United States Harness Writers Association

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Fair Island Farm’s Art Zubrod and Leah Cheverie, sponsors of the Caretaker of the Year Award in conjunction with the U.S. Harness Writers Association, announced on Wednesday (Feb. 16) that beginning i...

The 2021 U.S. Horse of the Year will be announced on Sunday night, Feb. 20, at the annual U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) Dan Patch Awards dinner, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment, at Ros...

Anthony Verruso looks back on his 2021 season on the amateur driving circuit with a bit of disbelief. A lifelong resident of the New York City borough of Queens, the 58-year-old Verruso notched 23 win...

Debbie Little, writing for TROT Magazine, Clive Cohen, Michael Burns and Woodbine Entertainment were among the winners of the 2020/2021 United States Harness Writers Association Media Award winners an...