American Mercury

An aerial view of Yonkers Raceway

Carryover Triggers Guaranteed Pick 5 Pool At Yonkers

October 16, 2023

A one-for-nine Monday night (Oct. 16) for favourites at MGM Yonkers Raceway included upsets of 35-1 by American Mercury in the $36,000 Open Pace and 10-1 by Fulsome, leading to the Pick 5 going unsolv...

New Connections For American Mercury

American Mercury knocked off some of harness racing's top three-year-olds in 2019 and his new connections are hopeful that the pacer can once again compete at the top level of the sport once racing re...

Sophomores Seek Bluegrass Sunday

September 27, 2019

Harness racing's top three-year-olds compete on the Sunday (Sept. 29) card at The Red Mile, which features three Bluegrass divisions for sophomore pacing colts and two splits for both three-year-old t...

Jug Heats Drawn; WIJI To Return

September 16, 2019

The opening heat of the 74th Little Brown Jug for three-year-old pacers was drawn Monday morning. The Little Brown Jug will be contested this Thursday (Sept. 19) at the Delaware County Fair in Ohio. D...

American Mercury Rises In Messenger

August 31, 2019

Positioned behind 1-9 favourite, American Mercury waited for racing room and managed to slip through a seam in the stretch to nail Bettors Wish on the finish and upset the $500,000 Messenger Stakes on...

Ontario Hopefuls Foiled At Yonkers

August 31, 2019

Gimpanzee fronted the stakes winners on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Yonkers Raceway as the New York track played host to some of harness racing's top sophomore prospects.

Hickfromfrenchlick Matches Batavia Mark

August 04, 2019

Hickfromfrenchlick came to play on Sunday, Aug. 4 in his $58,700 division of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings at Batavia Downs and he went gate to wire in i...

Sizzling Mile For Shake That House

Shake That House did just that as he set the track record for three-year-old pacing colts in 1:47.4 at Vernon Downs . It was during the $58,700 first of two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for ...

Glamour Boys Impress At Yonkers

The Empire’s glamour gentlemen sauntered into Yonkers Raceway Thursday evening, doing so for the $167,500 New York Sire Stakes Armand Palatucci Pace for three-year-old colts and geldings.

'Mercury' Heats Up In NYSS

American Mercury ($6.50) overcame the outside post at the start, then overwhelmed Major March in the stretch to win the $118,800 New York Sire Stakes event for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings...

Shake That House Fronts NYSS Winners

New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) action kicked off at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday, May 26 with Shake That House topping the three divisions as he remained undefeated from three starts this season with...