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Repeat winners Louprint, Miki And Minnie and Twin B Joe Fresh, along with the year’s top harness racing money-earner, Lexus Kody, and undefeated Beau Jangles led the way when divisional 2025 Dan Patch Awards for pacers and trotters were announced during a broadcast presentation prior to Sunday’s (Dec. 21) racing card at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Three-year-old […]
HARRISBURG PA — The winners of the Dan Patch Awards for the best in their twelve harness racing divisions (2YO, 3YO, and older; trot and pace; male and female) will be broadcast at approximately twelve noon this Sunday via the simulcast signal from Harrah’s Philadelphia, before that track’s 12:40 card starts that day. The winners […]
The U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) is pleased to announce that a three-year agreement has been reached with Caesars Entertainment to sponsor the annual Dan Patch Awards banquet, which honors the year’s best equines and humans in harness racing. The 2026 Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment honoring the best in harness racing this year, […]
Orlando, FL — Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) breezed through her season last year, going 10-for-10 in stakes or invitational finals, and added another harness racing triumph Sunday (Feb. 23) when she was named the 2024 Horse of the Year to conclude the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by […]
The United States Harness Writers Association formally recognizes the best in North American harness racing and names its horse of the year. Watch the replay here. You can read about the horse award winners here. by Harnesslink Media
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Sunday (Feb. 23) night at Rosen Centre in Orlando, FL, harness racing’s 2024 best will be honored at the annual Dan Patch Awards dinner. Owners, breeders, trainers and drivers will walk away with the hardware recognizing them as the best of the best from a year ago. Obviously, this night will […]
Want to walk the Courant Inc. Red Carpet at the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s annual Dan Patch Awards dinner, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment, at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday night, Feb. 23? An expected crowd of 300 will have the chance, but so too do those who can’t make the trip. One of […]
The 2024 Horse of the Year will be announced Sunday night, Feb. 23, at the annual U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards dinner, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment, at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. But even if you aren’t among the attendees, you will be able to watch the announcement live via USHWA’s Facebook page. […]
Lexington, KY — The U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) annual Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, is set for Sunday night (Feb. 23) at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. The deadline to make room reservations is Friday (Jan. 31) and can be made by using the USHWA link to the hotel’s reservations page. The Dan […]
Noel Daley entered 2024 believing he had two of harness racing’s top 3-year-old colts, pacer Captain Albano and trotter Sig Sauer, in his stable. Exiting the season, those horses were named Dan Patch Award winners and helped propel Daley to his first Trainer of the Year honor. With Captain Albano’s victory in September’s Little Brown Jug and Sig Sauer’s triumph […]
The U.S. Harness Writers Association and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla., to an outdoor poolside cocktail reception on Saturday, Feb. 22. USHWA is also excited to announce that rising star country singer Mitch Rossell will perform during the second […]
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 outstanding 2024, and have been honored for this fact by being selected the Dan Patch Breeder of the Year Award winner in a poll […]
Unanimous selection Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze), repeat winners Captain Albano (Captaintreacherous-Angelou) and Jiggy Jog S (Walner-Hot Mess Hanover), and the year’s leading money-earner Maryland led the way when divisional 2024 Dan Patch Award harness racing honors for pacers and trotters were announced during a broadcast presentation prior to Tuesday’s (Dec. 24) […]
HARRISBURG, PA – The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the Harness Racing Hall Of Fame, is pleased to announce the election of racing executive Tom Aldrich, bloodstock expert Bob Boni, and trainer Chris Ryder to the greatest honor in the industry, membership to the Hall Of Fame. USHWA has also elected […]
Long before he began competing in harness racing and winning races as a trainer and driver, John Calabrese set a track record at The Meadowlands … for selling hot dogs. Calabrese, who grew up 10 minutes from the Big M, spent three summers while home from college working a hot dog cart on the track’s apron. […]
After winning 13 of his 15 starts, $1.633 million in purses and a harness racing world record mile of 1:46.1, Confederate (Sweet Lou – Geothermal – A Rocknroll Dance) was named the 2023 Harness Horse of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association Sunday evening at the annual Dan Patch Awards banquet held […]
The 2023 Horse of the Year will be announced Sunday night (Feb. 25) at the annual U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards dinner, presented by Caesars Entertainment, at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. But even if you aren’t among the attendees, you will be able to watch the announcement live via USHWA’s Facebook page. […]
Anderson IN —The Dan Patch Awards Dinner is rapidly approaching and along with it, the annual silent auction held in conjunction with the evening’s harness racing festivities. The Harness Horse Youth Foundation and United States Harness Writers Association industry outreach programs will benefit from the proceeds. Due to popular demand, four exclusive items will be […]
A Celebration of Life to remember Randy Manges, the longtime sales manager at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale who passed away on Dec. 19, 2023, will be held Saturday morning, Feb. 24, as part of the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s annual Dan Patch Awards weekend in Orlando, Fla. The hour-long gathering will begin at 11:30 […]
The U.S. Harness Writers Association and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the upcoming Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla., to an outdoor cocktail reception on Saturday, Feb. 24. The 90-minute reception will be on the balcony overlooking the hotel’s pool beginning at 6 p.m. “I can’t […]
Lexington, KY – The U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) annual Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesar’s Entertainment, is set for Sunday night, Feb. 25, at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. The deadline to make room reservations is FRIDAY, FEB. 2, and can be made by using the USHWA link to the hotel’s reservations page. Room […]
East Rutherford, NJ — Harness racing’s two top-ranked horses in the final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, No. 1 Confederate and No. 2 Sylvia Hanover, led the way when divisional Dan Patch Award honors for pacers and trotters were announced during a live presentation prior to Saturday’s (Dec. 30) card at The Meadowlands. Three-year-old male pacer […]
HARRISBURG, PA – A reminder that the winners of the twelve Dan Patch divisional championships, in polling conducted by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) in conjunction with American Harness Racing Secretaries (AHRS), will be broadcast live from The Meadowlands tomorrow evening (Saturday, Dec. 30), beginning at approximately 5:20 pm during the “pre-game” show […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – With so many of the harness racing award winners having made their most indelible major stakes marks at The Meadowlands, it makes perfect sense that the announcement of the 12 divisional equine Dan Patch Award winners will be revealed during The Big M’s pregame show on Saturday (Dec. 30). The live […]
