{"id":267673,"date":"2025-07-16T22:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/267673\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:08:25","slug":"gio-cash-joins-the-1-million-mgm-yonkers-international-trot-field-u-s-trotting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/267673\/","title":{"rendered":"Gio Cash joins the $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot field \u2013 U.S. Trotting News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yonkers, NY \u2013 <\/strong>Always hard at work, Yonkers Raceway\u2019s European talent scout Klaus Koch wasted no time in extending a second invitation to the Grade 1, $1,000,000 MGM Yonkers International Trot following a sparkling performance by Gio Cash in Sweden. <\/p>\n

\"\"Gio Cash is the second horse announced to be a participant in the Yonkers International Trot on Sept. 13. Photo courtesy of trainer Daniel Wajersten.<\/p>\n

The 6-year-old, who is coming off the fastest mile of his career, will be representing Germany for the Sept. 13 event at MGM Yonkers Raceway.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have a horse that is able to compete in big races and you have an opportunity to race, you take it,\u201d said Gio Cash\u2019s driver\/trainer Daniel W\u00e4jersten. \u201cTo be able to race in big races and drive good horses is what I dreamed about when I was 10 years old. It feels really good to have the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only was Gio Cash\u2019s latest victory in the Arj\u00e4ngs Stora Sprinter on July 12 the fastest of his career, but the 1:08.5 time (1:50.1 mile rate) crushed the previous track record by more than a second. He faced intense pressure throughout the 1640-meter race and ultimately bested the classy 2021 Elitlopp winner Don Fanucci Zet by a narrow margin. The victory by Gio Cash was also his second straight over his rival as he defeated him at 2140 meters on June 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a horse that has been racing at the top level as a 2-, 3- and 4-year-old, then he had some problems as a 5-year-old. Now he is back in good shape. He has always been a talented horse,\u201d said W\u00e4jersten on Gio Cash\u2019s recent form spree.<\/p>\n

Gio Cash, a career winner of 15 races in 28 starts and $617,767, came to the W\u00e4jersten barn for his 2025 campaign and is already closing in on the best season ever. The trainer admitted that he really didn\u2019t change anything on the son of Victor Gio to revive him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a super horse. We just made him the same level as he was when he was young,\u201d said W\u00e4jersten.<\/p>\n

A question with any International horse arriving at Yonkers Raceway is how they will handle the tighter turns of the half-mile track (800 meters). W\u00e4jersten revealed that both of his horse\u2019s recent wins came over a 1,000-meter surface with tight turns that can be a bit difficult for some horses. He also added that Gio Cash has a very smooth gait that makes it easy for him to trot over any track.<\/p>\n

For the 35-year-old W\u00e4jersten, the trip will be his first to New York, though he has been to the now defunct Pompano Park and The Red Mile on previous occasions. It will be a special experience for him as well as the ownership group of Carpe Diem Stable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the race and the experience for all the owners and the groom,\u201d said W\u00e4jersten.<\/p>\n

Gio Cash will have one more start in Sweden prior to shipping to the United States about a week ahead of the MGM Yonkers International Trot. He joins the previously announced Hohneck as the first two starters for the $1,000,000 event. Additional invitees will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

MGM Yonkers Raceway is currently operating on a Monday-Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday live racing schedule with post time each night at 6:45 p.m. (EDT). Please note there is also a 10-race program slated to take place tonight (July 16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yonkers, NY \u2013 Always hard at work, Yonkers Raceway\u2019s European talent scout Klaus Koch wasted no time in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-267673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114865196482107411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}