Ushwa Awards

Wanda Polisseni has been honoured with the 2024 Stan Bergstein – Proximity Award, the highest honour voted on solely by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA).

Unanimous selection Twin B Joe Fresh, repeat winners Captain Albano and Jiggy Jog S, and the year’s leading money-earner Maryland led the way when divisional 2024 Dan Patch Award honours for pacers an...

Newton “Yogi” Sheridan has been chosen as the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Amateur Driver of the Year for 2024 in a vote conducted by USHWA with the amateur driving clubs.

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) announced on Monday, Dec. 16 that Sonja Booth has been named the 2024 Fair Island Farm Caretaker of the Year.

Even though it was getaway day at Batavia Downs as the curtain came down on the 2024 summer/fall meeting on Saturday, Dec. 7, the competition was fast and furious during a 15-race card with drivers Ke...

Leigh Nichol Raymer will receive the 2024 January Davies Humanitarian Award from the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA).

Yonkers Trot and New York Sire Stakes champion three-year-old male trotter Sir Pinocchio has been voted the United States Trotting Association District 8 Horse of the Year.

Barry Lefkowitz has been selected as the United States Harness Writers Association's Member of the Year (also known as “USHWAn of the Year”) through a poll of former award winners.

Ed Hart, a lifelong participant in the harness racing industry, will be the recipient of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Monticello-Goshen Chapter’s highest honour, its Lifetime ...