Yonkers, NY --- Yonkers Raceway has unveiled its 2003 harness stakes
schedule, with estimated purses of just under $6 million.

The schedule is once again highlighted by a pair of premier events
for 3-year-olds of both gaits.

The $450,000 (est.) Yonkers Trot, second jewel of the Trotting Triple
Crown, stages its $100,000 (est.) eliminations Saturday night, Aug.
16. The final of the 49th Yonkers Trot is set for the following
Saturday night, Aug. 23.

The 15th edition of the Art Rooney Pace, one of the premier events of
the sophomore colt and gelding calendar, also offers a $450,000
(est.) total purse.

Eliminations, worth an estimated $100,000, are scheduled for Saturday
night, July 19, with the $350,000 (est.) final going Saturday night,
July 26.

The Art Rooney's sister event is the second-year Rose Of Tralee, a
$150,000 (est.) split stake for 3-year-old pacing fillies which goes
Saturday night, July 12.

Yonkers Raceway remains a proud home of the multi-million-dollar New
York Sire Stakes program.Sire stakes action begins at Yonkers Friday
night, Aug. 15, with the $110,000 (est.) Clyde Hirt Pace for
statebred 3-year-old fillies.

The New York Sire Stakes season once again culminates with $1.2
million New York Night of Champions, this year set for Saturday
night, Sept. 20.

The 14th annual Night of Champions features eight, $150,000 NYSS
finals, for 2- and 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits. Each final,
as always, is sponsored by a prominent New York breeding farm.

This is also the fourth year of the Yonkers Raceway/Standardbred
Owners Association of New York Bonus Trotting Series, which begins
Friday night, Apr. 4. The series features a potential $10,000 bonus
to the winning owner(s) of the Apr. 25 final. That final is worth an
estimated $50,000.

"We continue to be justifiably proud of our stakes schedule, and we
once again look forward to showcasing the top horses and horsemen for
another special year at Yonkers Raceway," general manager Bob
Galterio said.

Yonkers' 2003 stakes schedule gets underway Friday night, Jan. 31,
with the opening leg of the Hopeful Pacing Series for 3-year-old
fillies.

For complete schedule listing;
http://www.yonkersraceway.com/horsemen/stakes_schedule_2003.html