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The 2024 live racing season at MGM Yonkers Raceway is set to begin on Monday (Jan. 22) with an 11-race program.

The sport of harness racing is often cited for its failure to pursue consistent national television coverage through the past decades, but that all changed in 2023.

There’s a new reining champion in Hawthorne’s Open trotting ranks with fresh legs and an impressive local debut on his résumé. We’re talking about Bluebird Deacon from the Midwest division of the Erv Miller stable.

An earner of over $110,000 in 2023, Oberto has kicked off the new year in a big way, as he continued his winning ways on Sunday (Jan. 21) in the $18,000 co-featured Open Trot at MGM Northfield Park.

The well-received conditioned mini-series wrapped up Sunday night (Jan. 21) at MGM Northfield Park with a pair of finals for non-winners of $750 per start in 2023.

The Prix de Cornulier with a total purse money of 700,000 Euro at Vincennes, Paris, France was won by 22-1 shot, the 10-year-old mare Esperanza Idole with Jean-Yoann Ricart in the saddle.

Anyone who is a follower of horse racing knows that not all the gambling on the sport comes from the racetrack’s mutuel system. There has always been plenty of horsepeople’s money changing hands through the track’s claiming box, as well.

Lauren Harmon teamed up with the 9-year-old Deliciousstone DK (Wishing Stone) to score a handy win approaching three lengths in MGM Northfield Park’s Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) Trot on Saturday night (Jan. 20).