Ushwa Awards

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...

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...

Lifetime Achievement Award For Ball

December 09, 2015

Scores of horsemen and women have come and gone over the years at Batavia Downs, but the ever-changing look of the local driving colony has had a single, steady constant in its midst that still sends ...

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...

Dan Patch Winners Unveiled Soon

December 03, 2015

The United States Harness Writers Association has set its schedule for its 2015 year-end awards announcements.

‘Railbird Recognition’ Voting Open

December 02, 2015

For the seventh consecutive year, the United States Harness Writers Association, in conjunction with the United States Trotting Association, will be looking for fans of harness racing to express their...

Writers Dole Out Awards

November 24, 2015

The Monticello-Goshen Chapter USHWA held its 57th annual awards banquet for the third consecutive year in Middletown, NY at The Fountains on Sands Road on Sunday, November 22.

Deadline Set For Hervey Awards

November 18, 2015

The deadline for entries for the 2015 John Hervey Awards, which honour the best of harness racing journalism, is December 10. Entries will be accepted in four categories – news/commentary writing, fea...