The Daily Double at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Aug. 31) saw seven scratches, mostly due to early holiday traffic and reported accidents. There were numerous other scratches throughout the harness racing program. The scratches saw the 2nd race $36,000 Open Handicap Trot down to just three starters, but they all raced as a team down to
The father/son duo of trainer Brett Pelling and driver Jack Pelling teamed up with Earthwindfire and Southwind Bella to win both $84,000 New York Sire Stakes divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday night (Aug. 3) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
MGM Yonkers Raceway was forced to cancel the remainder of Thursday night's (July 27) program after the fourth race due to persistent lightning and dangerous weather conditions in the area. Prior to the early end of the program, one of the two New York Sire Stakes divisions for two-year-old trotting fillies was held with R Melina getting the win in the $77,300 event.
Editor’s Note: USTA Chairman of the Board and veteran amateur driver Joe Faraldo is in Italy for an amateur driving competition. Here are his insights from the trip and the competition. While support for amateur racing continues to grow and be accepted in the USA, it is firmly entrenched in Italy as well as throughout
Joe Lee asserted the correctly named Its A Horse to lead early and fought all through to the finish to take a narrow victory in the $10,000 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot on Thursday night (March 23) at Yonkers Raceway.