Ron Battoni, executive director of the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association and a prime mover in bringing all 12 Breeders Crown races to Pocono Downs last October, has been voted the most prestigious award of the Keystone Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association...read on
Cugle Named HTA Groom Of Year
January 27, 2011:
Tommy Cugle, a veteran groom in the George Teague, Jr. Stable, has been named Groom of the Year in the annual competition sponsored by Harness Tracks of America and Hanover Shoe Farms...read on
Donato Hanover Book Full And Closed
January 27, 2011:
Hanover Shoe Farm President Jim Simpson announced today that the book for trotting champion Donato Hanover is now full and closed....read on
Muscle Massive Passes Breeding Soundness Exam
December 9, 2010:
Via release, Hanover Shoe Farms today announced that 2010 Hambletonian winner Muscle Massive has passed his official breeding soundness exam...read on
Noms. Sought For HTA Groom Of The Year
November 30, 2010:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Groom of the Year Award. The award, sponsored annually by Harness Tracks of America and Hanover Shoe Farms, recognizes the unsung heroes of the sport, the grooms...read on
Muscle Massive To Hanover Shoe Farms
November 5, 2010:
Jim Simpson, the president of Hanover Shoe Farms, has announced that 2010 Hambletonian Winner Muscle Massive 2,1.57, 3,1.51($1,245,297) will enter the stallion ranks at Hanover beginning with the 2011 breeding season...read on
Hanover Shoe Farms Yearlings Available For X-Rays And Endoscopic
October 27, 2010:
Hanover Shoe Farms announced today that approved customers will be permitted to make radiographic (X-Ray) and endoscopic (scoping) examinations of Hanover Shoe Farms yearlings at the Hanover Fairgroun...read on
Standout Hoosier Grooms Recognized
July 9, 2010:
Harness Tracks of America and Hanover Shoe Farms host an annual award to showcase some of the men and women that dedicate their lives to racehorses in the harness industry. Two nominees in 2009 were from the racing circuit at...read on
Simpson, Russell Considered For Living Hall
July 6, 2010:
Jim Simpson, chief executive officer of the world-famous Hanover Shoe Farms and a player in many of harness racing’s major current projects, and Walter Russell, son of Hall of Fame horseman Sanders Russell who...read on
A Pedigree To Drool Over
July 2, 2010:
Here’s what you get when you cross one the most heralded pacers in the history of standardbred racing with one of the great broodmares of all time...read on
A Matchup That Will Never Happen
June 10, 2010:
While these two horses will never meet on the track and pedigree predicts they'll never meet in the breeding shed, the battle for supremacy among two potential future stars of harness racing has already begun...read on
Somebeachsomewhere Book Closed
May 18, 2010:
For the second straight year, harness racing's Racehorse of the Decade Somebeachsomewhere's book is full and closed and features some of the top pacing...read on
First Donato Hanover Full Brother Hits Ground
May 12, 2010:
Hanover Shoe Farms today announced the birth of the first full brother to 2007 U.S. Horse of the Year and World Champion Donato Hanover...read on
Somebeachsomewhere-Bunny Lake Foal Arrives
May 11, 2010:
It can be argued that Somebeachsomewhere and Bunny Lake are the best male and female pacers of all time, respectively. They both cultivated big followings, with fans tuning in virtually every time they stepped on the track for battle...read on
Hanover Shoe Farms Featured
May 8, 2010:
Hanover Shoe Farms was featured in a tribute to mothers on Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ABC affiliate WHTM, Channel 27, on Friday evening....read on