Yonkers Raceway is a harness racing track located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue (between exits 1 and 2 of the New York State Thruway) in Yonkers, New York near New York City border. It's a half-mile oval dirt track for standardbred racing. A trotter training at Vincennes hippodrome Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. ... The New York State Thruway (officially the Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. ... Yonkers, bordering the New York City borough of the Bronx and just 2 miles north of Manhattan at the closest point of each, is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of New York, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Standardbred harness racing horses are so called because in the early years of the Trotting Registry, the standardbred stud book established in the United States in 1879 by the National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, only horses who could race a mile in a standard time or better, or whose...

Yonkers Raceway, considered a city landmark, was first opened in 1899. Its popularity having greatly declined since the 1960s, the entire property has become an eyesore due to its owners leaving it in a state of disrepair. All the outer bricks from one side of the main racetrack building are missing, and several small dilapidated shacks and a large three-level parking garage are located there, the latter having been blocked off and deserted for many years due to deteriorating and falling concrete. A very small portion of it's huge parking lot is actually used by racetrack customers anymore, most of the space instead being rented out to car dealerships and other companies to use as storage for their vehicles. On a warm humid day, the pungent scent of horse manure can waft into nearby neighborhoods up to a quarter mile away from the stables. Various non-racing related events also take place on the property, including open-air flea markets which are held there every Sunday in the spring-fall where both used and new items of all kinds are sold. - This information current as of 6-22-2005. 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... A multi-storey car park is a building or part thereof which is designed specifically to be for vehicle parking and where there are a number of floors on which parking takes place. ... A flea market is a place where vendors come to sell their goods. ...

Yonkers previously was the site of one of the legs of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers known as the Cane Pace. It still annually holds the Yonkers Trot, one of the legs of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters. In 2004, due to renovations being done at Yonkers, the race was moved to Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney, IL, for one year. The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following horse races: Cane Pace Messenger Stakes Little Brown Jug The traditional order of the races was Cane Pace, Little Brown Jug, and Messenger. ... The Cane Pace is a harness horse race run annually since 1955. ... The Yonkers Trot is a harness race for three-year old trotting standardbreds held at Yonkers Raceway in New York. ... The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters consists of the following horse races: Hambletonian Yonkers Trot Kentucky Futurity Since its inauguration in 1955, only seven horses have ever won the Trotting Triple Crown. ... Stickney is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ...

External links

• Official Site
• History of Yonkers Raceway
• Yonkers Raceway Facts and Figures