Peter Tritton News Today

Silk Cloud A (Shadow Play), the longest shot on the tote board at 20-1 odds, held off race favorite Lit De Rose to easily win the $35,000 Fillies & Mares Invitational Pace Friday (May 3) at Yonkers Raceway. The 2nd race feature saw Mc Angel (Brent Holland) scoot right out to the early lead from

This past week saw a number of harness racing trainers fined and suspended for various infractions as reported from Racing Commissions to the USTA. Samantha Dubois has been fined $1,500 and suspended for 20 days as her horse, J-S Perfect Cache was found to be positive for Dexamethazone on March 19, 2024, at Saratoga Raceway.

George Brennan became only the seventh driver to crack USD$200 million in career North American purse earnings, doing so on Thursday (May 11) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

There were no winners in either the Pick 5 or Pick 6 wagers on Monday night (May 24) at Yonkers Raceway, resulting in an $11,480.56 carryover in the Pick 5 and a $2,251.43 carryover in the Pick 6 on Tuesday night’s (May 25) ten-race program. The Pick 5 pool will also be guaranteed at $25,000. The guarantee in the Pick 5 is being offered as part of the United States Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program. The Pick 5, which begins in race five, and the Pick 6, which starts in race ...

Yonkers Raceways 10-race program on Monday night was lively from start to finish on the wagering front, and when the dust settled, the handle checked in at a new high for 2021 of $1,254,745. That total also represents the most wagered on a night-time card at Yonkers since April 28, 2012, when $1.33 million was bet on a 12-race program, meaning tonights average of $125,474 bettered that as well. As far as on-track action on Monday night, Raukapuka Ruler N gave Jordan Stratton one of his four win...