Track Record For Gaelic And Garlic August 07, 2012 Gaelic And Garlic equaled the Monticello Raceway track record for three-year-old trotting geldings with a 1:57.1 triumph for driver Jimmy Morrill, Jr. in the first $83,922 division of the New York Sir...
Italian Drivers Needed For Godfather Pace August 06, 2012 The Irish, the Jewish, the African-Americans, the Germans, and even the ladies, now have a representative in Monticello Raceway’s final of the Heritage Drivers Series as a result of winning their ethn...
Another Five-Bagger For Merton August 02, 2012 When Mike Merton scored five consecutive driving victories in the first five races on Monticello Raceway's June 28 card of racing, he claimed, with tongue in cheek, that when he got dumped out and fel...
Trainer Climbs Up Local Leaderboard August 01, 2012 To look at Pete Pellegrino one would get an impression that he looks more like a pirate of olden days than a horse trainer with his head shaved bald and sporting two ear-rings. But make no mistake abo...
Mike Merton Wins The Munich Mile July 31, 2012 There’s an old adage that states ‘good things come to those who wait,’ and that maxim certainly was germane to the outcome of Monticello Raceway’s Munich Mile yesterday when winning driver Mike Merton...
Parker Nabs Six At Mighty M July 26, 2012 Zeke Parker has found his groove again. After reining five winners on Wednesday, the 17-time Mighty M driving champ came right back Thursday and drove six winners on the 12-race card at Monticello Rac...
Parker Wins Five At Monticello July 25, 2012 Quietly and without much fanfare, Zeke Parker has been chipping away at the leaders and with five winners on the 11-race card Wednesday, July 25 he has moved ever closer.
Sires Stakes 2YO Lowers Track Record July 19, 2012 With the temperature hovering around 91 degrees Fahrenheit and the track lightning fast, juvenile New York-bred trotting fillies were front and centre at Monticello Raceway with five NYSS divisions an...
Calling All Drivers Of German Decent! July 18, 2012 Greg Merton is ready. So, too, is his brother, Mike. The Merton Brothers will be among eight drivers who will be competing in Monticello Raceway’s Munich Mile, an event restricted to drivers of German...
Amateur Day Dubbed A Success July 16, 2012 Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings would have been proud. Leland Stanford would also have joined the throngs. Both turn of the twentieth century millionaires who owned outstanding horses during thei...
German Drivers Set For Munich Mile July 06, 2012 Monticello Raceway’s year-long Heritage Drivers Series will continue with a race for drivers of German decent on Monday, July 30 dubbed the Munich Mile.
Monticello To Host All-Amateur Day July 06, 2012 Last year Monticello Raceway pioneered a day where all races were driven by amateur drivers. Dubbed All- Amateur Day the afternoon race card was well received. This year a second All Amateur Day will...