John Calabrese

Beacon Beach

Calabrese, Lee Claim Yonkers NAADA Splits

John Calabrese and Joe Lee plugged down the road to each score pillar-to-post wins in their respective $17,945 divisions for the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots at Yonkers Rac...

Raceace and Alan Schwartz

Schwartz, Calabrese Collect NAADA Trots

John Calabrese made a winning brush to the backside and Alan Schwartz peddled down the road with their respective mounts to take a pair of $17,945 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Assoc...

John Calabrese at the Dan Patch Awards

Hot Dog! Calabrese Relishes Amateur Driving Award

February 29, 2024

Long before he began competing in harness racing and winning races as a trainer and driver, John Calabrese set a track record at The Meadowlands... for selling hot dogs.

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.

My Big Kadillac

Calabrese, Polansky Claim Freehold AHDC Trots

November 11, 2023

John Calabrese coasted down the road and Mike Polansky vaulted from off the speed in rein to their respective trotters to take the $9,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at ...

Dingle

Hechkoff, Calabrese Claim Freehold AHDC Dashes

October 14, 2023

Bob Hechkoff ripped to the front and held, and John Calabrese clobbered his competition to take their respective $9,000 divisions for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway ...

Allindotime

Action Galore At Freehold Saturday

October 07, 2023

A combination of New Jersey Sire Stakes, amateur racing, and an Italian-American drivers race made for an exciting card of harness racing on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Freehold Raceway.

Horses behind the starting gate at Harrah's Philadelphia

A Pair Of Blowouts Amateur Philly Events

August 07, 2023

A trio of events went postward for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 6) at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Two of those divisions closed the 14-race card and each winner regist...

Take All Comers and Jim Campbell

Take All Comers Gets Revenge In Philly Open

Take All Comers reversed the decision of the last Open Trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia, sitting in the pocket behind his previous conqueror Lexus Kody and then catching that one up the inside to win Sun...

Incommunicado By A Nostril At Pocono

Incommunicado was backed to 1-5 upon coming to Pocono for the $20,000 featured fast-class trot on Sunday evening (July 9), but he had to work hard to catch Yanks Dugout by a nose in 1:55.2 over a "slo...

Calabrese Dominant In AHDC Final

John Calabrese swept both the $9,000 consolation and $15,000 final for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot on Saturday afternoon (May 27) at Freehold Raceway.

Calabrese Coasts In NAADA

John Calabrese took the early initiative with his pupil Shoemaker Hanover to score in the North American Amateur Drivers Association’s return to Yonkers Raceway in a $10,000 non-betting event on Thurs...

Sheridan, Calabrese Take AHDC Trots

Yogi Sheridan powered off a parked mile and John Calabrese caught a loose leader in the final strides to take their respective $9,000 divisions – both from post eight – of the American Harness Drivers...