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Super Chapter (Chapter Seven) became the first horse representing the United States to win the Grade 1 $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot since Resolve in 2016 with a powerful 2:22.3 harness racing performance for the mile and a quarter in the 2026 edition of the race on Saturday afternoon. Driven by Dexter Dunn, Super […]
Daniel Wäjersten and Björn Goop are among the Europeans to have participated in the MGM Yonkers International Trot in the past, and they are happy to once again be part of its present. Wäjersten will send out two horses in Saturday’s $1 million Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot, to be contested at 1-1/4 miles […]
On Tuesday afternoon (September 8), post positions were drawn for the Grade 1 $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot, the Grade 2 $200,000 Bob Miecuna Invitational Trot and the Grade 2 $200,000 Aria Invitational Pace, which will all take place on Saturday (September 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Saturday’s program has an early post time […]
Three North American-based trotters from different parts of the globe will complete the harness racign field for the Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot. Lexus Kody (Canada), Antognoni (Sweden) and Super Chapter (U.S.) become the eighth, ninth and tenth horses to join the $1,000,000 race at MGM Yonkers Raceway on September 12. Defending champion Lexus […]
The work of international recruiter Klaus Koch is now complete as Betting Pacer (Maharajah) is officially the final horse from Europe that will compete in the MGM Yonkers International Trot on September 12. The 9-year-old, with the odd name for a trotter due to a pacing pedigree a few generations back, will make her U.S. […]
France will be represented by Hooker Berry (Booster Winner) in the Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot on September 12. The $1,000,000 event at MGM Yonkers Raceway now has seven confirmed harness racign starters representing five different countries. Hooker Berry comes to the U.S. with a high profile as the 2023 winner of the prestigious […]
Trainer Daniel Wäjersten will have strength in numbers in his quest to win the $1,000,000 MGM Yonkers International Trot this year after he accepted an invitation to the Grade 1 event for Gio Cash (Victor Gio). The 7-year-old joins his harness racing stablemate Mellby Jinx as the latest horse to become part of the September […]
The MGM Yonkers International Trot welcomes its third participant as Norway’s Powwow joins the harness racing field for the Grade 1 event scheduled for September 12 at MGM Yonkers Raceway. The son of 2015 MGM Yonkers International Trot winner Papagayo E, Powwow is making a second run at the $1,000,000 race after finishing third behind […]
Lexus Kody (Archangel), representing Canada, led throughout and won the 2025 edition of the Grade 1 $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot on Saturday afternoon. Lexus Kody, driven by Yannick Gingras for harness racing trainer Ron Burke, completed the mile and a quarter in 2:24.4. Starting from post one and coming in off a Canadian […]
Philippe Allaire might have been a bit disappointed when his MGM Yonkers International Trot contender Hohneck (Royal Dream) drew post 10 for Saturday’s $1 million Grade 1 invitational for older trotters at MGM Yonkers Raceway, but it hasn’t diminished his enthusiasm for participating in the event. “I am thrilled to race in this famous race, […]
On Tuesday afternoon (September 9) at the Zero Otto Nove restaurant in Tuckahoe, New York, post positions were drawn for Saturday’s Grade 1 $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot, the Grade 2 $200,000 Aria Invitational Pace and the Grade 2 $200,000 Bob Miecuna Invitational Trot. All three harness racing events will take place Saturday (September […]
Always hard at work, Yonkers Raceway’s European talent scout Klaus Koch wasted no time in extending a second invitation to the Grade One $1,000,000 MGM Yonkers International Trot following a sparkling harness racing performance by Gio Cash (Victor Gio) in Sweden. The 6-year-old, who is coming off the fastest mile of his career, will be […]
Jiggy Jog S (Walner) and harness racing driver Dexter Dunn will not be in the front row when Saturday’s (Sep. 9) $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot starts, but, of course, the only time being in front will truly matter to Dunn and the mare’s connections is when the race ends. The lone female starter […]
France’s Etonnant (Timoko) drew post position two and has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Saturday’s card also includes two $250,000 Invitationals for older harness racing horses – the Robert Miecuna Trot and the Aria Pace – and eight $225,000 New […]
The $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot 2023 is coming closer as Saturday, September 9th is only three weeks away. Nearly $3 million in harness racing purses will be on the line including the New York Sire Stakes Day of Champions. So far, three Europe based horses GET A WISH (Denmark), ETONNANT (France) and VIVID […]
