Author: from MGM Yonkers Raceway

Sent off at 22-1, Jive Dancing A was a first-over, 1:53.2 winner in Friday night’s (July 28) featured $36,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

Barton Dalious padded his lead atop the Vernon Downs driving colony with four winners on Friday (July 28), including a 1:56.2 score in the $7,500 featured trot with Lepanto ($4.70).

The $100,000 #SendItIn and Cleopatra Invitationals will be held on Saturday (July 29) at Eldorado Scioto Downs amid a multitude of promotional activities planned for the weekend.

Before 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, one of the two programmed New York Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies was held, with R Melina getting the win in the $77,300 event.

Mystical Wynn and driver Jim Taggart Jr. dominated Thursday’s (July 27) featured $11,500 featured trot at Tioga Downs.

After two consecutive third-place finishes in the track’s top class, Westbeach found solace in class relief and went coast-to-coast in Thursday’s (July 27) featured $20,000 conditioned pace at Plainridge Park.

Scott Keppler conquered off a first-over grind and Anthony Verruso led pillar-to-post to take their respective $10,000 divisions for the North American Amateur Driving Association (NAADA) Trot at MGM Yonkers Raceway on a non-betting card before pari-mutuel action Thursday night (July 27).

Driver Todd McCarthy swept all three of Thursday’s (July 27) $14,400 co-featured events at Harrah’s Philadelphia on his way to a five-win performance.