United States Harness Writers Association

More Dan Patch Winners Unveiled

December 22, 2015

On Tuesday, December 22, the United States Harness Writers Association announced more Dan Patch Award winners for their accomplishments during the 2015 racing season.

Participants Honoured With Awards

December 21, 2015

Hanover Shoe Farms President and CEO James W. Simpson, trainer Jimmy Takter, driver David Miller, and owner George Teague Jr. were voted year-end honours by the U.S. Harness Writers Association, the o...

A Winner Against All Odds

December 20, 2015

"I have a Saint Therese medal I carry in my pocket when he races...Every time I had it he won and then I couldn’t find it for the two starts he was second in. I found it and had it with me for his las...

Wiggle It Jiggleit Best In The U.S.

December 17, 2015

The United States Harness Writers Association announced on Thursday, December 17 that Wiggle It Jiggleit is the Dan Patch Awards’ Horse of the Year recipient.

Dan Patch Pacers Unveiled

December 16, 2015

Harness racing’s richest pacer of the year, three-year-old gelding Wiggle It Jiggleit, and fastest pacer of the year, six-year-old horse State Treasurer, were among the six pacers named divisional cha...

Dan Patch Trotters Unveiled

December 15, 2015

Bee A Magician, Mission Brief, and Pinkman added to their respective Dan Patch Award totals Tuesday (December 15) when divisional honours for trotters were announced by the U.S. Harness Writers Associ...

USHWA Chapter Donates To Historic Track

December 15, 2015

After again running another successful awards banquet in late November, the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of UNITED States Harness Writers Association donated $3,000 to Historic Track at its Christmas Par...

Service To Industry Award For Tubin

December 10, 2015

The upstate New York chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association has announced that Bruce Tubin, the director of the Western New York Harness Horsemen’s Association, will receive the Serv...

Miller Named Amateur Driver Of The Year

December 08, 2015

She’s known as ‘Hurricane Hannah’ because she has taken amateur racing by storm.

Batavia Names Top Performers

December 08, 2015

The upstate New York chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association has named its choices for the best-performing horses of the 2015 Batavia Downs meet.

Clouser, Cummings, Perrin To Be Feted

December 07, 2015

The current Batavia Downs meet isn’t over just yet, but the competition for the winningest driver and trainer certainly is.

Nominate For Caretaker Of The Year

December 04, 2015

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Caretaker of the Year. The award, sponsored by Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park in conjunction with the United States Harness Writers Association, rec...