Team Orange Crush colts favored in NYSS

As the 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings mark the final New York Sires Stakes stop of the year at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night, some of the entrants will be looking to solidify their spot in the $1.8 million Night of Champions at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 24. But stablemates Devious Man and Money Macintosh from the Julie Miller stable have already advanced as the top two point-earners in the series and can concentrate solely on the $107,000 in purse money available this week.

$500,000 Yonkers Trota & $500,000 Messenger

Yonkers, NY --- Despite a spectacular steer by Dan Daley and Smalltownthrowdown tossing down the gauntlet, Hambletonian victor and harness racing 1-5 favorite Marion Marauder withstood the late heroics of that rival to win the second jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown, the $500,000 , by a diminishing head in 1:56.1 on Saturday at Yonkers Raceway. After a valiant first-over effort, Lagerfeld followed that duo home in third.

Hambletonian winner Marion Marauder takes Yonkers Trot

Hambletonian winner Marion Marauder takes Yonkers Trot Hambletonian winner Marion Marauder won the $500,000 Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2cprhue YONKERS, N.Y. - Hambletonian winner Marion Marauder won the $500,000 Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night. Driven by Scott Zeron, Marion Marauder beat Smalltownthrowdown by a head, finishing in 1:56.1 and returning $2.40 for the win.

Lucrative Grand Circuit weekend on the horizon

Harness Racing This Week: Yonkers Trot and Messenger Stakes, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; Canadian Pacing Derby, Metro, She's A Great Lady, Simcoe Stakes and Champlain Stakes, Mohawk Racetrack, Campbellville, Ontario. Schedule of events: A busy holiday weekend of Grand Circuit action is led by a pair of Triple Crown events at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday .

Vernon opens up busy Grand Circuit weekend

Harness Racing This Week: Crawford Farms Trot and Muscle Hill, Vernon Downs, Vernon, N.Y.; Yonkers Trot elimination, Hudson Filly Trot and Lady Maud, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; Nadia Lobell, The Meadows, Washington, Pa.; Casual Breeze and Metro and She's A Great Lady eliminations, Mohawk Racetrack, Campbellville, Ontario; and Artiscape and W.N. Reynolds Memorial divisions, Tioga Downs, Nichols, N.Y. Schedule of events: Grand Circuit action begins this Friday as Vernon Downs will host a pair of older trotting stakes in the $193,000 Crawford Farms Trot for older males and the $170,000 Muscle Hill for older females. Also on Friday, Mohawk Racetrack will host two C$97,000 divisions in the Casual Breeze for 3-year-old filly trotters.

$500,000 Yonkers Trot & $500,000 Messenger

YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - Hambletonian winner Marion Marauder goes after the second jewel of harness racing's Trotting Triple Crown, leading nine 3-year-olds in the 62nd With a guaranteed $500,000 final purse, Yonkers Raceway's signature trotting event begins with a game of musical chairs, as in one, $40,000 elimination this Saturday night . to determine the eight finalists.

Claiming action on tap

... has 59 lifetime wins and $699,093 in purse earnings. His latest victory - a 1:54.4 win over the half-mile oval at Yonkers, N.Y. - was in a $12,500 price tag. The pacer oozes back class, as he was previously the top pacer at Rideau Carleton Raceway ...

Yonker’s $45,000 co-featured Open Handicaps

YONKERS, NY, Saturday, July 30, 2016 -- It's never too late to find a new handicapping angle, so we offer up this one...find a harness racing pair that have been both out of the box for three weeks, sprinkle in a moist surface and count the cash. Allerage Star negotiated her route from the pocket, stalking--from post position No.

Dayson and Dante score in $163,000 NYSS

YONKERS, NY , Thursday, July 14, 2016-They won the draws as well as and the hearts and minds of the electorate Thursday night. Short-priced pole-sitters Dayson and Dante delivered in Yonkers Raceway $163,374 New York Sire Stakes Michael Sorentino Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings.

Outstanding M’lands card in Grand Circuit spotlight

This Week: Meadowlands Pace, Hambletonian Maturity, W.R. Haughton Memorial, Mistletoe Shalee, Stanley Dancer Memorial, Delvin Miller Memorial, Golden Girls and Miss Versatility, Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J.; and Lawrence B. Sheppard Memorial, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. Schedule of events: The stakes heavy Saturday Grand Circuit card at the Meadowlands features the $732,050 Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-olds, the $471,800 W.R. Haughton Memorial for free for all pacers, the $471,200 Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old trotters, two divisions in the $306,500 Stanley Dancer Memorial for 3-year-old male trotters, the $223,150 Golden Girls for older pacing mares, two divisions in the $193,000 Delvin Miller Memorial for 3-year-old filly trotters, the $157,400 Mistletoe Shalee for 3-year-old filly pacers, and a $40,000 leg of the Miss Versatility for older trotting mares.