Three-year-old trotting fillies were in action on Friday night (June 27) at MGM Yonkers Raceway as Shes A Shoe In and Monalishi emerged with victories from a pair of Grade 3 $60,000 New York New York Mile sections.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Twisted Destiny victorious in MGM Grand Messenger Stakes
Dexter Dunn completed a sweep of the Triple Crown opening leg races at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (June 27) when he guided Twisted Destiny to victory in the $200,000 Grade 2 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers.
Super Chapter leads Melander-trained exacta in MGM Yonkers Trot
Super Chapter made a break when he raced at MGM Yonkers Raceway in last year’s New York Sire Stakes final, but Dexter Dunn took no chances of a repeat of that performance, taking the prohibitive favorite in Friday’s $300,000 Grade 2 MGM Yonkers Trot well off-the-pace at the outset but still having plenty in reserve to secure a 1:54.3 victory in the opening leg of the Trotting Triple Crown.
Roy pilots both Graduate winners at Big M
Louis Roy is always among the leading drivers at his home track of Woodbine Mohawk Park, and the 35-year-old pilot showed he can win races at the Meadowlands as well Saturday night, taking both third-leg Graduate Series dashes, for 4-year-olds.
Twisted Destiny, Odds On No Limit win Messenger elims
Twisted Destiny and driver Dexter Dunn made good on a second-over trip to capture the first of two $25,000 eliminations for the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (June 20). The Bettor’s Wish-sired colt was a winner for the fourth time in five starts as a sophomore this year, pacing a 1:53 mile.
Grand Circuit events contested this weekend
The Grand Circuit events were contested in two countries over the weekend with the highlight above the 49th parallel, Pepsi North America Cup XLII. It was the first Grade 1 to be…
Miki And Minnie mighty in Fan Hanover
Though an early scratch of morning-line favourite Chantilly took some steam from the Grade 1 C$390,000 Fan Hanover final, Miki And Minnie nonetheless had to throw up her dukes to grab the gold with a 1:48.3 effort as the 1-9 chalk on Saturday night (June 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Record books: Emoticon Legacy puts punctuation mark on Goodtimes score
Emoticon Legacy came up with another flawless performance, this time in record-setting fashion in the C$227,000 Goodtimes Stakes (Grade 2) on Saturday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Instant classic: Louprint wins Pepsi North America Cup thriller
Louprint dug down deep to best a game Madden Oaks in an enthralling 42nd edition of the C$1 million Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Brue Hanover strikes gold in Mohawk Gold Cup
Brue Hanover was a brute force at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday evening, hanging tough to win the C$100,000 Mohawk Gold Cup Invitational Pace (G3).