USTA Member Services will be at the Blooded Horse Sale, held at the Champions Center Expo, in Springfield, Ohio, on Wednesday (Nov. 19).
Author: by Jessica Schroeder, USTA membership enrichment and outreach coordinator
Miller goes out a winner at Philly
Hall of Fame driver David Miller, in his final start as an “East Coast regular” before moving back to Ohio, made a cameo visit to Harrah’s Philadelphia a successful farewell as he guided the Cattlewash sophomore gelding Tom Horn to his sixth straight victory in a $11,000 pace Sunday afternoon (Nov. 16).
Road to Prix d’Amérique begins
The first four tickets to the Prix d’Amérique have been handed out.
Big M to host, FOX to televise Final Four/FanDuel
The final big night of stakes action on harness racing’s 2025 calendar – Fall Final Four/FanDuel Championships Night – takes place Saturday (Nov. 15) night at the Meadowlands. In addition, the TV team at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) will combine forces with FOX Sports to bring those races to a national television audience on FOX Sports 2 (FS2), with a three-hour presentation that gets underway at 8 p.m.
Florida Sunshine Stakes finals Saturday
This Saturday (Nov. 15), the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association (FSBOA) will host the eight finals of the Florida Sunshine Stakes for 2- and 3-year-olds at Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village. The first race gets underway at 11 a.m.
Hoof Beats: Varied Voices
When I started in my position at the USTA nearly 18 years ago, I was struck by the size of the association’s Board of Directors. At the time, it numbered 60, which mirrored exactly the number of full-time employees on staff at the time. Both groups have shrunk since then — especially the latter — but, at the end of this year, the USTA board still will be comprised of 58 directors, an unusually large quantity for an organization of the USTA’s size. Back in 2008, my most immediate thought was this: How will anything get done?
Hoof Beats: Next Level
By all counts, Ronnie Wrenn Jr. has long established himself as one of the Midwest’s most sought-after drivers. After all, Wrenn has over 8,800 wins to his credit, has driven the winners of over $75 million, and won more races than any other reinsman in North America in both the 2013 and 2014 seasons. But it has been Wrenn’s association with a single horse over the past year and a half that has propelled him to the next level: Louprint.
Schwartz scores in Monticello NAADA Trot
Alan Schwartz vaulted off cover with even-money chalk Doo Wop Kid to notch a 1:59.3 victory in the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Nov. 12).
Full fields for Illinois Night of Champions
Throughout the course of the summer, Illinois-bred trotters and pacers have been earning points toward Saturday’s (Nov. 15) Night of Champions at Hawthorne. Twelve finals are set to be contested with over $1.1 million in purses. Eleven of the 12 finals drew full fields, with many of the races being completely wide open.