by Mike Tanner, USTA Executive Vice President and CEO Safety First Spyder 3D bike under scrutiny after recent failure When driver Kayne Kauffman’s sulky experienced a catastrophic failure shortly after the start…
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Hoof Beats July 2023
Features Following Family Footsteps Frank ‘The Elder’ Antonacci joins father, uncle in Hall by Gordon Waterstone Per Excellence Three-time Hambletonian winner Per Eriksson enters the Hall by Kathy Parker Loosh! Groundbreaking catch-driver…
Profile: Center Attraction
Step Right Up New York couple delighted with two-time fair champ story by Ken Weingartner One summer day in 2021, not long before Center Attraction began her New York county fair…
Director’s Chair June 2023
by Joe Faraldo, USTA Chairman of the Board On Righting a Wrong A call for fairness in light of contaminated tests Recently, the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ)…
Hoof Beats June 2023
Features A Team Effort Circuit secretaries keep county fair racing trotting smoothly along by Kimberly A. Rinker All Hands On Deck Pennsylvania stakeholders’ collaborative marketing initiatives moving industry ‘in the right direction’…
A Team Effort
Circuit secretaries keep county fair racing trotting smoothly along by Kimberly A. Rinker Lisa Schwartz is a worker bee in a sport she adores. The 56-year-old former construction worker hung up her…
The Long View – May 2023
Capitol Reflections What I learned during a whirlwind, 90-meeting lobbying event in D.C. by TC Lane, USTA Chief Operating Officer All politics is local. Former United States Speaker of the House Thomas…
Profile: Northern Express
Aboard the Express Tenacious trotter a Foster family favorite by Rich Fisher Going by Russell Foster’s description of Northern Express, the most important matter that trainer Arty Foster Jr. needed to tend…
Life After Racing: Big Delight
Trotting tandem thriving in multiple disciplines story by Megan Rider Maria Buchanan was literally born into the sport of harness racing, being the daughter of Swedish horsepeople Stig and Elizabet Andersson, who…
Hoof Beats May 2023
Features Top Picks Experts weigh in on who will be the top 3-year-old pacers and trotters this year by James Witherite and Ken Weingartner Tough Call Sophomore pacing division wide open by…