Editing Yonkers Trot

{{Infobox horseraces
| class         = 
| horse race    = Yonkers Trot
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| location      = [[Yonkers, New York]]
| inaugurated   = 1955
| race type     = [[harness racing|Harness race]] for [[standardbred]] [[Horse gait#Trot|trotters]]
| website       = [https://empirecitycasino.mgmresorts.com/en/racing.html Empire City Casino Racing]
| distance      = 1 mile<br />(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
| surface       = Dirt, 1/2 mile oval
| track         = [[Yonkers Raceway]]
| qualification = 3-year-olds 
| weight        = 
| purse         = $300,000 (2023)
| bonuses       = 
}}

The '''Yonkers Trot''' is a [[harness racing]] event for three-year-old [[Standardbred]] [[Horse gait#Trot|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 Stakes|Hambletonian]] and the [[Kentucky Futurity]] to form the new [[Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters|United States Trotting Triple Crown]].

==Historical race events==
Driven by [[Joe O'Brien (harness racing)|Joe O'Brien]], California runner [[Scott Frost (horse)|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.<ref>[https://www.harnessmuseum.com/content/scott-frost Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame bio for Scott Frost] Retrieved September 23, 2016</ref>

In 1967, eight of the thirteen Yonkers Trot runners broke stride helping [[Harry E. Pownall, Sr.|Harry Pownall, Sr.]] drive longshot Pomp to victory.<ref>[https://www.harnessracingupdate.com/2016/09/02/hollywoods-hits-yonkers-trot-years/ Harness Racing Update.com  September 2, 2016 article titled "Hollywood's Hits: Yonkers Trot through the years"] Retrieved October 19, 2016</ref>

Reminiscent of the day when [[Ron Turcotte]] aboard the legendary [[Thoroughbred]] [[Secretariat (horse)|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.<ref>[https://www.harnessracingupdate.com/2016/09/02/hollywoods-hits-yonkers-trot-years/ Harness Racing Update.com  September 2, 2016 article titled "Hollywood's Hits: Yonkers Trot through the years"] Retrieved October 19, 2016</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/sports/horse-racing-ingrassia-is-first-woman-to-win-the-yonkers-trot.html ''New York Times'' August 27, 2000 article titled "Ingrassia Is First Woman To Win the Yonkers Trot"] Retrieved October 17, 2016</ref>

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]].<ref>[http://www.harnessracingupdate.com/2016/10/14/hollywoods-hits-deeper-look-marion-marauders-triple-crown/ Harness Racing Update.com  October 14, 2016 article titled "Hollywood's Hits: A deeper look at Marion Marauder's Triple Crown"] Retrieved October 17, 2016</ref>

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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150920033053/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-08-29/sports/0408290260_1_kentucky-futurity-triple-crown-trotters ''Chicago Tribune'' August 29, 2004 article by Neil Milbert titled "Windsong's Legacy rolls in Yonkers"] Retrieved October 17, 2016</ref>

==Race locations==
*1955–2003, & 2006–present: [[Yonkers Raceway]], Yonkers, New York
*2004: [[Hawthorne Race Course]] ([[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]])<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-08.../0408260332_1_hambletonian-races-hawthorne ''Chicago Tribune'' August 26, 2004 article titled "Trotting's Triple Crown takes trip to Hawthorne"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved October 17, 2016</ref> 
*2005: [[Freehold Raceway]] ([[Freehold Borough, New Jersey]])<ref>[http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=11163 USTA August 20, 2005 article by Don Bielak titled "Strong Yankee wins Yonkers Trot"]{{dead link|date=January 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved October 19, 2016</ref>

==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 [[Driving (horse)|driver]]:
* 6 – [[Stanley Dancer]] (1959, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975)

; Most wins by a [[Horse trainer|trainer]]:
* 6 – Stanley Dancer (1959, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975)

; Stakes record (1 mile):
* 1:53 1/5 – Windsong's Legacy (2005, at Hawthorne), Joviality S (2022, at Yonkers)

; Stakes record (1 1/16 miles):
* 2:10 3/5 – [[Duke Rodney]] (1961 at Yonkers)

==Yonkers Trot winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:35px" | Year<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:130px"| Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:135px"| Driver<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:135px"| Trainer<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:440px"| Owner<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px"| Time<br />
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:45px"| Purse<br />
|-
|2024
|Sir Pinocchio
|Jason Bartlett
|Ed Hart
|Carolyn Atherton
|1:54 4/5
|$300,000
|-
|2023
|Up Your Deo
|Ake Svanstedt
|Ake Svanstedt
|Ake Svanstedt, Suleyman Yuksel Stables Inc., Van Camp Trotting Corp.
|1:53 3/5
|$300,000
|-
|2022
|Joviality S
|[[Brian Sears]]
|Marcus Melander
|Courant Inc
|1:53 1/5
|$280,904 
|-
|2021
|Johan Palema
|[[Yannick Gingras]]
|Ake Svanstedt
|Bender Sweden Inc
|1:55 0/0
|$500,000
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|2020
|''No Race''
|''No Race''
|''No Race''
|''No Race''
|0:00 0/0
|$000,000
|-
|2019
|Gimpanzee
|Brian Sears
|Marcus Melander
|Courant Inc. & SRF Stable
|1:53 3/5
|$500,000
|-
|2018
|Six Pack
|Ake Svanstedt
|Ake Svanstedt
|Svanstedt, Little E, Stall Kalmar & Lars Berg.
|1:54 0/0
|$500,000
|-
|2017
|Top Flight Angel
|Brian Sears
|Julie Miller
|Legendary Standardbred Farm
|1:56 3/5
|$500,000
|-
|2016
|Marion Marauder
|[[Scott Zeron]]
|[[Paula Wellwood]]
|[[William Wellwood|Jean Wellwood]], Devin Keeler 
|1:56 1/5
|$500,000
|-
|2015
|Habitat
|Brian Sears
|[[Ron Burke (harness racing)|Ron Burke]] 
|Burke Racing Stable, Our Horse Cents Stables, Weaver Bruscemi 
|1:54 4/5
|$500,000
|-
|2014
|[[Nuncio (horse)|Nuncio]]
|[[John Campbell (harness racing)|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
|-
|2012
|Archangel
|Jim Morrill, Jr.
|Peter Arrigenna
|P. Arrigenna, Alan Hainsworth, & Clare Semer
|1:54 1/5
|$445,594
|-
|2011
|Leader Of The Gang
|[[David Miller (harness racing)|David Miller]] 
|Jimmy Takter
|Christina Takter, Joyce McClelland, R A W Equine, Brixton Medical Ab
|1:57 2/5
|$445,474
|-
|2010
|On The Tab
|David Miller
|Jimmy Takter
|Christina Takter, John Fielding, Louie Camara, Falkbolagen AB
|1:58 4/5
|$573,770
|-
|2009
|Judge Joe
|[[Ronald Pierce (harness racing)|Ronald Pierce]] 
|Jimmy Takter
|Atlantic Trot, Inc. (Mario Zuanetti)
|1:56 1/5
|$670,774
|-
|2008
|Napoleon
|Stéphane Bouchard
|Noel Daley
|Larry Thomases, Sidney Korn, John Guarniere, Ken Tucci
|1:57 1/5
|$605,854
|-
|2007
|Green Day
|[[Catello Manzi]]
|James D. Raymer
|Trillium Racing Stable (James & Mary Raymer)
|1:56 0/0
|$644,770
|-
|2006
|[[Glidemaster]]
|[[George Brennan (harness racing)|George Brennan]] 
|[[Blair Burgess]]
|Robert Burgess, Karin-Olsson Burgess, Marsha Cohen, [[Brittany Farms]]
|1:55 4/5
|$728,930
|-
|2005
|Strong Yankee
|Brian Sears
|Trond Smedshammer
|Strong Yankee Stable
|1:56 1/5
|$297,816
|-
|2004
|[[Windsong's Legacy]]
|[[Trond Smedshammer]]
|Trond Smedshammer
|Ann Brannvoll, Ted Gewertz, Patricia Spinelli
|1:53 1/5
|$391,200
|-
|2003
|Sugar Trader
|Catello Manzi
|John Brennan
|John Brennan, John Nordstrom, John Taddeo
|1:58 3/5
|$337,229
|-
|2002
|Bubba Dunn
|Jeff Gregory
|Jeffrey Smith
|Ira Kristel 
|1:58 4/5
|$338,626
|-
|2001
|Banker Hall
|[[Trevor Ritchie]]
|Harold Lunde
|Tommy B. Andersson
|1:59 1/5
|$340,614
|-
|2000
|Goalfish
|Jacqueline Ingrassia
|Frank Ingrassia
|Jacqueline Ingrassia
|1:59 0/0
|$345,403
|-
|1999
|CR Renegade
|Rod Allen
|[[Carl E. Allen]]
|Carl & Rod Allen Stable 
|1:58 0/0
|$273,891
|-
|1998
|Muscles Yankee
|John Campbell
|[[Charles Sylvester (harness racing)|Charles Sylvester]] 
|Perretti Farms Inc, [[Irving G. Liverman]] & David French
|1:57 3/5
|$319,725
|-
|1997
|[[Lord Stormont]]
|[[Douglas S. Brown]]
|Norman C. Jones
|Stormont Meadows (Eric Baker)
|1:58 4/5
|$291,948
|-
|1996
|[[Continentalvictory]]
|[[Michel Lachance (harness racing)|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 Allen
|Carl E. Allen
|Carl & Rod Allen Stable
|1:56 0/0
|$276,564
|-
|1994
|Bullville Victory
|[[Catello Manzi]]
|[[Per Eriksson (harness racing)|Per Eriksson]]
|Graham Mottram, Tom Artandi, Palmer, Per Eriksson
|1:58 2/5
|$286,280
|-
|1993
|American Winner
|Ronald Pierce
|Milton Smith
|Robert Key, & John Glesmann
|1:56 2/5
|$313,699
|-
|1992
|Mc Cluckey ([[Glossary of North American horse racing#dead heat|DH]])
|Michel Lachance
|Joseph Holloway
|Robert Suslow
|1:58 2/5
|$370,265
|-
|1992
|Magic Lobell (DH)
|Lorenzo Baldi
|Terje Fossheim
|
|1:58 2/5
|
|-
|1991
|Crown's Invitation
|Michel Lachance
|Jerry Riordan
|[[Louis P. Guida]]
|1:59 3/5
|$370,393
|-
|1990
|Royal Troubador
|Carl E. Allen
|Carl E. Allen
|Carl & Rod Allen Stable
|1:58 2/5
|$424,965
|-
|1989
|[[Valley Victory]]
|[[Bill O'Donnell (harness race driver)|Bill O'Donnell]] 
|Steve Elliott
|Arlene Traub
|1:58 3/5
|$418,810
|-
|1988
|Southern Newton
|[[Berndt O. Lindstedt]]
|Jan Johnson
|Thor Christiansson
|2:00 0/0
|$431,495
|-
|1987
|[[Mack Lobell]]
|John Campbell
|Charles Sylvester
|One More Time Stable ([[Louis P. Guida|L. P. Guida]], et al. & Fair Winds Farm (E. Mullen))
|1:57 4/5
|$324,115
|-
|1986
|Gunslinger Spur
|[[Richard L. Stillings]]
|Richard L. Stillings
|Roy D. Davis
|2:00 4/5
|$372,503
|-
|1985
|Master Willie
|Jan Nordin
|[[Sören Nordin]]
|Dr. William & Ann Allen 
|1:59 3/5
|$440,840
|-
|1984
|[[Baltic Speed]]
|Jan Nordin
|Sören Nordin
|Baltic Farm
|2:01 3/5
|$431,780
|-
|1983
|[[Joie De Vie]]
|[[William Gilmour (harness racing)|William Gilmour]] 
|Howard Beissinger
|Murray Siegel, Crown Stable, P. Nigito & Lana Lobell Farm
|2:00 3/5
|$486,150
|-
|1982
|Mystic Park
|Frank O'Mara
|Frank O'Mara
|Allen Wechter, Dr. Robert Lester, Gerald & Irving Wechter
|2:00 3/5
|$415,160
|-
|1981
|Mo Bandy
|Carl E. Allen
|Carl E. Allen
|Carl E. Allen
|2:02 1/5
|$284,701
|-
|1980
|Nevele Impulse
|Richard Macomber
|Richard Macomber
|Karl Hubbert
|2:03 2/5
|$261,040
|-
|1979
|Chiola Hanover
|James Allen
|Bill Vaughn
|Alnoff Stable (Michael, Bobby & Allan Chasanoff)
|2:04 0/0
|$237,765
|-
|1978
|[[Speedy Somolli]]
|[[Howard Beissinger]]
|Howard Beissinger
|Ann Beissinger, Barbara Mumma, Alan J. Leavitt, William Rosenberg
|1:59 3/5
|$233,594
|-
|1977
|[[Green Speed]]
|[[Billy Haughton]]
|Billy Haughton
|Mrs. Beverly Lloyds
|1:59 0/0
|$239,000
|-
|1976
|[[Steve Lobell]]
|Billy Haughton
|Billy Haughton
|Mill Island Stable (Richard Herman & Murray Siegel)
|2:01 4/5
|$202,004
|-
|1975
|Surefire Hanover
|[[Stanley Dancer]]
|Stanley Dancer
|[[Rachel L. Dancer]] & Rose Hild Breeding Farm.
|2:03 0/0
|$200,000
|-
|1974
|Spitfire Hanover
|[[Delvin Miller]]
|Delvin Miller
|Delvin Miller
|2:05 2/5
|$125,821
|-
|1973
|Tamerlane
|Charles W. Clark
|Charles W. Clark
|Bill & Madeline Shehan
|2:04 4/5
|$93,242
|-
|1972
|[[Super Bowl (horse)|Super Bowl]]
|Stanley Dancer
|Stanley Dancer
|Rachel L. Dancer & Rose Hild Breeding Farm
|2:02 0/0
|$93,097
|-
|1971
|Quick Pride
|Stanley Dancer
|Stanley Dancer
|Stanley & Rachel Dancer/Raymond Gault/Blue Chip Farms/Hilda Silverstein 
|2:02 4/5
|$110,795
|-
|1970
|[[Victory Star]]
|[[Vernon J. Dancer]]
|Vernon J. Dancer
|Fury Stable (Newman Pearsall)
|2:03 4/5
|$106,770
|-
|1969
|[[Lindy's Pride]]
|Howard Beissinger
|Howard Beissinger
|Lindy Farms, Inc.
|2:03 0/0
|$100,000
|-
|1968
|[[Nevele Pride]]
|Stanley Dancer
|Stanley Dancer
|Nevele Acres & Louis Resnick
|2:03 3/5
|$150,000
|-
|1967
|Pomp
|[[Harry E. Pownall, Sr.]]
|Harry E. Pownall, Sr.
|Arden Homestead Stable ([[E. Roland Harriman]] & [[Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr.]])
|2:04 4/5
|$150,000
|-
|1966
|Polaris
|[[George Sholty]]
|George Sholty
|Livio Battista
|2:06 0/0
|$123,375
|-
|1965
|[[Noble Victory]]
|Stanley Dancer
|Stanley Dancer
|Kenneth D. Owen 
|2:02 0/0
|$122,236
|-
|1964
|[[Ayres (horse)|Ayres]]
|[[John F. Simpson, Sr.]]
|John F. Simpson, Sr.
|[[Hanover Shoe Farms|Charlotte Sheppard]]
|2:01 3/5
|$116,691
|-
|1963
|[[Speedy Scot]]
|[[Ralph N. Baldwin]]
|Ralph N. Baldwin
|[[Castleton Lyons|Castleton Farm]]
|2:03 3/5
|$135,127
|-
|1962
|[[A.C.'s Viking]]
|Sanders Russels
|[[Sanders Russels]]
|Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Petersen
|2:10 4/5
|$105,422
|-
|1961
|[[Duke Rodney]]
|Edward T. Wheeler
|Edward T. Wheeler
|Patrick & Elisabeth DiGennaro
|2:10 3/5
|$100,330
|-
|1960
|Duke of Decatur
|Delvin Miller
|Delvin Miller
|Walter T. Candler 
|2:13 3/5
|$74,265
|-
|1959
|John A. Hanover
|Stanley Dancer
|Stanley Dancer
|Dr. Nicholas & Angela Derrico
|2:11 0/0
|$56,397
|-
|1958
|Spunky Hanover
|Howard Camper
|Robert Camper
|Fiesta Farm (Harold Large)
|2:13 3/5
|$56,157
|-
|1957
|Hoot Song
|Ralph N. Baldwin
|Ralph N. Baldwin
|[[Two Gaits Farm (Carmel, Indiana)|Two Gaits Farm]] ([[Leo C. McNamara]])
|2:16 1/5
|$57,812
|-
|1956
|Add Hanover
|John F. Simpson, Sr.
|John F. Simpson, Sr.
|A. C. Mudge
|2:12 4/5
|$77,170
|-
|1955
|'''[[Scott Frost (horse)|Scott Frost]]'''
|[[Joe O'Brien (harness racing)|Joe O'Brien]] 
|Joe O'Brien
|S. A. Camp Farms
|2:12 0/0
|$73,840
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030603185440/http://www.yonkersraceway.com/index.html Yonkers Raceway]

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