Author: by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Senior Newsroom Correspondent

The Prix de Paris, raced Sunday afternoon (Feb. 25) at Vincennes, is a race over an extended distance of 4,150 meters or approximately 2-5/8th miles and was won in impressive style by the 7-year-old Hussard du Landret with Yoann Lebourgeois in the bike.

Harness racing’s richest and fastest performer last season, Confederate, added another honor to his résumé Sunday (Feb. 25) when he was named the 2023 Horse of the Year to conclude the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, before a crowd of 300 at Rosen Centre.

Aiken, SC — Here is the 2024 winter training roster for McGhee’s Mile in Aiken, S.C. The annual McGhee’s Mile Matinee will take place on Saturday (March 9) at noon. This year’s…

Mike Polansky perched My Big Kadillac on cover and launched into a victorious far-turn assault in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (Feb. 24).

Lmc Mass Gem (Muscle Mass) made a grand return to the winner’s circle in the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association’s event on Saturday (Feb. 24) at MGM Northfield Park.

Judy Davis-Wilson and Debbie Little were selected as the two candidates advancing to this summer’s balloting for the Communicators Hall of Fame, as determined during the Saturday directors meeting of the United States Harness Writers Association.

Driver Tyler Buter held the hot driving hands during another frosty card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with $59.20 bomber Smooth Landing taking the $17,000 featured trot as one of six winners on the Saturday afternoon (Feb. 24) program for the 38-year-old who is fast approaching 4,500 career wins.

Facing his toughest test yet, the incredible Oakwood Ardan IR passed with flying colors once again, registering his sixth win in as many starts since shipping in from Great Britain last September in the Saturday night (Feb. 24) feature at The Meadowlands.

Saturday afternoon (Feb. 24) it was announced that this year’s winner of the Prix d’Amerique, the French trotter Idao de Tillard, trained by Thierry Duvaldestin, has accepted an invitation to race in this year’s Elitlopp at Solvalla.