YONKERS, N.Y. Paul Kelley will send out the favorite Akhenaton in the second division of the French American Trotting Club first leg Sunday afternoon at Yonkers. The 8-year-old drew post three off a convincing win at Saratoga July 25, making him the 5-2 choice in $35,000 split.

... has two lifetime wins in four lifetime starts and both were in NYSS action. Oddly enough they were both scored at Yonkers Raceway and both timed in 1:55.3. As a result of her work, So Awesome has put $70,365 on her card thus far making her the ...

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.

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.

... move into position. But times change. Over the years, the passing lane came to give favorites an advantage so after Yonkers removed its passing lane and races suddenly became more competitive, Batavia Downs, for the 2018 season, decided the passing ...

YONKERS, NY, Thursday, July 26, 2018-Not every good 3-year-old trotter finds his way into the Hambletonian. There's a pretty fair Yonkers Raceway group gathering Friday night in the $173,500 New York Sire Stakes Dick McGuire Trot for the sophomore colts and geldings.

... tons of experience working with some of the best trotters ever here in the US and also many many years of racing at Yonkers at all levels. But still, we didn't know if the horses in France would be fast enough, could they trot around a small track ...

YONKERS, N.Y . Trainer Chris Oakes will start Agent Q in Friday night's $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace at Yonkers Raceway, but in the daughter of Western Terror's previous local start, the pair were on less friendly grounds.

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.

YONKERS, N.Y . The Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace is one of the first major Grand Circuit events for 2-year-old pacers, and according to trainer Tom Fanning, it takes a special kind of horse to win the $100,000 stakes.

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.

The Standardbred Owners Association of New York and Yonkers Racing Corporation have entered into an amendment of their current horsemen's agreement. The terms and conditions governing harness racing at Yonkers Raceway was just extended beyond the current expiration date of May, 2019 to May, 2021.

Quality, if not quantity, for Saturday's $100,000 Sheppard Pace Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - by Frank Drucker, publicity director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway 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. The race began in 1964, with iconic Bret Hanover its first winner.

YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, July 11, 2018--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.

Harness Racing This Week: Meadowlands Pace, Hambletonian Maturity, W.R. Haughton Memorial, Mistletoe Shalee, Stanley Dancer Memorial, Delvin Miller Memorial, Golden Girls, Miss Versatility and Kindergarten Series, Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J.; and Lawrence B. Sheppard Memorial, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. week begins on Friday at Meadowlands Racetrack with two $10,000 divisions in the Kindergarten Series for 2-year-old colt trotters and a pair of $10,000 divisions in the Kindergarten Series for 2-year-old filly trotters.

YONKERS, N.Y . Although SOA of NY President Joe Faraldo oversaw the selection of the 24 trotters for the French American Trotting Club, even he was surprised when Alpha d'Urzy showed up to qualify Saturday at Yonkers wearing only an open bridle, an ear hood, and trotting boots with no overcheck or poles.

YONKERS, NY, Friday, July 6, 2018-New York Sire Stakes continued downstate Friday night , with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $162,000 Clyde Hirt Pace for 2-year-old fillies. Wide early, as one would surmise from this impost, St. Somewhere worked around longshot Sun Viser , then gave nothing else a shot .

YONKERS, N.Y. Satin Dancer will be part of a racing rarity when she competes in the $44,000 Open Handicap Trot Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway. The 4-year-old mare's local debut will come just four days after she raced at Hoosier Park in Indiana.

YONKERS, NY , Tuesday, July 3, 2018-New York Sire Stakes continued downstate Tuesday night , with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $156,900 Hugh Grant Trot for harness racing 2-year-old fillies. The opening division saw a sire stakes-repeating Winndevie grind Liquorstoreblues into submission early in the lane.

Marion Marauder returned to Westchester Saturday night , winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $44,000 Open Handicap Trot. The 2016 Trotting Triple Crown winner, in his first local visit since finishing second in last fall's million-dollar Yonkers International Trot, was unsurprisingly better than his seven inside foes.

YONKERS, N.Y. The last time Fearless Man tried the 1 -mile Open Handicap Trot at Yonkers Raceway on February 25, the result wasn't inspiring. After getting away third, Fearless Man became hot and aggressive as horses passed him on the outside.

YONKERS, NY. Tight Lines returns to Yonkers Raceway in the $44,000 Open Handicap Trot, carded as race 8 Saturday night .

The sale of Yonkers Racetrack and Empire City Casino was inevitable but the long term commitment made by New York State to support agriculture is well documented. Regardless of any changes of ownership at Yonkers Racetrack and Empire City Casino we are confident that the economic impact made by the Standardbred industry will continue to be protected and supported.

... were trapped and couldn't make it out alive. Don Billings trained 21 of the horses, which raced everywhere from Yonkers to the Poconos to Saratoga. He said he got a call just before 3 a.m. from a worker screaming, "'The barn, the barn, the barn!'" ...