Dan Patch Awards

Wanda Polisseni

Polisseni Humbled By Award Recognition

February 27, 2025

Wanda Polisseni has had success as an owner and breeder, but the enjoyment she gets from watching horses flourish on the track is equalled by the pleasure derived from seeing those athletes thrive awa...

Driver Brett Beckwith

Rising Star Beckwith Reflects On Big Weekend

February 27, 2025

It would be hard to find another 22-year-old in harness racing who had a bigger weekend than Brett Beckwith, who was the leading driver at The Meadowlands on both before jumping on a plane to Orlando,...

Twin B Joe Fresh's connection at the Dan Patch Awards

Twin B Joe Fresh Brings Connections To The Fore

February 26, 2025

When trainer Chris Ryder was recognizing the partners involved with female pacer Twin B Joe Fresh at Sunday’s Dan Patch Awards banquet, he introduced Barry Spak by noting his fellow co-owner “likes to...

Twin B Joe Fresh gives Dexter Dunn his six Breeders Crown win of 2024

Twin B Joe Fresh Voted U.S. Horse Of The Year

February 24, 2025

Twin B Joe Fresh breezed through her season last year, going 10-for-10 in stakes or invitational finals, and added another triumph on Sunday, Feb. 23 when she was named the 2024 U.S. Horse of the Year...

Live Stream For Dan Patch Awards Dinner

February 18, 2025

The 2024 U.S. Horse of the Year will be announced Sunday night, Feb. 23, at the annual United States Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards dinner, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment, at Rosen...

Dan Patch Awards Auction To Benefit Youth Programs

February 16, 2025

The Dan Patch Awards is rapidly approaching and along with it, the annual silent auction held in conjunction with the evening’s festivities. The Harness Horse Youth Foundation (HHYF) and United States...

Abuckabett Hanover

Harris Riding High With Abuckabett Hanover

February 11, 2025

Andrew Harris figures he is likely to get emotional when the time arrives later this month for Abuckabett Hanover to be formally honoured as the Dan Patch Older Male Pacer of the Year.

Deadline Approaches To Purchase Dan Patch Tickets

February 11, 2025

The deadline to order dinner tickets to attend the upcoming United States Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) annual Dan Patch Awards banquet is Monday, Feb. 17.

Captain Albano and connections after winning the Little Brown Jug

Award-Winning Duo Lifted Daley To Trainer Of The Year

January 15, 2025

Noel Daley entered 2024 believing he had two of harness racing’s top three-year-old colts, pacer Captain Albano and trotter Sig Sauer, in his stable.

Rossell To Perform At Dan Patch Awards Reception

January 07, 2025

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida, to an outdoor pools...

Dan Patch Award winners Brett Beckwith, Anne Chunko, Jacob Rheinheimer, Art Zubrod & Leah Cheverie

Beckwith, Chunko, Rheinheimer, Zubrod & Cheverie Honoured

December 27, 2024

Two up-and-coming stars of harness racing, horseman Brett Beckwith and track executive Jacob Rheinheimer, will be honoured at February’s Dan Patch Awards Banquet (presented by Caesars Entertainment) b...

Hanover Shoe Farms

Hanover Headlines Dan Patch Awards For Breeding

December 27, 2024

Hanover Shoe Farms, the southcentral Pennsylvania harness racing nursery which has produced the biggest money winners of every racing year since records began to be kept in 1949, has had an outstandin...

Dan Patch Awards To Dunn, Daley, Burke-Weaver Bruscemi

December 26, 2024

On Thursday, Dec. 26, the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) announced the winners of the Dan Patch Driver, Trainer and Owner of the Year.