Choice stakes are on the menu Saturday at Yonkers Raceway.

The featured specials are the $500,000 Yonkers Trot for 3-year-old trotters and $500,000 Messenger for 3-year-old pacers.

Forbidden Trade, who captured the $1 million Hambletonian four weeks ago, looks to add the Yonkers Trot to his growing resume. But a not-so-favorable post and a competitive field could stop him in his tracks.

Trained by Luc Blais and driven by Bob McClure, Forbidden Trade is the morning-line second choice, at 5-2, and will start from post 6.

“It’s a lot better than [post] 7 or 8,” Blais said. “It’s exciting to have a chance to race at that level, [but] it’s a half-mile track and you need a bit of luck.”

Forbidden Trade has six wins in nine starts in 2019.

Gimpanzee, who finished third to Forbidden Trade in the Hambletonian, is the morning-line favorite, at 2-1, and will start from post 4.

In the Messenger, Bettor’s Wish is the morning-line favorite, at 7-5, and will start from post 1.

Bettor’s Wish, trained by Chris Ryder and driven by Dexter Dunn, was last seen on the Yonkers half-mile oval winning the $300,000 Art Rooney Memorial on May 25.

“Everything’s gone along. No hiccups,” said Ryder of the season for Bettor’s Wish since winning the Rooney. “Just trying to keep him on the straight and narrow, which is not difficult.

“I think we have a target on our back.”

Bettor’s Wish has never been worse than second in 11 starts this year, winning eight times, and leads all horses this year in earnings with $859,544.

Yonkers’ 12-race card kicks off at 6:50 p.m., with the Yonkers Trot scheduled for 9 p.m. and the Messenger at 9:30 p.m.