Monticello Raceway

“I won six a couple of times here at Monticello over the past few years. I still have two more drives and if I get lucky enough to win again it’ll be the best day I ever had.”

Last summer, Aaron Byron was challenging Jim Marohn Jr. for leading driver honours at Tioga Downs. With some 100 fewer starts, Byron finished second to Marohn in driving victories, 76-55.

There’s something eerie concerning a final winning time of 1:57.1 at Monticello Raceway, especially when it comes to three-year-old trotting geldings.

It seems that nearly every year young talent passes through Monticello Raceway. Of course, many racetracks can make that claim, but since its inception the ‘Mighty M’ has been a stepping stone into th...

On Wednesday, October 2 Monticello Raceway presented its ninth edition of the Munich Mile, which is the sixth leg of the track’s year-long Heritage Drivers Series.

On Monday, September 30, Monticello Raceway hosted four $45,000 finals of the Excelsior Series for two-year-old pacers and trotters. Arguably, the most impressive was the victory turned in by Spreeste...

Mymomsablizzard trotted to a track record-equalling 1:57 mile while winning Monticello Raceway’s Open Trot on Wednesday, September 25 for young Austin Siegelman.

Mike Forte hadn’t won a race at Monticello Raceway – or anywhere for that matter – since May 30. But on Tuesday, September 24 at Monticello Raceway he not only won one race, but he recorded two drivin...

Last week, members of Monticello Casino and Raceway staff joined Thunder-102FM in its annual County Cares fundraising radio-thon in an effort to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital to help ...

Winning races is nothing new to Billy ‘Zeke’ Parker Jr. He’s won plenty — 11,044 at last count — and what helped him add to his totals were the five winners he drove Thursday, September 19 at Monticel...

Crazy About Pat trotted to a new three-year-old colt track record at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday, September 17 when Jim Morrill Jr. guided the son of Crazed to a 1:57, nine-length triumph in his div...

The Zeke Parker countdown is over. On Thursday, September 12, Parker won a pair of races at Monticello Raceway, and in doing so he passed Walter Case Jr. in career driving victories and became the six...