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Harness racing driver Austin Siegelman gave his horse Dougs Babe A (Western Terror) a perfect second-over trip and his mare responded with an upset win in the $39,000 Fillies & Mares Invitational Pace Friday (Aug. 30) at Yonkers Raceway. The 9th race feature saw Coachhellabound N (Jason Bartlett) work their way to the early lead […]
The trotters were in the harness racing spotlight at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Aug. 29) with a pair of $39,000 co-feature Invitationals, one for the older horses and one for the fillies and mares. The 8th race Invitational Trot saw 4-1 Black Magic (Full Count) and driver Scott Zeron come first-over against Stormy Kromer (Jason Bartlett) […]
Using the rail post position to get out front early, Hemsworth N (Sweet Lou) and harness racing driver Austin Siegelman could not be caught on the front end in winning the $39,000 Invitational Pace Monday (Aug. 12) at Yonkers Raceway. With Typhoon Banner N (Joe Bongiorno) sitting the two-hole trip, Hemsworth N and Siegelman cut […]
Friday’s (June 7) harness racing feature at Yonkers Raceway was the $39,000 Fillies & Mares Invitational Pace, and Dougs Babe A (Western Terror) and driver Austin Siegelman led through fractions of :26.3, :55, 1:23.2, then held on through the lane to win by a nose over pocket-sitter Coachellabound N (Jason Bartlett). Golden Quest N (George […]
The photo finish camera was needed to declare the winner of the $35,000 Fillies & Mares Invitational Handicap Pace Friday (May 17) at Yonkers Raceway. The 7th race harness racing feature got underway with Karma Seelster (Sportswriter) and driver Austin Siegelman scooting right out to the early lead from the rail. Racine Bell (George Brennan) […]
John Ahle and Austin Siegelman left little opportunity for any other harness racing driver to score on the 12-race card at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (Jan. 13). Between the two of them, they won nine races. Ahle had five wins, including the feature, and Siegelman was right behind him with four wins. Siegelman was 2023’s […]
The new year is rapidly approaching, which means that 2023 is coming to an end just as quickly. It is time for year-end harness racing honors but this year at Freehold Raceway, the title for leading driver has come down to the wire. Jimmy Marohn Jr. was in control of the lead for much of […]
Harness racing driver Austin Siegelman won four out of eleven races at Freehold Raceway on Friday (Dec. 22). His first came in race five aboard Mahone Seelster (Muscle Mass) for trainer Chris Height. At even money, he captured the early lead from post three and continued to trot without facing any competition. He went on […]
Yonkers Raceway held two $32,000 Open Trots Thursday (Dec. 21) evening, one for the harness racing horses and one for the fillies and mares. The trotting horses were first on deck in the 4th race where race favorite Nows The Moment (Credit Winner) was able to come first-over in the backstretch and collar Warrior One […]
Together, Tyler Miller, Vinny Ginsburg, and Austin Siegelman won all but one of the eleven harness racing races that took place on Freehold Raceway’s half-mile oval on Friday, November 24, 2023. Vinny Ginsburg opened the card with a win after a gutsy trip with the John-Urbanski-trained, Girl Almighty (Great Vintage). After settling in fourth for […]
Jive Dancing A (Rock N Roll Heaven) and harness racing driver Austin Siegelman were able to grind it out first-over in scoring a 22-1 upset victory in the $36,000 F & M Open-Handicap Pace at Yonkers Raceway Friday (July 28). The 8th race feature saw Man Dontforget Me (Braxton Boyd) leave and take control of […]
Yonkers Raceway held co-open harness racing events, both for purses of $36,000, on Thursday (April 13) as the Daily Double on the race card. The 1st race was the 3-5 Year-Old Open Pace that saw Great Somewhere (Brent Holland) take the early lead with race favorite Certifiable (Jason Bartlett) grabbing the two-hole spot as they […]
Nows The Moment (Credit Winner) and harness racing driver Austin Siegelman left hard from post seven, cleared to the front and the duo never looked back in capturing the $36,000 Open Handicap Trot Thursday (March 16) at Yonkers Raceway. With Credit Con (Joe Bongiorno) sitting on their backs, Nows The Moment cut the mile to […]
It took a daring three-wide move in the harness racing backstretch, but Juddy Douglas A (Auckland Reactor N) was up to the task in capturing the $12,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace Saturday (March 4) afternoon at Freehold Raceway. The 10th race feature started out with the race favorite Lyons Steel (Tyler Miller) going to the early lead […]
With his third straight win in the $36,000 Open Handicap Trot Thursday (March 2), Nows The Moment (Credit Winner) can say he now owns the top harness racing class at the Hilltop. Sent off as the second choice in the race (by 15 cents), Nows The Moment scooted right to the early lead for driver […]
With a drop in class and change in location, Juddy Douglas A (Auckland Reactor A) scored his second straight harness racing win Saturday (Feb. 25), scoring an easy victory in the $12,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace at Freehold Raceway. It was the race favorite Time Watch (Jack Pelling) who started off the 10th ace feature getting the […]
After getting a perfect trip from harness racing driver Austin Siegelman, Nows The Moment (Credit Winner) made it two straight scores in the $36,000 Open Handicap Trot at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Feb. 16). The 2nd race feature got underway with Nows The Moment and Siegelman leaving from post five to the early lead over Hey […]
MGM Yonkers Raceway closed the books on its 2022 harness racing season Thursday, December 22 with three $33,000 Open Handicap races. It was a rain-soaked track labeled sloppy with a two-second allowance from the judges. The 2nd race was the Open Handicap Trot where Nows The Moment (Credit Winner) and driver Austin Siegelman worked out […]
Usually winning when he is on the front-end, Leonidas A (Mach Three) and harness racing driver Austin Siegelman changed tactics and worked out a second-over trip in capturing the $39,000 Open Pace at Yonkers Raceway Monday (Oct. 24). The 8th race feature started off with Covered Bridge (Jordan Stratton) going right to the lead with […]
Leonidas A (Mach Three) and harness racing driver Austin Siegelman proved to be too strong on the front end in capturing the $39,000 Open Pace at Yonkers Raceway Monday (Oct. 3) evening. Starting from the rail in the 8th race feature, Leonidas A was sent right to the front by Siegelman and with last week’s […]
Southwind Java (Captaintreacherous) proved to be too tough on the front end in capturing the $56,000 harness racing final of the New Jersey Sire Stakes Standardbred Development Fund at Freehold Raceway Saturday (Sept. 10). The final was for three-year-old pacing fillies and took place in the 4th race. After the start of the race, Southwind […]
The 2022 MGM Borgata Pacing Series preliminaries started with the harness racing favorites going five-for-five in leg one and ended with the chalk registering a three-for-three mark in Monday’s (April 18) trio of $50,000 divisions of the final round at Yonkers Raceway. Leonidas A (Austin Siegelman) heads into next Monday’s (April 25) $549,000 final as […]
A neck, half a length, a neck, and half a length were the winning margins in four closely contested $50,000 harness racing splits of the fourth leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series on Monday night (April 11) at Yonkers Raceway. Defending series champion This Is The Plan was a convincing winner in round one […]
Freehold, NJ — Freehold Raceway’s leading harness racing driver over the last two years, Austin Siegelman, had his first big day in the bike on Thursday (January 13), with five winners on the 9-race card. Siegelman started his day on a winning note, scoring in race 1 on Burning Desire, trained by Kubi Erzene. He […]
