Mack Lobell Breaks Track Record With Victory in Yonkers Trot

Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, set a track record of 1:57 4-5 in winning the $324,000 Yonkers Trot Sunday night.

Mack Lobell, making his first start of the year, also equaled the world record for 3-year-old colts as he scored 3 3/4-length victory over Sir Taurus, driven by Bill O’Donnell, in the first leg of the trotting triple crown.

Go Get Lost, with John Hogan driving, was third.

Mack Lobell, son of Mystic Park-Matina Hanover, returned $2.60, $2.20 and $2.20 as the favorite. Sir Taurus paid $2.60 and $2.40, while Go Get Lost paid $3.

The Yonkers Trot, which had a field of 10, did not have eliminations for the first time since 1979.

Mack Lobell, which had 10 victories in 20 starts last year earning $574,665, had not raced since last November.

Owned by Louis Guida and Edward K. Mullen, Mack Lobell will attempt to become the first trotting triple crown winner since Super Bowl in 1972.

The second leg is the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands on Aug. 8, followed by the Kentucky Futurity in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 2.