Yonkers Raceway's Smash Hit: "French Connection"
from Diego IsioVive La France!
While American sports fans are gobbling their weekly Sunday NFL action, French zealots are devouring the trotters, courtesy of Empire City Casino’s historic Yonkers Raceway.
For the second consecutive week on Sunday, November 16, simulcasting outlets in France wagered in excess of $1.75 million on the matinee card at Yonkers, with many of the contests trotters going 1 and 1/4 miles, an unusual distance in America but extremely popular overseas. The French parimutuel agencies offer the Yonkers betting to Austria, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, parts of Spain and Malta, as well.
The "French Connection" move by Yonkers COO Bob Galterio and SOA NY president Joe Faraldo has been a great idea rather that a faux pas; and for European trotting fans, the joie de vivre.
It will be deja vu all over again for four more Sundays, from November 23 through December 14.
French harness racing aficionados are now liking the yonkers-france facebook page, and visiting Yonkers-france.com (all in French, http://www.yonkers-france.com/) which were recent additions to their social media.
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November 23, 2014November 23, 2014 -
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway
810 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY -
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