Officials with the United States Harness Writers Association have released the complete details in regard to booking your visit to Florida for the upcoming Dan Patch Awards Banquet.

The names of the 2019 award winners have been announced, so it’s time to make room reservations at the luxurious Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla., for USHWA’s annual Dan Patch Awards banquet on Sunday, February 23.

If you are planning to attend the gala festivities that will honour the best equines and humans in the sport in the U.S. in 2019, room reservations must be made by Friday, January 31. Rooms will go quickly now that the names of the honourees are known, so make sure you don’t get shut out.

The USHWA rate for a standard room at Rosen Shingle Creek is $199 (plus tax). For a direct link to the Rosen Shingle Creek special page to make USHWA room reservations, click here.

Depending on availability, rooms may still be available after February 1, but can only be made by calling the hotel directly at 866-996-6338 and asking for the ‘Dan Patch Awards rate.’

This will be the third consecutive year that Rosen Shingle Creek will host the Dan Patch Awards festivities. This year’s banquet, which will be held in the Gatlin B ballroom, will get underway with the red carpet cocktail hour sponsored by Shartin N at 5:30 p.m., with the awards ceremony starting promptly afterward. The highlight of the evening will be the much-anticipated announcements of Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and E. Roland Harriman Horse of the Year.

Tickets for the Dan Patch Awards banquet are $180, with a filet mignon dinner featured. Tickets can be ordered until February 17 by contacting Judy Davis-Wilson at [email protected] or 302-359-3630.

Remember, all attendees will receive a 10 per cent discount at all of the hotel's restaurants, a 10 per cent discount at the Spa at Shingle Creek, and a green fees discount at the Shingle Creek Golf Club. If you are attending, make sure you tell your restaurant server prior to ordering you are a Dan Patch Awards attendee.

To take out a congratulatory ad in the popular USHWA journal, please contact Kim Rinker at [email protected] or 708-557-2790.

(With files from USHWA)