harness racing
This Hambletonian trend could continue
Fillies have won two of the last four Hambletonians and the trend might continue Saturday with Jiggy Jog S and Joviality S both making the final.
Tall Dark Stranger scores a neck victory in Meadowlands Pace
After a 42-year drought, women rule the Meadowlands Pace. Saturday night it was trainer Nancy Takter’s Tall Dark Stranger who won the 44th edition of the $636,650 Pace for 3-year-olds,...
Harness trainer sets sights on fifth Meadowlands Pace title
In Saturday’s $636,650 Meadowlands Pace, trainer Brett Pelling is looking for one for the thumb. Pelling has won the prestigious race for 3-year-olds at the Meadowlands a record four times,...
Atlanta is the favorite in Yonkers' International Trot
Atlanta, the top-ranked older trotter in North America, is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the $1 million International Trot on Saturday afternoon at Yonkers Raceway. The 4-year-old mare, who will...
Gimpanzee takes Yonkers Trot
The stakes were sizzling Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway. The $500,000 Yonkers Trot for 3-year-olds was won by Gimpanzee in 1:53 3/5, while American Mercury captured the $500,000 Messenger for...
Hambletonian champion one to beat in Yonkers Trot
Choice stakes are on the menu Saturday at Yonkers Raceway. The featured specials are the $500,000 Yonkers Trot for 3-year-old trotters and $500,000 Messenger for 3-year-old pacers. Forbidden Trade, who...
Meadowlands Pace winner comes with piece of history
It was Ladies Night on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack, as the Linda Toscano-trained Best In Show won the $682,650 Meadowlands Pace. Toscano, who last week became the first female...
Bettor's Wish overcomes tough post to win Rooney at Yonkers
Trainer Chris Ryder felt he had the best horse in the $300,000 Art Rooney Final on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway and Bettor’s Wish did not disappoint him. Bettor’s Wish,...
Favorites in Art Rooney Final at Yonkers are in bad spots
The $300,000 Art Rooney Final for 3-year-old pacers at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night became a wide-open event because of the luck of the draw. “Obviously, everybody knows that the...
Post writer is honored with harness-racing award
The Post’s own harness writer/handicapper Debbie Little has been chosen to receive the prestigious Phil Pines Award, named in honor of the late Hall of Fame writer, statistician and longtime...
Foiled Again's farewell tour stops at the Meadowlands
The Foiled Again farewell four stops at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday night. Foiled Again, the richest Standardbred of all time with more than $7.6 million in earnings, will compete...
Timothy Rooney's last big race as Yonkers CEO marks end of era
The name Rooney is synonymous with sports — and, in New York specifically, harness racing. But with the sale of Yonkers Raceway to MGM Resorts, Saturday will mark the last...
Canadian favorite on rail for Yonkers International Trot
If 3-1 morning-line favorite Marion Marauder and driver Scott Zeron have anything to say about it, they’ll be singing “O Canada” in the winner’s circle at the conclusion of the...
Stay Hungry captures the Messenger at Yonkers Raceway
Stay Hungry and driver Doug McNair took no prisoners as they wired the field in the $500,000 Messenger on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway. McNair thought the favorite Jimmy Freight...
Filly rolls to victory in the Hambletonian
Going into the 93rd edition of the $1 million Hambletonian the big question was: Could the girl beat the boys? The answer is an emphatic yes. Trained by Rick Zeron...
Unbeaten filly taking center stage at the Hambletonian
Team Zeron will be singing “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” as they send out their filly, Atlanta, to take on the boys in the $1 million Hambletonian on Saturday...
Hall of Famer finally tastes victory in Meadowlands Pace
It was Miller time at the Meadowlands Pace, as Hall of Fame driver David Miller got off the schneid and finally won the race for 3-year-old pacers in his 19th...
Hall of Famer has shot to finally win first Meadowlands Pace
The connections of Courtly Choice are hoping for a little divine intervention in Saturday night’s $701,830 Meadowlands Pace at the Meadowlands Racetrack. “I told [David Miller] to go to church...
Hannelore Hanover beats boys in Breeders Crown Open Trot
If Saturday’s Breeders Crown races were supposed to be all about the boys, someone forgot to tell Hannelore Hanover. As the only female gutsy enough to challenge her male counterparts,...
Ariana G and Manchego dominate Breeders Crown
Ariana G and Manchego showed why they’re the top two ranked standardbreds in North America as they dominated their respective divisions of the Breeders Crown at Indiana’s Hoosier Park on...