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YONKERS, NY , Thursday, October 4, 2018- The fact that Marion Marauder found himself invited to participate in the 40th International Trot was unrelated to any new North American harness racing trade agreement. He's just pretty good.
YONKERS, N.Y. The prestige and rich harness racing history of the International Trot can rear its head in many places. For Anders Strm, the race's lineage materialized before him as he studied the yearling catalog of the recently concluded Arqana Trot Select Yearling Sale.
YONKERS, N.Y. The sun inched toward the horizon in the western Paris skies around 4:30 p.m. January 25, 2015, casting a soft golden glow over harness racing's Hippodrome de Vincennes. The crystal horse trophy Philippe Delon cradled in his arms captured the rays and it too gleamed in a golden hue as Delon raised it over his head.
... starter Lincolnjames is in to go. He was sixth last week in 1:48:2, a little too fast for the veteran Lincoln. At Yonkers, New York, tonight Mark MacDonald has been assigned the outside 8 post with Sunfire Blue Chip, the third straight week in this ...
YONKERS, NY , Saturday, September 22, 2018-What did we learn Saturday during Yonkers Raceway's hosting of the Empire State's richest night of racing, the 29th New York Night of Champions? The $1.8 million event-eight, $225,000 sire stakes finals for freshmen and sophomores of both sexes and gaits-produced the expected, the unexpected and the 'it's a good thing no one was hurt." Odds-on numbers Winndevie , Gimpanzee , Plunge Blue Chip , Wisdom Tree and Helpisontheway delivered their short parimutuel promises.
Harness racing driver Tim Tetrick talks about his drives in the $1.8 million Night of Champions finals at Yonkers Raceway YONKERS, N.Y. Yonkers Raceway will host eight finals of the New York Sire Stakes Saturday night worth a combined $1.8 million. Tim Tetrick will drive seven of the 64 statebreds who seek championship titles, and the 36-year-old is confident in his horses.
YONKERS, NY , Monday, September 17, 2018-Post positions have been drawn for Saturday's $1.8 million New York Night of Champions, with Yonkers Raceway again hosting the 29th edition of the Empire State's richest night of harness racing. Eight, $225,000 sire stakes finals, each sponsored by a prominent breeding farm or organization, feature the best 2- and 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits.
Yonkers Raceway Friday night wrapped up its New York Sire Stakes legs--all 16 of 'em--with the $156,200 Lew Barasch Trot for 2-year-old harness racing colts and geldings. Friday's event once again honored the memory of 'Tootie,' whose unmatched PR savvy in the golden age of the game helped make the nascent Roosevelt International Trot a happening.
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, August 25, 2018- Owner Adriano Sorella paid $30,000 for the privilege of Jimmy Freight entering the 63rd Messenger Stakes. We're surmising the other connections would be glad pay at least twice that much the privilege of Jimmy Freight exiting the 63rd Messenger Stakes.