January 25, 2020:

After a three-month hiatus, 2019 Yonkers International Trot winner Zacon Gio has resumed serious work....read on

November 29, 2019:

"The horse is young and healthy this makes us hope that it can have a long career. The next goal will be the Gran Premio Lotteria at Agnano in Naples, my city of origin. Then I would like to participate in the Prix d'Amérique."...read on

October 14, 2019:

“It’s a dream come true, of course. Doesn’t happen to every girl. It’s unbelievable. I can’t even get hold of it yet, what he just did, what we just won. It’s unbelievable.”...read on

October 12, 2019:

On Saturday (Oct. 12), McWicked became just the second pacer to surpass $5 million in career earnings with a dead-game win in the $250,000 Dan Rooney Pace at Yonkers Raceway....read on

October 12, 2019:

In his first trip out of his home country of Italy, Zacon Gio trounced his rivals in the 2019 $1 million Yonkers International Trot, contested at one and a quarter miles on Saturday (Oct. 12) at Yonkers Raceway....read on

October 11, 2019:

“I think I would be more nervous if they came out of that training and said, ‘we need to change a whole bunch of things because it wasn’t that easy for her to get around.’ Then I’d be a little bit more nervous. She’s pretty pure-gaited.”...read on

October 10, 2019:

“He’s come into big events with three or four weeks off before, so I’m not worried about the layoff… He’s gotten around this track (Yonkers Raceway) a bunch of times and has done well.”...read on

October 10, 2019:

“We have great respect for our opponents (in this Saturday’s Yonkers International Trot)… We need racing luck to beat those horses, for sure. But we have the best driver (Brian Sears) and a horse with a heart of gold (Cruzado Dela Noche).”...read on

October 9, 2019:

The $1 million Yonkers International Trot is set for this Saturday (Oct. 12) at Yonkers Raceway, and the connections of three of the race’s participants have taken the opportunity to discuss their charges heading into the lucrative event....read on

October 5, 2019:

“He is 10 years old and it seems like he’s the best he’s ever been. It is kind of surprising for him to be in that good shape as a 10-year-old.”...read on

October 2, 2019:

“At the end of the day, there aren’t many million-dollar races in the sport. I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t want to win it.”...read on

September 21, 2019:

In 1993, Holger Ehlert was working as an assistant trainer in Wim Paal’s stable. Paal sent Embassy Lobell to New York to represent France in the International Trot that year and Mike Lachance kept the American-bred well off a blistering early pace....read on

September 20, 2019:

Yonkers Raceway has announced its field of 10 world-class entrants for the $1 million International Trot, set for the afternoon of Saturday, October 12....read on

October 15, 2018:

“Actually, we didn’t see much of the stretch. First, we thought he was going to be third… then we thought he was going to be second… then we realized he actually won… it was totally crazy. It was really crazy.”...read on

October 13, 2018:

Making his North American homecoming after a three-year campaign overseas, Cruzado Dela Noche, representing Sweden, rode cover second over and nailed late-leader Lionel at the wire to pull a 30-1 upset in the $1,000,000 International Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday, Oct. 13....read on