Smalltownthrowdown ‘a two-move titan’

YONKERS, NY, Sunday, May 20, 2018 - Smalltownthrowdown was a two-move harness racing titan Sunday afternoon , winning Yonkers Raceway's $54,800 Open Handicap Trot The field of eight went as the opener and the first of four 'French' trots. Smalltownthrowdown, three-wide from post position No.

Elims for Rooney, Lismore paces lead

YONKERS, NY, Saturday, May 19, 2018 - Yonkers Raceway's foggy Saturday night featured harness racing eliminations for both the With 10 3-year-old boys entering the Rooney and nine sophomore girls in the Lismore, it was three games of 'musical chairs' to determine next week's finalists. Odds-on favorite Decoy made short work of his four foes in the first, $40,000 eliminations for the Rooney.

Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open

YONKERS, NY, Friday, May 18, 2018 - Stop us if you've read this one before... Odds-on Newborn Sassy did not play fair Friday night , winning Yonkers Raceway's $44,000 harness racing filly and mare Open Handicap Pace in obnoxiously facile fashion. This field, reduced to a half-dozen after a mid-pack defection , found Newborn Sassy and Call Me Queen Be hooking up early.

Grand Circuit races this weekend

Harness Racing This Week: Graduate Series Trot first leg, Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J.; and Art Rooney and Lismore eliminations, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. Schedule of events: Grand Circuit action takes place this Saturday at Meadowlands Racetrack with a pair of $50,000 divisions in the first leg of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old open trotters. Also on Saturday, Yonkers Raceway will host two $40,000 eliminations in the Art Rooney for 3-year-old open pacers and a single $20,000 elimination in the Lismore for 3-year-old pacing fillies.

Ten enter $300,000 Art Rooney Pace

YONKERS, NY, Monday, May 14, 2018 - Ten harness racing 3-year-old guys - six colts and four geldings - were entered for The 28th Rooney begins with a pair of $40,000 elimination races this Saturday night , each a five-to-eliminate-one affair. Those go as races 6 and 8 during the 10-race card, with the first quartet in each returning for next Saturday night's $300,000 final.

It’s a Reynolds wrap

YONKERS, NY, Saturday, May 12, 2018 - It's a Reynolds Wrap. The mercurial W.N. Reynolds Memorial found its way to Westchester Saturday night , with hosting six divisions for harness racing 3-year-olds pacers of both genders.

Bonus Trot winner Bluebird Jesse heads to Open

Since arriving in the barn of Scott Di Domenico this year, Bluebird Jesse has surpassed expectations. The 4-year-old trotter won two of the three preliminary legs of the Yonkers Raceway/SOA of NY Bonus Trotting Series before capturing the $85,000 series final April 24. Last week, he made his first start in the local Open Trot, finishing third.