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Three-year-old colt Fragment (Huntsville) became a two-time New York Sire Stakes champion and stallion Huntsville sired three of the four winners of the $300,000 finals for male and female pacers Saturday (Sept. 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Joining Fragment in earning NYSS pacing crowns were 3-year-old filly Savage Cindy, 2-year-old colt Bastonata Bluechip and 2-year-old […]
Uncle Rob (Met’s Hall), AI, Kountry Plunge and Sharp Seven were victorious in their respective $300,000 New York Sire Stakes finals for trotters on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. The day kicked off with a 1:56.2 track record harness racing performance by gelding Uncle Rob in the final for 2-year-old males. Driven […]
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 […]
Best Chip (Heston Blue Chip) and driver-trainer Joe Bongiorno followed up an impressive harness racing victory in the Canadian Pacing Derby a week earlier with an inspiring front-end performance, holding on gamely to capture the $200,000 Grade 2 Aria Invitational as part of Saturday’s International Trot Day program at MGM Yonkers Raceway, pacing to a […]
Yonkers, NY — MGM Resorts announced Wednesday (Sept. 9) that over the next year it will commit $550,000 toward the promotion of New York harness racing as part of a joint effort with the Standardbred Owners Association of New York (SOANY) and other stakeholders in the New York harness racing industry. The company and the SOANY […]
Two- and 3-year-olds are ready to compete in their $300,000 New York Sire Stakes finals as part of a stakes-laden harness racing program on Saturday afternoon (September 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and post positions for those events are now set. Saturday’s program, which begins at 11:50 a.m. (EDT), also includes the Grade 1 $1 […]
Archon (Chapter Seven), driven by harness racing trainer Dan Daley, led all the way in winning Monday night’s (August 31) $156,600 New York Sire Stakes event for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Starting from post six, Archon landed on the front-end on the first turn when Uncle Rob (Andy Miller) made […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Rey Franco surged from a pocket trip with 12-1 shot Pc Free Wheeling (Wheeling N Dealin) to nail tempo-setter Windsong Pioneer on the line and win the $20,000 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Summer Series harness racing final on Thursday night (Aug. 27) at Yonkers Raceway. Leaving from post 3, Franco pushed […]
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. […]
Three-year-old trotting fillies were featured in a pair of New York Sire Stakes races on Tuesday night (August 25) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and the harness racing winners were Lauren’s Chapter (Chapter Seven) and My Philomene (Chapter Seven). In the first $81,000 division, Flying Copper, driven by Ake Svanstedt, led to the quarter in 28.4 […]
Heavy rain and a sloppy track made for a less than ideal night, but Rose Run Cowboy (Huntsville) and My Body Guard (American Ideal) braved the elements and defeated their harness racing competitors in a pair of New York Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old male pacers on Thursday (August 20) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. In […]
Hunting Glory and Cooperstown Boy won the pair of New York Sire Stakes harness racing divisions for 3-year-old male pacers on Thursday night (August 13) at MGM Yonkers Raceway in similar fashion, rallying by the favorite in the stretch from the pocket. In the first $82,500 grouping, Knoxville (driven by Tyler Buter) was in front […]
Chapizzy and Seveallisto, a pair of daughters of Chapter Seven owned by Purple Haze Stables LLC., scored victories in their respective New York Sire Stakes splits for 2-year-old filly trotters on Friday night (August 7) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Driven by Matt Kakaley in the first $73,100 division, Chapizzy led through fractions of 30, 1:00.3 […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— John Calabrese grabbed command with 7-1 shot Cal Miles N Shell (Trixton) and held his ground to the finish for a narrow 1:57.1 harness racing victory in the lone $13,100 division of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Aug. 6). Leaving from post 3, Calabrese […]
Chapter Geo J and AI, two colts by Chapter Seven, won the pair of $84,000 New York Sire Stakes divisions that took place on Thursday (July 23) evening at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Driven by Jason Bartlett in the first split, Chapter Geo J led to the quarter in 28.1 and the half in 57.2, then […]
In just over eight weeks (Sept. 12), some of the best trotters in the world will gather at MGM Yonkers Raceway for the $1,000,000 G1 MGM Yonkers International Trot. While the complete field won’t be known for some time, Bourbonista S will be one of the 10 invitees after accepting an invitation from track management. […]
The New York Sire Stakes circuit was at MGM Yonkers Raceway for the first time in 2026 on Monday night (June 29), and Cowboy Candy and Fendilicious won their respective sections of the opening leg for 2-year-old pacing fillies. In the first division, which went for a purse of $78,700, Cowboy Candy (Andy McCarthy) led […]
Add an extra quarter of a mile to the $250,000 Grade 2 MGM Yonkers Trot, and you have a recipe for a wild finish. That proved to be the case on Friday night (June 26) when Inexpressable (Walner) and driver Tim Tetrick rallied off of a third-over cover trip and charged by the field to […]
The fields are set for the Grade 2 $250,000 MGM Yonkers Trot and the Grade 2 $200,000 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes for harness racing 3-year-old males on Friday night (June 26) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Spencer Hanover (Chapter Seven), who is four-for-four thus far in 2026, will start from a trailing post nine for driver […]
Eliminations were not required for either the MGM Yonkers Trot or the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes, the opening leg of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns for 3-year-old colts and geldings, and so the ten entered for the MGM Yonkers Trot and the seven that dropped in the box for the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes […]
Jason Bartlett became just the 11th North American harness racing driver to have 12,000 career victories after he captured the eighth race on Tuesday night (May 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway with Heaven On High N (Rock N Roll Heaven). Bartlett came into the program needing two wins to get to 12,000 and took the […]
Captain Albano (Captaintreacherous) had to work to get to the front, but once he got there, he never relinquished control, winning Friday night’s (May 8) Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series final at MGM Yonkers Raceway over the mile and a quarter distance in 2:21.4 for driver Todd McCarthy and harness racing trainer Noel […]
It is said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Horses, though, are another story. Eight-year-old Mossdale Ben N (A Rocknroll Dance) has been showing off a new dimension to his game this season, and it could serve him well in Friday’s (May 8) Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series championship at […]
Coaches Corner and Silk Cloud A drew the coveted pole positions in the Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Grade 2 $456,000 Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series finals on Friday night (May 8) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Last year’s MGM Grand Prix Series champion at Yonkers, Coaches Corner will be driven in the Borgata […]
