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George Brennan added his name to an exclusive list of drivers to have 12,000 lifetime victories after he won the fifth race on Monday night (September 2) at MGM Yonkers Raceway with Night Hawk (Betting Line). Brennan needed two tallies coming into the card to hit the milestone and got them in back-to-back fashion, prevailing […]
Will Mikala (Always B Miki) be the forgotten pacing mare in harness racing’s $276,200 Blue Chip Matchmaker Final at Yonkers Raceway on Monday night (April 22nd)? The six-year-old Nik Drennan pupil comes in off a front-end win in the fourth leg of the series, and with two wins in the first four legs and a […]
After making a three-wide move in the backstretch, Ontario-invader Intothemysticmoon (Artspeak) was able to grind it out against Dougs Babe A in winning a photo finish to capture the $32,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace Friday (Dec. 15) at Yonkers Raceway. The 9th race feature saw Coachellabound N (Brent Holland) take early command of the […]
Drama Act (Well Said) went down the road for driver George Brennan in wiring the field to capture the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace Friday (Oct. 6) at Yonkers Raceway. Starting from post four, Brennan sent the 5-1 Drama Act right to the front at the start of the 8th race feature. Drama […]
The harness racing trotters were in the limelight at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Oct. 5) evening with two $36,000 Open Handicap events for the highsteppers, one for the Fillies & Mares and one for the older horses. The ladies were first-up on the card in the 2nd race where race favorite Queen Of All (Tyler Buter) […]
For the second straight week Rocknroll Runa A (Rock N Roll Heaven) proved to be the best in the $36,000 Open-Handicap harness racing pace at Yonkers Raceway Monday (Aug. 7). The 8th race feature started off with Hellabalou (Joe Bongiorno) leaving from post six and quickly getting to the lead with Groovy Joe (Jordan Stratton) […]
Plainville, MA — The $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace will be the secondary harness racing feature to the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday afternoon (July 23) and a mare that was grossly overlooked by the bettors at the Meadowlands last Saturday (July 15), will probably be heavily supported in the […]
Yonkers Raceway was the scene for twin $36,000 Open-Handicap Pace harness racing features Monday (May 15) that saw Covered Bridge (American Ideal) and None Bettor A (Bettor’s Delight) both victorious. The 8th race first Open saw Hellabalou (Yannick Gingras) take the lead away from Speed Man N (Joe Bongiorno) by the first quarter in :27. […]
With her victory Friday (May 12) at Yonkers Raceway in the $36,000 Fillies & Mares Open-Handicap Pace, Drama Act (Well Said) is now just $57,000 away from becoming harness racing’s next millionaires. Starting from post three in the 8th race feature, driver George Brennan wasting no time sending the race favorite Drama Act right to […]
Columbus, OH — George Brennan became only the seventh driver to crack $200 million in career North American purse earnings, doing so on Thursday (May 11) at MGM Yonkers Raceway when he drove Peter Tritton trainee Pace N Pride N to a 1:53.2 victory in a conditioned pace. That win put the 56-year-old Brennan in the […]
Yonkers Raceway played host to twin $36,000 Open-Handicap harness racing pacing events Monday (May 8) evening and both races ended up going in identical times. The first of the two co-features were the 7th race where Covered Bridge (American Ideal) and driver Jordan Stratton left from post seven to take the quick early lead, only […]
For five straight starts there has been no reason to not take a gamble with Take A Gamble (Bettor’s Delight) as the five-year-old harness racing pacer continued his winning ways Monday (May 1) at Yonkers Raceway. Competing in the 8th race $36,000 Open-Handicap Pace, Take A Gamble and driver Scott Zeron got away in fifth […]
George Brennan was 14 when he drove a harness racing horse to a paycheck for the first time. The teenager, making his only start of 1981, steered Myron’s Bunny to a fifth-place finish in an amateur race, with the trotter collecting $50 in purse money. At the time, the Monticello, N.Y., native could not imagine […]
The Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for open harness racing pacing mares picked up exactly where it left off in 2022, as defending champion Drama Act (Well Said) made a triumphant return, capturing the first of three $40,000 divisions in the first leg of the series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 17). George […]
The first leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for harness racing pacing mares at Yonkers Raceway was drawn on Monday afternoon (March 13), with a total of 24 entrants necessitating a trio of $40,000 divisions on Friday night’s (Mar. 17) ten-race program. In the first split (race four), there will be a rematch between […]
With a gusty, first-over effort and a :27 second last quarter mile, Drama Act (Well Said) not only captured the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace Friday (March 10) at Yonkers Raceway but established herself as one of the harness racing favorites for the upcoming Blue Chip Matchmaker Series. Starting from post two, race […]
Drama Act (Well Said) and Racine Bell (So Surreal), the winner and runner-up in last year’s Blue Chip Matchmaker Series final for harness racing pacing mares at Yonkers Raceway, appear to be rounding into form heading into the 2023 edition of that event, which gets underway on March 17, as both were victorious in Westchester […]
The photo finish camera was needed to declare the winner of the $40,000 Open Handicap Trot at Yonkers Raceway Thursday, January 19, 2023, over a sloppy, rain-soaked harness racing track with a two second allowance by the judges. The 4th race feature saw race favorite Nows The Moment (Austin Siegelman) first on the lead by […]
Yonkers Raceway hosted two $33,000 Open Handicap co-feature harness racing trots Thursday, Nov. 10, one for the horses and one for the fillies and mares. The first on the card was the 2nd race for the horses where Stormy Kromer (Dejambro) and driver Daniel Dube went down the road from post three and could not […]
It was a fight to the finish and Bee Two Bee (Sunshine Beach) won the harness racing battle in the $39,000 Open Handicap Pace Monday (Aug. 29) at Yonkers Raceway. The 8th race feature started off with I’ll Drink To That (Austin Siegelman) going to the early lead with Bee Two Bee and driver George […]
Quebec-bred Lit De Rose, racing with Lasix for the first time, angled off the pylons in early stretch and rallied furiously to get by favored Easy To Please in the first of three $40,000 harness racing divisions in round four of the Blue Chip-Matchmaker Series on Friday night (April 8) at Yonkers Raceway. Trainer-driver Pat […]
Divine Deo and Belina both posted their second victories in the MGM Rewards Ladies Pacing Series at Yonkers Raceway by winning Wednesday night’s (March 23) pair of $20,000 harness racing divisions of the last preliminary round of the event. Starting from post one in the opening flight, Divine Deo (George Brennan) was overtaken by She […]
JM Betonsix won for the second straight week, while Belina improved from second last Wednesday to first tonight in the pair of $20,000 divisions of the second leg of the MGM Rewards Ladies Pacing Series for 3- and 4-year-old harness racing fillies and mares at Yonkers Raceway. In the first flight JM Betonsix (George Brennan) […]
Warrior One was able to overcome starting from the far outside in post eight in capturing the $39,000 Open Handicap Trot at Yonkers Raceway Friday. The eighth race feature got underway with Hayek (Jason Bartlett) grabbing the early lead and then pressed on the outside by Stormy Kromer (Dan Dube) by the first quarter in […]
