Air Strike to launch last sortie at Yonkers

YONKERS, N.Y. When harness racing trainer Erv Miller went to the Tattersalls July Sale with owner John Koliopoulos, they didn't intend to come home with Air Strike. The 4-year-old son impressed at 2, winning a $75,000 Indiana bred stakes at Hoosier Park and dead-heating in the $147,200 Kindergarten Classic at the Meadowlands.

NAADA trots at Yonkers to Schwartz & Ciavardini

Yonkers, NY- --As the fourth and final series of the North American Amateur Drivers Association nears completion the eighth leg of the 10-race Fall competition was contested at Yonkers Raceway with two short fields going to post prior to the harness racing betting card getting underway and when both events were completed Alan Schwartz and Bobby Ciavardini each emerged victorious in their respective splits. Schwartz won with his old warhorse Ladys Big Stormont in 2:01.1 while Ciavardini copped his division with Baltimor AS in 2:01.4. Both races were contested over a sloppy racetrack.

Daunting draw for Lazarus

It appears Lazarus can not only walk the walk but talk the talk. The Kiwi pacing hero faces one of the toughest challenges of his North American career when he starts from a daunting wide draw in the US$250,000 Dan Rooney Pace at Yonkers, New York tomorrow morning .

$1 million Yonkers International Trot details

The $1 Million Yonkers International Trot at Empire City Casino will be contested on Saturday afternoon, October 13, at Yonkers Raceway when 10 of the world's elite trotters converge on the historic harness oval for the 40th edition of the 1 - mile global classic. It will be the fourth straight year that the purse is the richest in the history of New York State harness racing, since Empire City president and CEO, Timothy J. Rooney, brought back the International in 2015 after a 20-year hiatus.

Up And Quick eyes one more win on big stage

YONKERS, N.Y. The sun inched toward the horizon in the western Paris skies around 4:30 p.m. January 25, 2015, casting a soft golden glow over harness racing's Hippodrome de Vincennes. The crystal horse trophy Philippe Delon cradled in his arms captured the rays and it too gleamed in a golden hue as Delon raised it over his head.

$1.8 million Night of Champions in the books

YONKERS, NY , Saturday, September 22, 2018-What did we learn Saturday during Yonkers Raceway's hosting of the Empire State's richest night of racing, the 29th New York Night of Champions? The $1.8 million event-eight, $225,000 sire stakes finals for freshmen and sophomores of both sexes and gaits-produced the expected, the unexpected and the 'it's a good thing no one was hurt." Odds-on numbers Winndevie , Gimpanzee , Plunge Blue Chip , Wisdom Tree and Helpisontheway delivered their short parimutuel promises.

Tim Tetrick talks on Night Of Champions drives

Harness racing driver Tim Tetrick talks about his drives in the $1.8 million Night of Champions finals at Yonkers Raceway YONKERS, N.Y. Yonkers Raceway will host eight finals of the New York Sire Stakes Saturday night worth a combined $1.8 million. Tim Tetrick will drive seven of the 64 statebreds who seek championship titles, and the 36-year-old is confident in his horses.

Posts drawn for $1.8 million NY Night of Champions

YONKERS, NY , Monday, September 17, 2018-Post positions have been drawn for Saturday's $1.8 million New York Night of Champions, with Yonkers Raceway again hosting the 29th edition of the Empire State's richest night of harness racing. Eight, $225,000 sire stakes finals, each sponsored by a prominent breeding farm or organization, feature the best 2- and 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits.

Yonkers $156,000 NYSS to Thunder & Gimpanzee

Yonkers Raceway Friday night wrapped up its New York Sire Stakes legs--all 16 of 'em--with the $156,200 Lew Barasch Trot for 2-year-old harness racing colts and geldings. Friday's event once again honored the memory of 'Tootie,' whose unmatched PR savvy in the golden age of the game helped make the nascent Roosevelt International Trot a happening.

LP Roy makes Yonkers debut in Messenger

YONKERS, N.Y. Driver Louis-Philippe Roy's ride with Jimmy Freight to date has already been a fulfilling one. One of the first major stakes horses the Quebec native has traveled with, Jimmy Freight has taken the 28-year-old reinsman to the Meadowlands Pace and the Carl Milstein Memorial.

Hoosier invader Pistol Packin Mama at Yonkers

YONKERS, N.Y. Trainer Jeff Cullipher got to know harness racing pacer Pistol Packin Mama well this spring at Hoosier Park. The 4-year-old mare raced against his star distaffer Au D Lox Bluegrass twice, once in the Filly and Mare Invitational May 19 and again in the Filly and Mare Preferred June 9. Pistol Packin Mama got the upper hand each time, including the latter start by a nose in 1:49.4. Tragically, Au D Lox Bluegrass, a 17-time winner and earner of $377,339 died suddenly just after the pair's final matchup.