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YONKERS, NY, Sunday, June 18, 2017 - Westchester Sundays returned , with an out-every-step Rubber Duck with harness racing driver The Father's Day marquee trot was the first race of the afternoon, one of four 'French' trots going at the mile-and-one-quarter distance. It looked much different early as 3-4 choice Hemi Seelster jumped it off from the pocket.
Joe Lee is living the dream. He grew up in the Bronx, moved to Yonkers at age 13, and loved harness racing and the New York Yankees every step of the way.
YONKERS, NY, Thursday, June 8, 2017 - Though the return of live harness racing is a week or so away, Yonkers Raceway continues to offer a full range of afternoon simulcasting. Saturday's Belmont Stakes highlights the activities, with a special early first post of 11:35 AM.
Harness Racing This Week: Molson Pace, The Raceway at Western Fair District, London, Ontario; Currier & Ives Filly, The Meadows, Washington, Pa.; Art Rooney and Lismore, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; and Maxie Lee Memorial, Ben Stafford Jr. Memorial and Betsy Ross, Harrah's Philadelphia, Chester, Pa. Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit will take place at four locations this weekend.
Bit Of A Legend N comes north to The Raceway at Western Fair District from his home track of Yonkers Raceway, where he and regular driver won last year's G.M. Levy Series final. One of the new faces joining this year's field is Bit Of A Legend N, who will make his first trek to Canada for trainer Peter Tritton.
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, May 20, 2017 -- Harness racing world champion Downbytheseaside was as odds-on advertised Saturday night , winning Starting from the second tier in the nine-to-get-to-eight foray, Downbytheseaside found himself three-wide at the half in a race that had much more movement than expected. Last season's Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace winner, Summer Side , made the first lead, stuffing Stealth Bomber in behind before a :28.1 opening quarter-mile.
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 single $75,000 division in the first leg of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old open trotters. Also on Saturday, Yonkers Raceway will host a single $40,000 elimination in the Art Rooney for 3-year-old open pacers and two $20,000 eliminations in the Lismore for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, May 6, 2017 - A pair of down-the-roaders-Great Vintage and Taco Tuesday -were the Saturday night harness racing standouts, winning Great Vintage started inside his rivals in the blind-draw Open Pace, then took it the distance , though not without an elongated scrum with Blood Brother ,. That one, having left into a three-hole, went after the leader in a big way.
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - "It ain't a fit night out for man or beast." Such were the words of W. C. Fields many decades ago, repeated Tuesday evening before, during and after the $100,000 harness racing final of Yonkers Raceway's YR/ The race wasn't officially over after the draw, but even those that weren't behind the eight-ball were in fact behind the eight-ball.
Torre, who won four World Series managing the Bronx Bombers, is part-owner of Hillosophical, a four-year-old mare racing at Yonkers Raceway Tuesday night in a $100,000 race. Hillosophical has four wins in 26 career starts, including a victory over the Yonkers half-mile oval on April 11. Torre has owned several Thoroughbred racehorses, including Homeboykris with former Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer, who won the 2009 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, Wild Desert, winner of the $1 million Queen's Plate in 2006 with former NHL player Keith Jones, and Game On Dude, who was the 8-5 favorite in the Breeder's Cup Classic in 2013 and finished 9th.
Torre, who won four World Series managing the Bronx Bombers, is part-owner of Hillosophical, a four-year-old mare racing at Yonkers Raceway Tuesday night in a $100,000 race. Hillosophical has four wins in 26 career starts, including a victory over the Yonkers half-mile oval on April 11. Torre has owned several Thoroughbred racehorses, including Homeboykris with former Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer, who won the 2009 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, Wild Desert, winner of the $1 million Queen's Plate in 2006 with former NHL player Keith Jones, and Game On Dude, who was the 8-5 favorite in the Breeder's Cup Classic in 2013 and finished 9th.
... Missile J, a relative toddler at the age of four, finds himself worthy of a seat at Saturday night's adult table for Yonkers Raceway's $529,000 final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. This race, and its companion, the $310,600 Blue ...
Missile J, DiDomenico primed for 529K final of Levy Pacing Series Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway Missile J, a relative toddler at the age of four, finds himself worthy of a seat at Saturday night's adult table for Yonkers Raceway's $529,000 final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. This race, and its companion, the $310,600 Blue Chip Matchmaker, are the sport's two richest of the season to date.
YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - It's one thing to stand out against many of the finest older harness racing pacers in training. It's quite another to do it as a young'un.
YONKERS, NY, Monday, April 17, 2017 - Post positions have been drawn for harness racing's two richest races of the season to date, The races go Saturday night , highlighting a 12-race card with total purses of just under $1.3 million. The 30th Levy, once again honoring the memory of the Hall of Fame founder of Roosevelt Raceway, is the 10th race .
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, April 15, 2017--The time to impress the judges concluded Saturday night , with preliminary-round harness racing competition ending for Favored Somewhere in L A became the sport's newest millionaire, easily winning the third event in front-end fashion. From post position No.
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, April 8, 2017 - With points leader Missile J getting a week off for good behavior, the Saturday night harness racing marquee was available for rental during Round 4 of Stablemates Blood Brother and Somewhere in L A won the second and third events in 1:52.1 and a season's-best 1:51.3, respectively. Blood Brother, from post position No.
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - Mothers love all their children , but Tuesday night's happiest harness racing mom had to be Cheyenne Adrienne. Boogiewoogiebrian won a blanket photo, first-up by a head in the $14,500, third-race pace for a first win of the season.
YONKERS, NY , Monday, March 20, 2017--The invincible Arrogate-Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic and Pegasus World Cup champion deservedly proclaimed as the "World's Best Racehorse"-tries to continue his dominance in the $10 million Dubai World Cup this Saturday . Look no further than Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway as the place to be for simulcast wagering on this epic.
... in (harness) racing, this is the best opportunity you've had in many, many years," said Bob Galterio, the COO at Yonkers Raceway, the state's largest harness track. Ninety-two percent of the money from gamblers at the state's racetracks with the ...
YONKERS, NY, Friday, February 3, 2017 - Red Hot Herbie and Guantanamo Bay earned the praise of the harness racing populace Saturday night, winning Favored 'Herbie'-from post position No. 5 in the week's marquee trot-stalked the second-choice, eight-baller Allerage Star through moderate intervals of :28, 58.4 and 1:27.
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, January 29, 2017 - Springbank Sam N put in a solid, two-move harness racing effort Sunday afternoon, winning One of a handful of leavers-from post position No. 4 -Springbank Sam N wound up in a three-hole at the :29.1 opening quarter-mile.
... July/August issue of the Chronicle of the Horse Untacked . This is the first Eclipse Award for Marks, who resides in Yonkers, N.Y., and is a regular contributor to the Chronicle of the Horse , The Saratoga Special , thisishorseracing.com and many ...
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association , Daily Racing Form , and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters announced Jan. 4 that Tod Marks won the 2016 Media Eclipse Award for Photography for a picture of the stretch run of the Sloan Hurdle at the Iroquois Steeplechase meet in Nashville, during which fallen jockey Kieran Norris is diving toward his loose whip as his luckier competitor, Hooded, streaks by. This is the first Eclipse Award for Marks, who resides in Yonkers, N.Y., and is a regular contributor to The Chronicle of the Horse , The Saratoga Special , thisishorseracing.com , and many other publications.