Tag: Yonkers Raceway

Last year, the Messenger Stakes and the Yonkers Trot were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The races are back this year at Yonkers Raceway but moved from their usual Labor Day weekend spots to …

By John Furgele The 2021 Borgata Pacing Series, a six-week showcase for older pacers at Yonkers Raceway, is in full swing. With three legs of the series complete, the remaining three legs are set for …

By John Furgele A Thursday night in November is not usually a marquee night in harness racing, but last Thursday, 31 of the top 3-year-olds showed up at Dover Downs for the Matron Stakes, four …

By John Furgele The Rooney name has all but disappeared. It’s all MGM Resorts now, and lots of tinkering has taken place since ownership of Yonkers Raceway in Westchester County, New York, changed hands just …

By John Furgele Think about the Olympics for a minute. Why do so many people like them? Is it the Opening Ceremony where each nation’s athletes parade into the stadium? Is it rooting for the …

By John Furgele Fall is in the air and with it comes the next wave of big races in harness racing.  On tap this weekend are the second legs of both the Trotting and Pacing …

On Monday July 1, Yonkers Raceway hosted a 12-race card.  That is not news, but what did catch my eye was race number eight which was run for a purse of $18,500. It wasn’t because …

Ten-year-old Keystone Velocity, the 2017 Levy Memorial winner is also the 2018 Levy winner.  And, despite the presence of eight excellent horses, he made things look easy, winning in 1:52 over the half-mile oval at …

Unlike thoroughbred racing, harness racing — with the exception of Cal Expo — is generally limited to the Northeast, East Coast and Midwest.  We have lots of tracks in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, a few …

Changes are coming to historic Belmont Park, located on the Queens/Long Island border. Big Sandy sits on an enormous plot of land and, on Long Island, land means money — lots and lots of money. …

Yonkers Raceway. Those two words elicit many responses from many people. Some like it, some hate it. Some enjoy betting there, others don’t even try. Why is this the case? Why is Yonkers treated differently …

When you visit a thoroughbred racetrack, there is a lot of variety.  There are turf races, inner turf races and dirt races that can range from 5 furlongs to 1 ½ miles or longer.  There …

Yonkers Raceway will host both the Yonkers Trot and the Messenger Stakes on its famed half-mile track on Saturday, Sept. 2. Both are second legs of the trotting and pacing Triple Crown and both have …

For the last five weeks, we have journeyed across the steepest of valleys, the driest of deserts, withstood the most tumultuous of tremors and cashed on a few nine-to-one shots. Now, our adventures draw to …

I arose from my bunker the other day to see how much more of the Matchmaker and Levy Series we have to deal with. Unfortunately, as a real life version of the Monopoly Man held …