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YONKERS, N.Y. ? Empire City's Yonkers Raceway will host the Third Annual Dick McGuire Trot harness horse race Tuesday in honor of the longtime Knick and racing fan. The New York native and St. John's grad went on to a Hall of Fame career with the Knicks. He died in 2010.
"We are truly delighted and privileged to honor one of New Yorks greatest sportsmen, and an avid racing fan, with the third annual Dick McGuire Trot," Raceway President Timothy J. Rooney said. "Yonkers Raceway looks forward to hosting the event for many years to come, and to having his family, friends and many fans at our historic track during the height of our summer stakes season.
The New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old colts and geldings is worth an estimated $250,000. McGuire was a $2 player, who, according to his wife Teri, "said he 'broke even' every time he returned home from a night at the races."
Members of the McGuire family, including Teri, sons Richard, Scott and Michael and numerous grandchildren and old friends, are expected to attend. Inaugurated in 2010 after McGuire's death, the trot has already become a fixture on the stakes schedule for New York-bred trotters.
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