Yonkers Trot

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Yonkers Trot
Location Yonkers, New York
Inaugurated1955
Race type Harness race for standardbred trotters
Website Empire City Casino Racing
Race information
Distance1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt, 1/2 mile oval
Track Yonkers Raceway
Qualification3-year-olds
Purse$300,000 (2023)

The Yonkers Trot is a harness racing event for three-year-old Standardbred trotters raced at a distance of one mile at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York. The race was created in 1955 to join the Hambletonian and the Kentucky Futurity to form the new United States Trotting Triple Crown.

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Historical race events

Driven by Joe O'Brien, California runner Scott Frost followed up his victory in the Hambletonian Stakes with a win in the 1955 Yonkers Trot inaugural. The colt went on to win the Kentucky Futurity to become the first winner of the Trotting Triple Crown. [1]

In 1967, eight of the thirteen Yonkers Trot runners broke stride helping Harry Pownall, Sr. drive longshot Pomp to victory. [2]

Reminiscent of the day when Ron Turcotte aboard the legendary Thoroughbred Secretariat obliterated the Belmont Park track record by 2 3/5 seconds in winning the 1973 Belmont Stakes, in 1977 Billy Haughton drove Green Speed to a new Yonkers Trot record by the same 2 3/5 seconds margin. [3]

The 2000 Yonkers Trot saw Jacqueline Ingrassia become the first female driver to ever win a leg of a harness racing Triple Crown event when she guided Goalfish to victory. [4]

In 2016, Paula Wellwood became the first female trainer to win not only the Yonkers Trot but the U.S. Trotting Triple Crown with Marion Marauder. [5]

Due to renovations at Yonkers Raceway, the race was hosted by Hawthorne Race Course in Chicago. It was won by Windsong's Legacy who posted the fastest mile in the 34 years that harness racing had been run at the Hawthorne track. [6]

Race locations

Race distances

From inception in 1955 through 1962, the Yonkers Trot was raced over a distance of 1 1/16 miles (1710 metres).

Records

Most wins by a driver
Most wins by a trainer
Stakes record (1 mile)
Stakes record (1 1/16 miles)

Yonkers Trot winners

Year
Winner
Driver
Trainer
Owner
Time
Purse
2024Sir PinocchioJason BartlettEd HartCarolyn Atherton1:54 4/5$300,000
2023Up Your DeoAke SvanstedtAke SvanstedtAke Svanstedt, Suleyman Yuksel Stables Inc., Van Camp Trotting Corp.1:53 3/5$300,000
2022Joviality S Brian Sears Marcus MelanderCourant Inc1:53 1/5$280,904
2021Johan Palema Yannick Gingras Ake SvanstedtBender Sweden Inc1:55 0/0$500,000
2020No RaceNo RaceNo RaceNo Race0:00 0/0$000,000
2019GimpanzeeBrian SearsMarcus MelanderCourant Inc. & SRF Stable1:53 3/5$500,000
2018Six PackAke SvanstedtAke SvanstedtSvanstedt, Little E, Stall Kalmar & Lars Berg.1:54 0/0$500,000
2017Top Flight AngelBrian SearsJulie MillerLegendary Standardbred Farm1:56 3/5$500,000
2016Marion Marauder Scott Zeron Paula Wellwood Jean Wellwood, Devin Keeler1:56 1/5$500,000
2015HabitatBrian Sears Ron Burke Burke Racing Stable, Our Horse Cents Stables, Weaver Bruscemi1:54 4/5$500,000
2014 Nuncio John Campbell Jimmy Takter Stall TZ Inc. (Stefan Melander)1:56 0/0$500,000
2013 Dewycolorintheline Ray Schnittker Ray Schnittker Schnittker, Iannazzo, Gewertz, Baldassare & Deweycheatumnhowe Stb.1:57 3/5$450,000
2012ArchangelJim Morrill, Jr.Peter ArrigennaP. Arrigenna, Alan Hainsworth, & Clare Semer1:54 1/5$445,594
2011Leader Of The Gang David Miller Jimmy TakterChristina Takter, Joyce McClelland, R A W Equine, Brixton Medical Ab1:57 2/5$445,474
2010On The TabDavid MillerJimmy TakterChristina Takter, John Fielding, Louie Camara, Falkbolagen AB1:58 4/5$573,770
2009Judge Joe Ronald Pierce Jimmy TakterAtlantic Trot, Inc. (Mario Zuanetti)1:56 1/5$670,774
2008NapoleonStéphane BouchardNoel DaleyLarry Thomases, Sidney Korn, John Guarniere, Ken Tucci1:57 1/5$605,854
2007Green Day Catello Manzi James D. RaymerTrillium Racing Stable (James & Mary Raymer)1:56 0/0$644,770
2006 Glidemaster George Brennan Blair Burgess Robert Burgess, Karin-Olsson Burgess, Marsha Cohen, Brittany Farms 1:55 4/5$728,930
2005Strong YankeeBrian SearsTrond SmedshammerStrong Yankee Stable1:56 1/5$297,816
2004 Windsong's Legacy Trond Smedshammer Trond SmedshammerAnn Brannvoll, Ted Gewertz, Patricia Spinelli1:53 1/5$391,200
2003Sugar TraderCatello ManziJohn BrennanJohn Brennan, John Nordstrom, John Taddeo1:58 3/5$337,229
2002Bubba DunnJeff GregoryJeffrey SmithIra Kristel1:58 4/5$338,626
2001Banker Hall Trevor Ritchie Harold LundeTommy B. Andersson1:59 1/5$340,614
2000GoalfishJacqueline IngrassiaFrank IngrassiaJacqueline Ingrassia1:59 0/0$345,403
1999CR RenegadeRod Allen Carl E. Allen Carl & Rod Allen Stable1:58 0/0$273,891
1998Muscles YankeeJohn Campbell Charles Sylvester Perretti Farms Inc, Irving G. Liverman & David French1:57 3/5$319,725
1997 Lord Stormont Douglas S. Brown Norman C. JonesStormont Meadows (Eric Baker)1:58 4/5$291,948
1996 Continentalvictory Michel Lachance Ron Gurfein Continentalvictory Stable (D. Frost/H. Gold/R. & J. Silva/Stix Inc./Allister Stb.)1:56 2/5$334,700
1995 CR Kay Suzie Rod AllenCarl E. AllenCarl & Rod Allen Stable1:56 0/0$276,564
1994Bullville Victory Catello Manzi Per Eriksson Graham Mottram, Tom Artandi, Palmer, Per Eriksson1:58 2/5$286,280
1993American WinnerRonald PierceMilton SmithRobert Key, & John Glesmann1:56 2/5$313,699
1992Mc Cluckey (DH)Michel LachanceJoseph HollowayRobert Suslow1:58 2/5$370,265
1992Magic Lobell (DH)Lorenzo BaldiTerje Fossheim1:58 2/5
1991Crown's InvitationMichel LachanceJerry Riordan Louis P. Guida 1:59 3/5$370,393
1990Royal TroubadorCarl E. AllenCarl E. AllenCarl & Rod Allen Stable1:58 2/5$424,965
1989 Valley Victory Bill O'Donnell Steve ElliottArlene Traub1:58 3/5$418,810
1988Southern Newton Berndt O. Lindstedt Jan JohnsonThor Christiansson2:00 0/0$431,495
1987 Mack Lobell John CampbellCharles SylvesterOne More Time Stable (L. P. Guida, et al. & Fair Winds Farm (E. Mullen))1:57 4/5$324,115
1986Gunslinger Spur Richard L. Stillings Richard L. StillingsRoy D. Davis2:00 4/5$372,503
1985Master WillieJan Nordin Sören Nordin Dr. William & Ann Allen1:59 3/5$440,840
1984 Baltic Speed Jan NordinSören NordinBaltic Farm2:01 3/5$431,780
1983 Joie De Vie William Gilmour Howard BeissingerMurray Siegel, Crown Stable, P. Nigito & Lana Lobell Farm2:00 3/5$486,150
1982Mystic ParkFrank O'MaraFrank O'MaraAllen Wechter, Dr. Robert Lester, Gerald & Irving Wechter2:00 3/5$415,160
1981Mo BandyCarl E. AllenCarl E. AllenCarl E. Allen2:02 1/5$284,701
1980Nevele ImpulseRichard MacomberRichard MacomberKarl Hubbert2:03 2/5$261,040
1979Chiola HanoverJames AllenBill VaughnAlnoff Stable (Michael, Bobby & Allan Chasanoff)2:04 0/0$237,765
1978 Speedy Somolli Howard Beissinger Howard BeissingerAnn Beissinger, Barbara Mumma, Alan J. Leavitt, William Rosenberg1:59 3/5$233,594
1977 Green Speed Billy Haughton Billy HaughtonMrs. Beverly Lloyds1:59 0/0$239,000
1976 Steve Lobell Billy HaughtonBilly HaughtonMill Island Stable (Richard Herman & Murray Siegel)2:01 4/5$202,004
1975Surefire Hanover Stanley Dancer Stanley Dancer Rachel L. Dancer & Rose Hild Breeding Farm.2:03 0/0$200,000
1974Spitfire Hanover Delvin Miller Delvin MillerDelvin Miller2:05 2/5$125,821
1973TamerlaneCharles W. ClarkCharles W. ClarkBill & Madeline Shehan2:04 4/5$93,242
1972 Super Bowl Stanley DancerStanley DancerRachel L. Dancer & Rose Hild Breeding Farm2:02 0/0$93,097
1971Quick PrideStanley DancerStanley DancerStanley & Rachel Dancer/Raymond Gault/Blue Chip Farms/Hilda Silverstein2:02 4/5$110,795
1970 Victory Star Vernon J. Dancer Vernon J. DancerFury Stable (Newman Pearsall)2:03 4/5$106,770
1969 Lindy's Pride Howard BeissingerHoward BeissingerLindy Farms, Inc.2:03 0/0$100,000
1968 Nevele Pride Stanley DancerStanley DancerNevele Acres & Louis Resnick2:03 3/5$150,000
1967Pomp Harry E. Pownall, Sr. Harry E. Pownall, Sr.Arden Homestead Stable (E. Roland Harriman & Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr.)2:04 4/5$150,000
1966Polaris George Sholty George SholtyLivio Battista2:06 0/0$123,375
1965 Noble Victory Stanley DancerStanley DancerKenneth D. Owen2:02 0/0$122,236
1964 Ayres John F. Simpson, Sr. John F. Simpson, Sr. Charlotte Sheppard 2:01 3/5$116,691
1963 Speedy Scot Ralph N. Baldwin Ralph N. Baldwin Castleton Farm 2:03 3/5$135,127
1962 A.C.'s Viking Sanders Russels Sanders Russels Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Petersen2:10 4/5$105,422
1961 Duke Rodney Edward T. WheelerEdward T. WheelerPatrick & Elisabeth DiGennaro2:10 3/5$100,330
1960Duke of DecaturDelvin MillerDelvin MillerWalter T. Candler2:13 3/5$74,265
1959John A. HanoverStanley DancerStanley DancerDr. Nicholas & Angela Derrico2:11 0/0$56,397
1958Spunky HanoverHoward CamperRobert CamperFiesta Farm (Harold Large)2:13 3/5$56,157
1957Hoot SongRalph N. BaldwinRalph N. Baldwin Two Gaits Farm (Leo C. McNamara)2:16 1/5$57,812
1956Add HanoverJohn F. Simpson, Sr.John F. Simpson, Sr.A. C. Mudge2:12 4/5$77,170
1955 Scott Frost Joe O'Brien Joe O'BrienS. A. Camp Farms2:12 0/0$73,840

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