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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.
The United States Trotting Association (USTA) was founded in 1939 by Edward Harriman. It remained the only governing body in the sport of harness racing until the 1960s. It is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio. [1] [2] In some areas, the USTA remains the only group to sanction harness races. [3]
The Hambletonian's inception came in 1926, and it has been held at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey since 1981. The Yonkers Trot has been held at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York since its inception in 1955. [1] The first horse to win the Trotting Triple Crown was Scott Frost, who won it in its inaugural year.
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the "Father of the American Trotter."
Victory Song had set the harness racing record for stallions with a time of 1:57.6 in the mile. E. Roland Harriman, president of the Trotting Horse Club of America, announced the award and indicated that the enthusiasm shown for the honor led to the decision to make the "Harness Horse of the Year" an annual event.
The Meadowlands Racetrack has been the site of the Hambletonian, the first leg of the Trotting Triple Crown, since 1981. [6] It has also been home to the Cane Pace, the first leg of Harness Racing's Pacing Triple Crown since 2015 with the Cane run on the same program as the Hambletonian.
In the 2007 race, Donato Hanover's winning time of 1:51.1 set the world record for a 1-mile trotting horse. In winning the 2016 running of the Kentucky Futurity, Marion Marauder became the ninth horse from 124 runnings to win the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters. [2]
In 1959, a trotter from France named Jamin was scheduled to run in the inaugural International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway. The track's publicist, Joe Goldstein spread the word that the horse's chances were affected by the loss of over 150 pounds of artichokes that had been impounded, and then misplaced, by the United States Department of Agriculture at Idlewild Airport.