Awards

Hon. Dennis King, 2023 Cam Fella Award winner

Hon. Dennis King Voted Cam Fella Winner

January 02, 2024

Standardbred Canada is pleased to declare that the Honourable Dennis King, Premier of Prince Edward Island, has been chosen as the distinguished recipient of the 2023 Cam Fella Award.

Clever Cody winning a race in Ohio

Clever Cody Named Ohio's Top Freshman Pacing Colt

January 02, 2024

Clever Cody hit the board in nine of his 10 starts in 2023, winning six including the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship, on the way to being named the Ohio Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

2023 Dan Patch Award winners

Dan Patch Divisional Awards Announced

December 30, 2023

Harness racing’s two top-ranked horses in the final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, No. 1 Confederate and No. 2 Sylvia Hanover, led the way when divisional Dan Patch Award honours for pacers...

Adam Bowden, Sweet Lou and Tactical Landing

Diamond Creek Sweeps USHWA Owner & Breeder Honours

December 29, 2023

The Diamond Creek Farm operation under the direction of youthful veteran Adam Bowden has won two top awards for 2023 success in voting conducted by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA...

Hallett-Hochstetler-Toscano-Ushwa Awards

Hallett, Hochstetler And Toscano USHWA Award Winners

December 28, 2023

Jessica Hallett doubled-up with a pair of USHWA honours, taking home both the Breakthrough and Unsung Hero awards while trainers Jay Hochstetler and Linda Toscano were awarded the Rising Star and Good...

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Svanstedt, Zeron Voted USHWA's Trainer, Driver Of The Year

December 28, 2023

Ake Svanstedt, who's stable surpassed $10 million in earnings in 2023, was voted as the 2023 USHWA Trainer of the Year while Scott Zeron vaulted a career-best $10 million season to being named the 202...

Brittany Farms and Jason Settlemoir

Proximity Award To Brittany Farms, Settlemoir

December 27, 2023

For the second time in the last four elections, the voting of the members of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) for the Stan Bergstein Proximity Award, given for outstanding achieve...

Buglers introduce the races in front of the Meadowlands grandstand

Meadowlands To Reveal Dan Patch Divisional Winners

December 27, 2023

With so many of the award winners having made their most indelible major stakes marks at The Meadowlands, it makes perfect sense that the announcement of the 12 divisional equine Dan Patch Award winne...

John Calabrese

U.S. Amateur Driver Of The Year To Calabrese

December 22, 2023

John Calabrese has been chosen the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Amateur Driver of the Year for 2023 in a vote conducted by USHWA with the amateur driving clubs.

Margaret Gillon

Margaret Gillon Named Caretaker Of The Year

December 15, 2023

Margaret Gillon, who is a longtime and greatly appreciated member of the Ron Burke Stable, has been named the 2023 Fair Island Farm Caretaker of the Year.

Larry DeVan receives the USHWA Lifetime Achievement Award

DeVan, Monticello Horses Honoured By USHWA

December 12, 2023

Fourth generation harness racing family member Lawrence S. DeVan looks fondly upon the outstanding individuals that he has met in his lifetime spent around Standardbreds.

Taylor Palmer Jr.

Palmer Honoured With Spirit Of The Horse Award

December 07, 2023

The Rutgers Equine Science Center presented Mr. Taylor Palmer Jr. with the 2024 Spirit of the Horse award for his decades of service to the New Jersey equine industry.