Edward B. Carter, 77, died at home on April 12, 2019.
Category: Archived
Charles Fitzpatrick Jr. dies
Charles Fitzpatrick Jr., a proud USTA member and son of prominent horseman Charles J. Fitzpatrick, died suddenly on April 13, 2019.
Ocean Downs seeks experienced outrider
Ocean Downs is looking for an experienced outrider for the upcoming 2019 live race meet beginning Sunday (June 2).
Hanover purchases eight top broodmares
The management of Hanover Shoe Farms is delighted to announce that the farm has recently purchased eight of the top matrons in the business. The elite group consists of four trotting broodmares and four pacing broodmares.
Entries closing for Blooded Horse Spring Sale
Entries for the Blooded Horse Spring Sale will be taken through Thursday morning (April 18); supplemental entries will be accepted after that.
ISC and HTA now accepting applications for Harold Snyder Scholarships
David Snyder, president of International Sound Corporation, and Harness Tracks of America, are proud to announce the renewal of the Harold Snyder Memorial Scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year.
All available shares in Lazarus N are sold
Duncan Taylor of Taylor Made Stallions and Mike Gulotta of Deo Volente Farms are pleased to announce that all available shares in Lazarus N have been sold, celebrating a successful syndication, and would like to thank every member for their support.
Last call for April 15 stakes payments
The April 15 deadline is drawing near for many stakes payments. Below are a list of notices that have been submitted to the USTA Newsroom.
Pocono’s Weiss Series is down to final preliminaries
Developing 3- and 4-year-olds of both gaits and sexes will begin contesting their $15,000 third and final preliminary legs of the Bobby Weiss Series at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono starting Monday (April 15), hoping to solidify places in the $30,000 series championships (or perhaps a $15,000 consolation) that will begin in one week on Monday (April 22).
Reconnected
Do you remember viewing early harness races on your big desktop computer? Identifying your horse was like looking through a smoke-filled room, and the picture always froze at exactly the wrong moment in a race, leaving us to howl and frantically pound the keyboard — which usually made the situation worse. These early windows to racing may have been clunky, but they brought the races into our homes.