Ushwa

Dan Patch Reservations Deadline Is Friday

January 27, 2025

The United States Harness Writers Association’s annual Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, is set for Sunday, Feb. 23 at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida and the deadline to ...

Second Annual Youth Racecalling Contest Launched

January 24, 2025

After months of planning, the second edition of the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Canadian chapter's Youth Racecalling Contest launched on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

Sugar Instead

Ohio's 2024 Award Winners, Hall Of Fame Inductees Honoured

January 18, 2025

The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association hosted its annual awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Marriott Columbus Airport with Sugar Instead, Ohio’s Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year, nam...

Brittany Farms

Brittany Farms Receives USHWA's President's Award

January 16, 2025

One of harness racing’s storied and most prestigious breeding farms, Brittany Farms, has been selected by the President of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), Michael Carter, to rec...

Dan Patch Award winners Brett Beckwith, Anne Chunko, Jacob Rheinheimer, Art Zubrod & Leah Cheverie

Beckwith, Chunko, Rheinheimer, Zubrod & Cheverie Honoured

December 27, 2024

Two up-and-coming stars of harness racing, horseman Brett Beckwith and track executive Jacob Rheinheimer, will be honoured at February’s Dan Patch Awards Banquet (presented by Caesars Entertainment) b...

Hanover Shoe Farms

Hanover Headlines Dan Patch Awards For Breeding

December 27, 2024

Hanover Shoe Farms, the southcentral Pennsylvania harness racing nursery which has produced the biggest money winners of every racing year since records began to be kept in 1949, has had an outstandin...

Dan Patch Awards To Dunn, Daley, Burke-Weaver Bruscemi

December 26, 2024

On Thursday, Dec. 26, the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) announced the winners of the Dan Patch Driver, Trainer and Owner of the Year.

Wanda Polisseni

Bergstein Proximity Award To Wanda Polisseni

December 26, 2024

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).

2024 Dan Patch Award winning horses

Dan Patch Divisional Awards Announced

December 24, 2024

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...

New England Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

December 20, 2024

The New England Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) announced the 2024 inductees to the New England Hall of Fame on Friday, Dec. 20.

Yogi Sheridan

Sheridan To Receive USHWA Amateur Driver Award

December 17, 2024

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.

Sonja Booth with Sig Sauer

Booth Named USHWA Caretaker Of The Year

December 16, 2024

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.