Joe Bongiorno

Joe Bongiorno and the Canadian Trotting Classic trophy

Bongiorno: The Name Everyone Knows; The Man Few Understand

When a young catch-driver starts having success in our business, some people probably feel envious. Top drivers make good money, and there are only so many of those jobs available, right? Sometimes th...

Harness racing at Harrah's Philadelphia

Turn Up The Music, Travolta Blue Chip Dance Home At Philly

Turn Up The Music and Travolta Blue Chip, a Saturday Night Fever parlay even on a Friday, both danced home victoriously in the $16,667 featured races for developing horses on April 17 at Harrah’s Phil...

Sun Of A Show winning at The Meadowlands

Sun Of A Show Sprints To Big M Feature Score

Sun Of A Show displayed wicked speed at both ends of his mile on Saturday, March 21 at The Meadowlands to pull off a mild upset in the featured $26,027 claiming handicap for pacers in for a tag of no ...

Maximum Exposure winning at The Meadowlands

Win Counts Climb For Bongiorno And Mr Contestant

Driver Joe Bongiorno kicked off a five-win night at The Meadowlands guiding four-year-old trotter Maximum Exposure ($2.80) to victory lane in the $19,863 co-featured second race on Friday, March 20.

Mamba

Mamba Leads Bongiorno Trio At Big M

January 25, 2026

Mamba hit his shot in the featured $55,556-$83,333 claiming handicap pace, which went for a purse of $26,389, on Saturday, Jan. 24 at The Meadowlands to headline a triple for trainer Joe Bongiorno.

Fansville winning at Pocono Downs

Bongiorno Has High Hopes For Fansville In Courageous Lady

October 10, 2025

Trainer Joe Bongiorno is hopeful that Fansville, who is now healthy after battling illness for much of her two-year-old season, is ready to step up her game in Saturday’s (Oct. 11) $125,000 USD Courag...

Racing action from Harrah's Philadelphia

Record Handle At Philly; Bongiorno Sweeps Features

December 24, 2024

Harrah’s Philadelphia has even more reason to celebrate this holiday season, as its Christmas Eve 12 p.m. program shattered records, handling an impressive $1,587,638 in wagers – the largest betting t...

Donato Patriot K winning at The Meadowlands

Donato Patriot K Wins Big M Friday Feature

November 30, 2024

Donato Patriot K showed some good recent form heading into the $25,000 high-end conditioned trotting feature at The Meadowlands on Friday night and driver Dave Miller supplied a pair of red-hot hands ...

Harness racing at Harrah's Philadelphia

Weather Plays Major Factor In Philly Friday Features

November 22, 2024

Very nearly as much as the horses and horsepeople themselves, the southeast Pennsylvania weather played a decisive factor in the Friday afternoon racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Joe Bongiorno

Bongiorno Posts 3,000th Career Victory

February 08, 2024

Driver Joe Bongiorno scored the 3,000th win of his career by taking the seventh race on Thursday night (Feb. 8) at MGM Yonkers Raceway with Emotions Riches.

Pappardelle

Pappardelle Trots To John Brennan Series Championship

Driver Joe Bongiorno collected his second major victory at MGM Yonkers Raceway this week by capturing the $100,000 John Brennan Trotting Series final on Wednesday night (April 26) with 1-5 favourite P...

Bongiorno Looks To Slay Futurity Foes

October 08, 2022

An overflow field of 12 sophomore trotters will head postward in Sunday’s $430,000 Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile in Lexington, Ky., a race that has played a key role in divisional honours in recen...

Bongiorno Bags Five Again At 'Big M'

September 18, 2022

Driver Joe Bongiorno must have really enjoyed guiding five winners seven days ago, so much so, in fact, that the 28-year-old pilot turned the trick again Saturday night (Sept. 17) at The Meadowlands a...