Mission Brief

Mark Weaver, Ron Burke and Mike Bruscemi

More Accolades For Burke Racing Stable & Weaver Bruscemi

December 17, 2025

Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi – the ownership group of Sylvia Burke, Mark Weaver and Mike Bruscemi – did well in Dan Patch Awards announced earlier in the week by the United States Harness W...

Gimpanzee, Mission Brief, Tall Dark Stranger and Wiggle It Jiggleit

Four Added To U.S. Living Horse Hall Of Fame

January 12, 2024

On Friday, Jan. 12 the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announced the results of recent balloting to determine the 2024 inductees into harness racing’s Living Horse Hall of Fame.

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame

2024 Living Horse Hall Of Fame Ballots Out

December 07, 2023

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame’s Living Horse Hall of Fame ballots are in the mail.

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame

2023 Living Horse Hall Of Fame Candidates Announced

December 09, 2022

The Living Horse Hall of Fame Committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the slate of six candidates for election into the Hall of Fame.

2021 U.S. Hall Of Fame Candidates

December 01, 2020

The Living Horse Hall of Fame Committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the slate of six candidates for election into the Hall of Fame.

Eugene Kurzrok Passes

Eugene Kurzrok, 81, managing partner of Our Horse Cents Stable and Stable 45, and an owner of several champions including Mission Brief, Southwind Frank, What The Hill, Obrigado and Golden Receiver, p...

Mission Brief Retired, Sold

February 22, 2017

Trot Insider has learned that world champion trotting mare Mission Brief has been retired and sold.

Hannelore Hanover Vs. Mission Brief?

February 05, 2017

While 2015 O'Brien Award-winning trotting filly Mission Brief skipped her four-year-old season due to injury, Hannelore Hanover stepped up to fill the void for the Ron Burke Stable and exceeded expect...

Burke Talks Glaucine & More

A recent interview with Ron Burke offers his comments on the positive tests that surfaced concerning horses trained by his stable and others earlier this year in New York state.

Mission Brief Injured; Shut Down

The connections of Mission Brief have announced that the star four-year-old trotting mare will not race this season due to injury.

Burke On Trotting Filly Rivalry

February 19, 2016

The race for the Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year title went right down to the wire, and in a photo finish, Mission Brief edged out rival Wild Honey by a nose at the 2015 O'Brien Awards.

2015 O'Brien Winners Announced

February 13, 2016

On Saturday, February 13, Standardbred Canada announced harness racing’s national champions at the 2015 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

Mission Brief Lands NJ Honour

December 21, 2015

Trotting filly Mission Brief has been named the winner of the Secretary of Agriculture’s Trophy as New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2015.