YONKERS, NY, Monday, April 23, 2018 - After three preliminary rounds and sufficient whittling, the field is set for Tuesday night's harness racing $85,000 final of the Bonus Trotting Series. and the Standardbred Owners Association of the New York, goes as the ninth of 11 races.

YONKERS, NY, Saturday, April 21, 2018 - She went from dominant to doubting in just one start. It took just one more start to restore the reputation.

YONKERS, NY, Saturday, April 21, 2018 - Foiled Again has company. Favored Keystone Velocity successfully defended his harness racing title Saturday night , winning The 31st Levy, a Free-For-All event honoring the memory of the harness-racing visionary and Hall of Fame founder of Roosevelt Raceway, wrapped its annual six-week sojourn on a brisk, spring evening.

YONKERS, N.Y. New Zealand-bred mare Shartin has proven to be aggressive by nature since arriving in the stable of Jim King late last fall. Described by her former harness racing trainer Dean Braun as a bit bossy, Shartin's eagerness finally got the better of her in the last preliminary leg of the Series April 13. Established as the 1-5 favorite off three impressive series victories in the preceding weeks, Shartin surprised punters and her trainer when she broke into a gallop as the wings of the gate folded.

YONKERS, NY, Thursday, April 19, 2018 - Sometime about a decade ago, a meeting of the minds took place. The purpose of the skull session was to put an end to rampant equine gender discrimination and 'invent' a harness racing companion event for The Levy, honoring the memory of harness-racing visionary and Hall of Fame founder of Roosevelt Raceway, was and remains a staple stop for the sport's best Free-For-Allers.

Harness Racing This Week: Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy series finals and consolations, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit at Yonkers this week features the $532,000 final and the $100,000 consolation of the George Morton Levy series for open pacers, as well as the $373,000 final and $75,000 consolation in the Blue Chip Matchmaker series for open pacing mares. All four races will take place on Saturday .

YONKERS, N.Y. Although trainer Ron Burke has sent out more than 40,000 starters who have earned more than $194 million in purses, he's never had the opportunity to work with a French trotter. That will change this spring when Burke, Mike Lachance, and Ray Schnittker travel to France to purchase 24 trotters for the French American Trotting Club, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York's pioneering effort to bring a contingent of European horses to compete at Yonkers Raceway.

YONKERS, NY, Monday, April 16, 2018 - Post positions have been drawn for North America's two richest races of the harness racing season to date, The finales, set for Saturday night , wrap up their respective six-week sojourns and highlight a 12-race card worth just over $1.3 million. First post is the usual 6:50 PM.

... year's Women of Excellence and received the Above and Beyond Award. As Director of Mutuels for Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway and assistant to Timothy Rooney, president and CEO, Ursula serves as the pari-mutuel manager for harness racing at ...