonkers Trot and Messenger Stakes.
"We are gauging the interest of bringing the best trotters on the continent here," Raceway Chief Operating Officer Bob Galterio said. "We feel the date is perfect, a few weeks after Lexington and a few weeks before the Breeders Crown."
The Invitational would be conducted on Saturday, Oct. 25 to coincide with the finals of both the Yonkers Trot and Messenger Stakes, the final legs of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns, respectively.
"Our race office is going to be reaching out in the near future to the connections of the elite trotters in both the United States and Canada," Galterio said. "This race would make an already tremendous night of racing even better."
According to the press release "The purse would be commensurate with the quality of the field."
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