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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...

Monticello-Goshen Chapter USHWA Awards Banquet Details

November 16, 2015

Each year since 1959 the Monticello Goshen Chapter USHWA has held an annual awards banquet to honour prominent people in the sport as well as the exploits of the local horses and horsemen who compete ...

Florida Scholarship Winners Announced

November 06, 2015

The Florida chapter of the United States Harness Racing Writers Association has announced the recipients of its 2015 Allen J. Finkelson Scholarship Awards.

New Email For United States Harness Writers Association

September 28, 2015

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), harness racing's association of communicators, notes that its current e-mail address will no longer be operative after this Wednesday, September ...

Harness Writers Donate To Museum

For the 32nd consecutive year, the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association has again made a donation to the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame.

Nickells Selected For Hall Induction

Bruce Nickells – the trainer/driver who was associated with many top horses during his 70-year career in harness racing and who specialized in the developing of young pacing fillies into champions – h...

Keller On Hall Of Fame Ballot

Charles Keller III, who took over the spirit and desire for excellence at Maryland’s Yankeeland Farm, started by his father/New York Yankees star Charles ‘King Kong’ Keller, and built into one of harn...

Association Offers Florida Scholarship

Steven Wolf, president of the Florida Chapter of the United States Harness Racing Writers Association (USHWA), has announced that the chapter is now accepting applications for its 2015 Allen J. Finkel...

Heyden To Hall’s Screening Committee

The president of the United States Harness Writers Association has appointed Robert ‘Bob’ ‘Hollywood’ Heyden, 58, to be the newest member of the organization’s Hall of Fame Screening Committee.

PA Writers’ Chapter's Award Winners

February 27, 2015

The Keystone Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association has announced the harness racing humans and equines that it will honour for outstanding performance in 2014 – and in one notable c...

Communicators Nominated For HOF

February 26, 2015

In probably the closest contest in recent memory, three rounds of voting were required to narrow down the two nominees for the Communicators Hall Of Fame.

Dan Patch Awards Presented

February 22, 2015

“She’s as perfect as they come, and I guess finishing off with Horse of the Year exemplifies how perfect she is.”