Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino
Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York, near the New York City border. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.
Yonkers Raceway (left) and Hillview Reservoir at night in 2023
Empire City Casino with expansion
Dan Rooney's Café & Bar
Racers on Yonkers Racetrack
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait. They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia and New Zealand, races with jockeys riding directly on saddled trotters are also conducted.
Harness racing
Harness racing in London, Ontario 1923
Mobile starting gate at Vincennes, France
Harness racing on April 13, 2019, in Seinäjoki, Finland