Draw Upcoming For Messenger, Yonkers Trot

Harness racing at Yonkers Raceway

Next Friday night (June 23), MGM Yonkers Raceway will host eliminations (if necessary) for the MGM Yonkers Trot and MGM Grand Messenger — the first legs of the Trotting and Pacing Triple Crowns — and their companion filly events, the New York New York Mile for trotters and Park MGM for pacers.

As a reminder to those with eligible horses, you must enter the eliminations on Monday, June 19 by 3 p.m. to be eligible for the finals of those four races on Friday, June 30.

The declaration fees are as follows: 

  • MGM Grand Messenger - $3,030.78
  • MGM Yonkers Trot -  $3,030.78
  • Park MGM Pace - $1,530.78
  • New York New York Mile - $1,530.78

Purses for the finals are:

  • $300,000 (GTD) for the MGM Yonkers Trot
  • $250,000 (EST) for the MGM Grand Messenger (actual purse was $341,730 in 2022)
  • $115,000 (EST) for the New York New York Mile (actual purse was $126,165 in 2022)
  • $100,000 (EST) for the Park MGM Pace (actual purse was $104,790 in 2022)

Eligible horses for the MGM Yonkers Trot and New York New York Mile can be found here and eligible horses for the MGM Grand Messenger and Park MGM are available here. Full stakes conditions for the MGM Yonkers Trot and New York New York Mile are located here, and complete stakes conditions for the MGM Grand Messenger and Park MGM can be accessed here.

MGM Yonkers Raceway is currently operating on Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday live harness racing schedule with post time at 7 p.m.

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