Lifetime Achievement Award

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.

Wally Hennessey

Hennessey to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

November 18, 2022

Few people have been inducted into more Halls of Fame than Wally Hennessey. Aside from being one of the most successful reinsmen in the history of harness racing, he is also one of the most pleasant ...

Monticello-Goshen Awards Presented

December 13, 2021

United States Trotting Association president Russell Williams told attendees at the 62nd annual awards banquet of the Monticello-Goshen chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) that “Th...

Williams To Receive USHWA Award

November 22, 2021

United States Trotting Association president Russell Williams is uniquely qualified to apply knowledge, insight and legal perspective to the ever-evolving challenges facing the harness racing industry...

Lifetime Achievement Award For Burke

November 01, 2019

When Mickey Burke, Sr. started driving harness horses in 1956 the reinsmen wore soft caps and the sulky wheels were “open” and had no plastic safety discs.

Lifetime Achievement Award For Brodbars

January 18, 2019

Saturday night’s Filly and Mare Open Pace is named for Larry and Eileen Brodbar, recipients of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award by the California Harness Horsemen’s Association.

Monticello-Goshen Banquet In The Books

December 04, 2017

“If I had ten dollars for every person in this room that I had a drink with… I would be a billionaire!”

Boni To Be Honoured By Writers

November 03, 2016

Bob Boni has always had a good eye for a horse. It was his keen sense of pedigree and conformation that prompted him to inspect and select world champion Nihilator as a yearling on a cold morning in F...

Lifetime Achievement Award For Ball

December 09, 2015

Scores of horsemen and women have come and gone over the years at Batavia Downs, but the ever-changing look of the local driving colony has had a single, steady constant in its midst that still sends ...

Lifetime Achievement Award For Kane

December 03, 2014

The United States Harness Writers Association has announced that the late Paul Kane will be posthumously honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

Lifetime Achievement Award For Gewertz

October 28, 2014

On Sunday, November 16, accomplished Standardbred owner Ted Gewertz will add another trophy to his wall. That is when he will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Monticello-Goshe...

Monticello USHWA Awards Dinner Recap

November 20, 2012

For the first time in 54 years of presenting awards banquets, the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association held its annual affair in Middletown, New York at The Fount...

Florida Hall Of Fame Inductees Honoured

February 20, 2012

With the largest attendance in more than 15 years, the Florida USHWA Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association, held its 21st annual Hall of Fame Awards Banquet Sunday at the Fort Laude...