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MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur driver Alan Schwartz capitalized off a pocket ride with 1-5 favorite Doo Wop Kid (Wishing Stone) to win the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Oct. 3). Starting from the pylon post, Schwartz pushed Doo Wop Kid forward and secured a seat behind […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur driver Andrew Adamczyk gathered easy victories in both of the $13,100 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (July 18). In the first division, Adamczyk romped with 1-9 favorite Stick With Me Kid (Deweycheatumnhowe) to a 1:57 mile. Adamczyk grabbed the […]
MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur driver Joe Faraldo and Andrew Adamczyk both converted pocket trips to wins in their respective $7,500 divisions for the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot on Wednesday (May 8) at Monticello Raceway. Faraldo zipped through the stretch to win with Mufasa As (Lionhunter) in the opening division, timed in […]
MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Monticello Raceway hosted three $7,500 harness racing divisions for the North American Amateur Driver Association’s (NAADA) Spring Series on Wednesday (April 10) with each division seeing a different driver claim victory. In the first split, Alan Schwartz rolled down the road with 6-5 favorite Kasha’s Boy (Mr Cantab) to win in 2:01.4. Schwartz […]
With a romp in the final heat of the competition by NAADA’s Alan Schwartz, Team USA was able to defeat Team Italy in their Friendship Competition in Italy. The final point total was 70 for Team America and 64 for Team Italia. The first heat on the final day saw Mickele Fémia piloting the speedy […]
Being the NY Metropolitan area’s local harness racing amateur club, our members were deeply impacted by the horrific events of 9/11. AS such, the membership of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), one of the oldest amateur driving clubs in the US, is donating two thousand five hundred ($ 2,500) dollars to the Tunnel […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur driver Alan Schwartz carved his path to the winner’s circle in both $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Aug. 3). In the first division, Schwartz persevered through a first-over grind to win with Reel Em In (Crazed) in 2:00.2. […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur drivers Joe Faraldo and Peter Kleinhans both fired for the lead and kept their competition chasing to take their respective $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots as part of a pair of non-wagering events at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 29). In the first […]
For those of you that castigate amateur harness racing and continually complain about it, you’re all wrong. Form Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings of yesteryear to the gentlemen and ladies that participate this very day, amateur racing has done wonders for our sport…and countless charitable organizations here in the U.S.A., as well. First off, many of […]
Lexington, KY — On Thursday (May 18), following the North American Amateur Drivers Association Spring Series final at Yonkers Raceway, a $2,000 check presentation was made to New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program to support its mission to rehab, retrain and rehome Standardbreds coming off the track. “We are grateful for the support given by the […]
Monticello, NY— David Yarock and Mr Ridgetaker (Tom Ridge) made every pole a winning one enroute to a 2:01.1 harness racing victory in the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) trot this afternoon at Monticello Raceway. Dismissed and sent off at odds of over 7-1 despite starting from the pole position, the veteran gelding […]
Yonkers, NY— Harness racing driver Tony Verruso displayed the talent that earned him the National Amateur Driver of the Year Award last by season winning both ends of the non-wagering $10,000 North America Amateur Drivers Association trots Thursday at Yonkers Raceway. He won the first division with Call Me Thefireman in 1:58.4 and came back […]
Yonkers, NY–The more he drives the better he gets.. and tonight at Yonkers Raceway Matt Zuccarello had a driving double when he won both harness racing divisions of the North America Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) trots. He won the first division with All Night Credit in 2:01.3 and came right back to win the second […]
Yonkers, NY— Two very competitive harness racing fields of trotters went to post tonight at Yonkers Raceway in the North America Amateur Drivers Association and when the judges posted the official signs Joe Lee and Tony Beltrami each walked away with trophies after winning their respective $10,000 splits. Lee was victorious with Swancredit in 2:00 […]
Monticello, NY — When the wings of the mobile starting gate folded harness racing amateur driver Joe Pennacchio bided his time with Prescott and then rallied the son of Yankee Glide to an easy 1:59.1 victory over four others. in the $7,000 North America Amateur Driver Association trot today at Monticello Raceway. After the starter […]
Yonkers, NY–Two $10,000 harness racing divisions of trotters went to post tonight prior to the betting card getting at Yonker Raceway and when the judges posted the official signs Scott Keppler and Alan Schwartz each reined a winner; Keppler with Judge Ken in 2:00.2 and Schwartz with Ladys Big Stormont in 1:59.3. After two consecutive […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Sept. 24, 2021 — Tom “Mayhem” Svrcek and Kombucha led every step but had to fight off a race-long challenge from Floyd “The Roper” Rhodes and Back Door Man to secure the harness racing victory in Friday’s $9,000 leg of the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) Trot at The Meadows. Mayhem fired […]
Yonkers, NY—Two $8,000 harness racing divisions in the current North American Amateur Drivers Association Trotting Series were contested tonight at Yonkers Raceway and when the judges posted the winners Tony Verruso and Scott Keppler walked away victorious after copping their respective splits. Verruso was victorious with Winneress in 1:59.3 while Keppler scored with Judge Ken […]
Yonkers, NY—Two harness racing divisions of trotters in the current North American Amateur Drivers Association series went to post at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night and when the judges declared each event official Tony Verruso and Joe Pennacchio had won their respective $8,000 splits. Verruso scored behind his own Winneress in 1:59 while Penncchio was […]
Tony Verruso and Christopher Petrelli won decisive victories in their North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot dashes on Wednesday at Monticello Raceway. Verruso improved to 10-for-31 on the season in the second programmed race, steering his Winneress to a wire-to-wire score. He elicited early speed from Winneress on the pylons to beat a hard-leaving […]
Yonkers, NY–Harness racing amateur driver Matt Zuccarello is just a happy man. And why shouldn’t he be? After all he just had his first driving double. It came in on the rainy evening of July 1st over over the muddy double oval at Yonkers Raceway in the NAADA trotting series when he guided Checkmate Hill […]
