Jason Bartlett

Sir Pinocchio

More New York Award Winners Announced

November 18, 2024

Yonkers Trot and New York Sire Stakes champion three-year-old male trotter Sir Pinocchio has been voted the United States Trotting Association District 8 Horse of the Year.

Escape To America winning at Vernon Downs

Bartlett Wins Five New York Excelsior Finals

September 14, 2024

Driver Jason Bartlett dominated the New York Excelsior Series finals, winning five of the eight $74,324 divisions on Friday, Sept. 13 at Vernon Downs.

Fly By

Fly By, Sir Pinocchio Take NYSS Splits

August 11, 2024

Tioga Downs played host to a pair of $79,167 divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old trotting colts & geldings on Sunday (August 11) with Fly By (Jason Bartlett) cruising to an...

Sir Pinocchio winning at Yonkers Raceway

Bartlett Enjoying The Ride With Sir Pinocchio

Jason Bartlett will look to continue a memorable season with Sir Pinocchio in Thursday’s (July 4) $300,000 USD Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial for three-year-old trotters at Vernon Downs, less than a week...

Coaches Corner

Canucks Provide A Tall Task For Coaches Corner

"For a horse that’s won most of his races on the front end, he loves to pass horses. We’ve raced him like that as he got up higher in the classes, and it seems to be fitting him pretty well."

The American Eagle winning at The Meadowlands

Bartlett Wins Five Friday At Meadowlands

January 20, 2024

The feel-like temperature might have been minus eight degrees, but that did not prevent driver Jason Bartlett from having hot hands at The Meadowlands on Friday night (Jan. 19) as the 42-year-old rein...

Nikola Jokic

Jokić Visits Yonkers On Season Finale

December 21, 2023

MGM Yonkers Raceway had a special guest at the track on Thursday, Dec. 21 for the track's final card of 2023 as Nikola Jokić, two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and last year's NBA Finals Most Valuable...

The connections of Boston Rocks accepting an award

New York Awards Presented

November 14, 2023

The New York Sire Stakes and USTA District 8 hosted their annual awards banquet on Sunday, Nov. 12 at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York to recognize and honour horses, owner...

Jason Bartlett's 10,000th win

Bartlett Joins 10,000 Win Club

Jason Bartlett has had 13 wins over the last two nights at MGM Yonkers Raceway — seven on Monday night (June 26) and six on Tuesday night (June 27) — and the last of those triumphs on Tuesday's progra...

Secret Garden winning at Monticello Raceway

New York Sire Stakes Fillies Shine At Monticello

Monticello Raceway hosted as leg of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old pacing fillies on Monday, June 19.

Valentina Blu winning at Batavia Downs

Valentina Blu Feted At NYSS Awards Banquet

November 17, 2022

The New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) and United States Trotting Association (USTA) District 8 hosted their Annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, Nov. 13 at Vernon Downs Casino Hotel to recognize and honour top ...

Kennedy with groom Vikki Niiniketo

Kennedy Fulfills ‘Mission Impossible’ With Trip To International Trot

October 13, 2022

To get a horse to the MGM Yonkers International Trot has been on Jens Glud Hansen’s radar for several years. He never thought Swedish-born stallion Kennedy would be the one to fulfill that goal.

Yonkers Raceway's race five photo finish

Full Field Makes It Into Win Photo

Not often does every horse appear in the same picture at the end of a race, but such was the case in Monday’s (Feb. 28) fifth at Yonkers Raceway as the finish camera captured all eight participants in...