USTA Amends Artificial Insemination Rule February 02, 2023 In a special meeting of its board on Wednesday (Feb. 1), the United States Trotting Association’s directors voted to amend the USTA rule on Artificial Insemination.
USTA District 7 Convenes In Pennsylvania January 21, 2023 Members from the United States Trotting Association District 7 met on Saturday (Jan. 21) at the Graduate Hotel in State College, Penn. (location of Penn State) to discuss proposed USTA rule changes an...
USTA Launches Standardbred Incentive Program May 19, 2022 The U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) announced the launch of the Standardbred Incentive Program (SIP) on Thursday, May 19 to recognize horses who participate in disciplines other than racing and to pr...
Transfer Fee Increase Earmarked For Standardbred Transition Alliance May 02, 2022 At the 2022 U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) annual meeting in March, the USTA directors overwhelmingly voted to increase the fee for horse transfers by $5 starting on June 1, 2022, with all of the ad...
USTA Sends Open Letter On Freeze Brands March 15, 2022 The United States Trotting Association has released an open letter to the harness racing industry following Sunday's announcement that its Board of Directors voted to keep freeze brands as an optional...
USTA Board Votes To Keep Freeze Brands Optional March 13, 2022 At the U.S. Trotting Association’s annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday (March 13), the Board of Directors voted to keep freeze brands as an optional form of additional horse identification.
Monticello-Goshen Awards Presented December 13, 2021 United States Trotting Association president Russell Williams told attendees at the 62nd annual awards banquet of the Monticello-Goshen chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) that “Th...
Williams To Receive USHWA Award November 22, 2021 United States Trotting Association president Russell Williams is uniquely qualified to apply knowledge, insight and legal perspective to the ever-evolving challenges facing the harness racing industry...
USTA Applauds Leaders Supporting SAFE October 13, 2021 The U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) has sent a letter of support for the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act of 2021 to Congressional leaders
Six More States Weigh In Against HISA September 22, 2021 The State of Ohio, joined by the States of Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi and Nebraska requested leave yesterday to file an amicus brief supporting the effort to persuade the federal court in Le...
USTA Considers Rule And Bylaw Changes September 20, 2021 A total of 23 rule change and three bylaw proposals have been submitted to the U.S. Trotting Association and will be voted upon by the USTA directors in March at the 2022 annual meeting in Columbus, O...
USTA, HISA Executives Meet In Baltimore September 02, 2021 On Tuesday (August 24), United States Trotting Association (USTA) president Russell Williams and Mike Tanner, the Association’s chief executive officer, met in Baltimore with Charles Scheeler, Chairma...
