Yonkers hosts $172,000 NYSS on Monday

YONKERS, NY , Sunday, July 28, 2018--Yonkers Raceway Monday night hosts the $172,000 New York Sire Stakes Bruce Hamilton Pace for 3-year-old harness racing colts and geldings. Post time for the dozen-race card is 6:50 PM, with the sire stakes event going as races 7 and 8 , respectively.

French trotter Deo goes again at Yonkers

YONKERS, N.Y. Deo already has one win under his belt since arriving in the United States as part of the Standardbred Owners Association of New York's French American Trotting Club. Sunday afternoon, the trotter will seek a second local score for trainer Scott Di Domenico ahead of the series first leg August 5. Deo announced his presence with a victory in a $13,000 overnight for non-winners of two races lifetime July 20. With George Brennan in the sulky, Deo came away evenly from the gate and settled into sixth racing 10 lengths off the lead.

Jenn Bongiorno surprised by her French trotter

YONKERS, N.Y. When the draw to randomly allocate the 22 harness racing trotters of the SOA of NY's French American Trotting Club to their new connections was complete, trainer Jenn Bongiorno was excited to begin researching her new prospect, Ursis Des Caillons. When she viewed the gelding's profile and saw he is already 10 years old and appeared small on replays, she didn't know what to expect.

Small-but-select field in $100K Sheppard

The phrase "small but select" gets invoked for Saturday night's $100,000 Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace, Yonkers Raceway's premier event for open 2-year-old colts and geldings. With just six entrants , all go straight to the gate for the finale, with Yonkers again paying homage to the Hall of Fame founder of Hanover Shoe Farms.