Category: Announcements

The U.S. Harness Writers Association and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla., to an outdoor poolside cocktail reception on Saturday (Feb. 22).

Long time standardbred owner and breeder and the CEO of Ross Bicycles Randy Ross passed away suddenly at the age of 67 on December 25, 2024, Christmas day while celebrating Christmas with his family. He was born on Arril 17, 1957. He was proceeded in death by his parents Sherwood and Barbara Ross and his ex-wife Paula. 

The Harness Horse Breeders of New York State are once again offering a breeding raffle to some of our best New York stallions.

Due to an unexpected delay by the post office, the postmark deadline for returning Living Horse Hall of Fame ballots has been extended to Jan. 31.

Rodney Allums Sr., 59, of Crown Point, Ind., died Jan. 1, 2025, at Hospice of the Calumet Area, in Munster, Ind., of natural causes.

Ralph Ceward Calvert Jr., 78, of Racine, Ohio, died at home Dec. 23, 2024.

The 2025 Ohio Standardbred Stallion Directory and Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association Membership Directory is now available electronically at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association website, www.OHHA.com.

Winbak Farm, the number one breeder in Ontario, will be selling five Ontario-sired weanlings and one Ohio-sired weanling on onGait.com Monday (Dec. 30). The first listing closes at 12:30 p.m. This will be the final group of 2024 weanlings that Winbak Farm will be selling.

This is the last chance to register your 2024 foals at normal price. The fee to register foals four months old and younger is $150 and $185 for foals four months and older until Dec. 31 of the foaling year. 

Alice “Kathleen“ Sutton, 83, of Washington, Pa., died Dec. 24, 2024. She fought a hard battle dealing with the disease of Dementia.