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America’s premier amateur harness racing driving series, the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), is happy to announce that it has recently made two donations totaling $5,000 to important charitable causes. A $2,500 contribution is being made to Purple Haze Standardbred Adoption Program, a New York-based 501(c)3 organization whose purpose is to ensure that retired […]
“It’s not an enjoyable thing anymore to train horses, it’s going to be what gets me out of the harness racing business.” That was the sentiment from Harness Racing’s first $300 million dollar man in a Harnesslink exclusive interview detailing the latest twist in the saga with industry regulators and their somewhat unhinged crusade to […]
Harness racing’s Standardbred Owners Association of NY (SOA of NY) has an interest in having the issues that are of concern to it, in the Board’s considered opinion, heard by the US Supreme Court regarding the current HISA law. The Brief was filed earlier this month with the Court and was joined in by three […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation today (Dec. 13) that prevents the slaughter of racehorses and racehorse breeding stock in the state for human or animal consumption. According to the governor’s website, “Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation to prevent equine cruelty to recognize National Day of the Horse. Legislation S.2163B/A.5109A prohibits the slaughter […]
The New York State Governor, Kathy Hochul, signed the bill to allow for shipped seamen in NY. This legislation removes the requirement that mares had to come to NY to be inseminated in order for their foals to be sire stakes eligible. That historical provision worked well, while NYS was the first and only state […]
With a romp in the final heat of the competition by NAADA’s Alan Schwartz, Team USA was able to defeat Team Italy in their Friendship Competition in Italy. The final point total was 70 for Team America and 64 for Team Italia. The first heat on the final day saw Mickele Fémia piloting the speedy […]
Paul Minore, driving Zayn Malik coasted to a picture-perfect harness racing victory in the first leg of the Italian American Friendship competition at Ippodromo Vinovo in Torino, Italy today. Paul bested the favorite Corsaro Gams driven by Michele Bechis of Italy who led coming for home but who only hung on to barely best Alan […]
Being the NY Metropolitan area’s local harness racing amateur club, our members were deeply impacted by the horrific events of 9/11. AS such, the membership of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), one of the oldest amateur driving clubs in the US, is donating two thousand five hundred ($ 2,500) dollars to the Tunnel […]
The $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot 2023 is coming closer as Saturday, September 9th is only three weeks away. Nearly $3 million in harness racing purses will be on the line including the New York Sire Stakes Day of Champions. So far, three Europe based horses GET A WISH (Denmark), ETONNANT (France) and VIVID […]
GOSHEN, NY – The Hall of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), after meeting with a select group of Harness Racing Museum Trustees, announces that Ed Lohmeyer has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, through a Veterans designation, and that Jim Campbell, Joseph Faraldo, and David Mc […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur drivers Joe Faraldo and Peter Kleinhans both fired for the lead and kept their competition chasing to take their respective $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots as part of a pair of non-wagering events at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 29). In the first […]
At the May 6th Board of Directors meeting, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York (SOA) unanimously approved the motion made by harness racing director Ray Schnittker to donate $7,500 to the Standardbred Transition Alliance (STA). The STA is a non-profit organization with Federal 501(c) (3) status whose mission is to accredit, inspect and award […]
FREEHOLD, N.J.— Joe Faraldo fired down the highway and Anthony Verruso vaulted off the speed to take their respective $9,000 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 29). In the first division, Faraldo protected the pylons with Grafenberg (Triumphant Caviar) to grab the lead […]
Columbus, OH — Incumbents Joe Faraldo and Mark Loewe were re-elected as chairperson and vice-chairperson, respectively, of the U.S. Trotting Association Board of Directors on Saturday (March 11) at the opening general session on the second day of the annual harness racing meetings. Faraldo defeated challenger Don Marean (chairperson of District 9) while Loewe won […]
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York (“SOANY”) is pleased to announce that, upon a motion made by Joseph Faraldo, President of the SOANY, its Board of Directors has unanimously authorized supplemental payments to harness racing participants (grooms, drivers and trainers) in its long-standing Retirement Plan in the amount of $463,000. These payments are being […]
The 2023 harness racing season will start at the Yonkers Raceway Hilltop Oval on January 16. The meet will feature a new condition sheet, great purses, five days of racing per week over 240 days, a 1-million-dollar international event, a new Jumbotron tote board, and a slanted starting gate. Thanks to the efforts of the […]
FLORENCE, Italy – The affable amateur harness racing driver Larry Ferrari needed to work out a trip to win the Italian Centennial Competition on Saturday (Sept. 24), and the racing gods broke through the overcast and rain, opening up a path along the pylons at just the last moment for Larry to come up and […]
Yonkers, NY — For the second time this season harness racing amateur driver Joe Faraldo had a driving double. It came tonight (June 2) at Yonkers Raceway when he guided both Con Air Hall (Groton Hall) and Our White Knight (Crazed) to victory in their respective $10,000 non-wagering splits of the North American Amateur Drivers […]
The following is a statement from Joe Faraldo, Chairman of the Board, the United States Trotting Association Please allow me to set the record straight regarding a story that originally appeared in the Thoroughbred Daily News entitled “Two Years After Indictments, Where Are They Now”? That piece addressed, among other things, the indictment status of harness […]
Columbus, OH — With the USTA Executive Committee Meeting canceled, USTA Chairman of the Board of Directors Joe Faraldo kicked off the second day of the annual meetings with the General Opening Session on Saturday (March 12) at 10:30 a.m. After the Pledge of Allegiance and the roll call, Faraldo acknowledged new directors from 2020 and […]
Open Response to Joe Faraldo, Chairman of the Board USTA. In response to Joe Faraldo’s editorial in Hoofbeats Magazine’s March 2022 edition, I feel compelled to write this rebuttal and challenge his misogynistic hit piece concerning freeze branding. I am certain I speak for a substantial portion of this industry who are the silent majority. […]
On Saturday, December 11, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York held their Board of Trustees and Board of Directors meetings. The major discussions during the Board of Trustees meeting were the $2.7 million in retirement payments being made to eligible drivers, trainers and grooms for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 racing seasons as part […]
While New York’s Election Day isn’t until November 2, some of the year’s most competitive legislative races were contested on the evening of Thursday, October 28th at Yonkers Raceway. Under the tutelage and on-track mentoring by some of the nation’s top drivers, 12 members of the State’s Assembly and Senate competed against one another in […]
The following opinion was written by attorney Joseph Faraldo. Speaking solely as a private attorney and a horsemen , not in any other capacity and not for any entity, I found the recently filed complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, in the matter captioned Kapildeo Singh, et […]
