2022 DAN PATCH PACER AWARD TO ‘THE BULLDOG’
By Ken Weingartner, for U.S. Harness Writers Association — Bulldog Hanover became the first unanimous selection for divisional Dan Patch Award honors in five years when
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By Ken Weingartner, for U.S. Harness Writers Association — Bulldog Hanover became the first unanimous selection for divisional Dan Patch Award honors in five years when
By Ken Weingartner, for U.S. Harness Writers Association — Bella Bellini became the fourth female trotter this century to receive a Dan Patch Award at
By Ken Weingartner, USTA — Richard Poillucci reached the pinnacle of harness racing in 2019 when his imported New Zealand-bred pacing mare Shartin was named
By Ken Weingartner, for USTA — Alexa Skye, a Grand Circuit-winning female pacer sidelined since late February because of a leg injury, is set to
By Ken Weingartner, USTA –After a six-week absence because of throat surgery, Meadowlands Pace champion Beach Glass is ready to return to the races in
By Ken Weingartner, USTA — Chris Ryder knows he will have at least one Breeders Crown finalist — returning champion Niki Hill in the event
By Ken Weingartner, USTA — The richest sophomore pacing male of the season, Bythemissal, Ontario Sire Stakes star sophomore trotting filly Adare Castle, and pacing mare
By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Marcus Melander will send out the morning-line favorites in both the $430,000 Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old trotters and $276,000 Kentucky
By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media — Jack Darling is trying to soak up every moment with harness racing’s all-time fastest performer, Bulldog Hanover, but despite
By Ken Weingartner, for Hambletonian Society — Joviality S, who earlier this month became the first female to beat the boys in the Yonkers Trot
By Ken Weingartner, USTA — Pebble Beach will return to the races for the first time since his Pepsi North America Cup victory five weeks
By Ken Weingartner, USTA Eight trainers in history have won the Meadowlands Racetrack’s two premier harness racing events, the Meadowlands Pace and Hambletonian Stakes. Ake
By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media — A dozen years ago, Chuck Pompey, Howard Taylor, and Edwin Gold partnered as owners for the first time, purchasing
By Ken Weingartner, USTA — Beach Glass was made the 7-5 morning-line favorite for the $600,000 Meadowlands Pace on July 16 after winning his elimination
By Ken Weingartner, USTA — Prior to last Saturday, there had been 11 winning miles faster than 1:47 in harness racing history. Only once did