Lisa Schwartz, a longtime racing official, will be saluted as the 2024 Lady Pace honouree by the Delaware County Fair.
Schwartz has been Involved in harness racing her entire life. Her parents and grandparents on both sides raced Standardbreds, primarily trotters. Schwartz and her husband, Dr. Bob Schwartz, breed and sell Standardbred yearlings.
The Schwartzs were honoured by the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association for their years of service to the industry with the Special Recognition Award earlier this year.
Schwartz worked 25 years as a commercial construction chief estimator and project manager and in 2018 she became a U.S. Trotting Association licensed clerk and charter.
She is the secretary/treasurer for the Ohio Colt Racing Association, the administrator of the Signature Series and the scholarship administrator for the Christian Harness Horsemen’s Association and the Buckeye Fair Racing Consortium. She has been the assistant charter for the Delaware County Fair since 2019.
Schwartz will be honoured after the Ohio Breeders Championship for three-year-old filly pacers in a winner’s circle ceremony on Jug Day (Thursday, Sept. 19).
(Little Brown Jug)