Amateur Driving Series

Still the granddaddy of all amateur racing organizations, the CKG Billings Series reached the halfway point in its 2016 Eastern Region season and on Thursday, the top eight series point-earners conven...

For the second consecutive week Hannah Miller and Peter Kleinhans each emerged victorious in their respective amateur contests at Monticello Raceway on Thursday afternoon.

Amateur racing is certainly escalating. On Friday, July 14, the amateurs emulated the pros when a group raced during the afternoon at Monticello Raceway and then traveled to Saratoga Raceway for two E...

For the past five weeks at Monticello Raceway Thursdays have featured races driven by amateur drivers. And July 14th was no exception.

If you think amateur racing isn’t an integral part of the sport don’t tell Monticello Raceway’s director of racing Eric Warner because he just won’t believe you.

“Lawbook Larry” Farley, a recently retired attorney from Toledo, Ohio, scored his first driving victory in this season’s C.K.G. Billings Amateur Driving Series on Wednesday night (July 6) when he guid...

The sport’s greatest travelling roadshow, the C.K.G. Billings Amateur Trotting Series, moved on to Goshen’s Historic Track for two events on Saturday afternoon, July 2, and to no one’s surprise “Hurri...

Smalltownthrowdown threw down the gauntlet early and held on late to win his $61,300 leg of the New York Sire Stakes for the three-year-old trotting colt and geldings in a track record 1:56.2 at steam...

In harness racing, there’s such a thing known as a good trip; or sometimes referred to as a perfect journey. It is this that can be a great equalizer and the result of getting a good journey can be vi...

The second legs of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) and the Catskill Amateur Drivers Club (CADC) 10-week series were contested on Thursday, June 23 at Monticello Raceway and upon...

Medusa brought her gaudy resume to The Meadowlands on Friday night (June 17) and passed a stern test with flying colours, taking on a deep field and winning the $25,000 featured Fillies and Mares Open...

“When I drove in the qualifying race I felt something coming over me, like the race moment... when the gate was leaving, I was like 'I’m not going to go behind. Why?' (race from off the pace). I could...