United States Harness Writers Association

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame

U.S. Hall Of Fame Adds Five

September 16, 2022

On Friday (Sept. 16) the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the U.S Harness Racing Hall Of Fame, announced five individuals that will be inducted into the Hall of F...

Finkelson Scholarship Recipients Named

August 22, 2022

The Florida Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) has announced two candidates who will receive awards this year from the 2021 Allen J. Finkelson Scholarship program.

USHWA Announces Hambo Superfecta Contest

August 03, 2022

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the industry’s largest group of communicators, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022 and will offer another free harness racing handicappin...

USHWA Donates $5,000 To Hall Of Fame

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the sport’s leading communications association, is in the process of assembling the materials that will distribute ballots and biographical infor...

USHWA Announces Superfecta Handicapping Contest

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the industry’s largest group of communicators, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022, having started on May 8, 1947, and USHWA is offering ...

Lucien Fontaine and Forrest Skipper

Fontaine Elected To U.S. Hall Of Fame

The Hall of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), after meeting with a select group of Harness Racing Museum Trustees, has announced that Lucien Fontaine h...

Chris Tully presents a cheque for $4,000 to Goshen Historic Track president Steve Jones, who is holding track record-setting JD.

USHWA Donates $4,000 To Goshen Historic Track

On Hall of Fame Day (July 3), the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association made its annual donation of $4,000 to Goshen Historic Track.

Dan Patch Banquet Returns To Rosen Shingle Creek Resort

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the industry’s leading group of journalists, announced on Tuesday (June 7) that the annual Dan Patch Awards Banquet, and the annual USHWA meeting...

Racing action at The Meadows

USHWA Seeks Contributions For PA Racing Book

Do you have memories, anecdotes or photographs about the formative days of harness racing in Pennsylvania? If so, the Keystone Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association would like to he...

A Look Back As USHWA Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Harness racing got its pari-mutuel start in 1940, after years of Grand Circuit racing being contested without betting. Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island was the birthplace of the pari-mutuel tracks, an...

Hicks Named To U.S. Hall Of Fame Screening Committee

Thomas H. Hicks, a well-known harness racing journalist, businessman, successful owner/breeder, and Chair of the Budget Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), has been nam...

USHWA Holds Annual Meeting

February 22, 2022

In conjunction with the annual Dan Patch Awards Banquet for the best and brightest in North American harness racing 2021, including U.S. Horse of the Year Test Of Faith, the banquet’s host, the United...

Test Of Faith Named Dan Patch Horse Of The Year

February 21, 2022

Test Of Faith on Sunday (Feb. 20) became the fourth three-year-old pacing female in history to be named Horse of the Year, receiving harness racing’s top honour for 2021 to conclude the U.S. Harness W...