Category: Fair News

After making a miscue at the start of her last race, Winsome Wyoming and 91-year-old owner-trainer-driver Leo Burns were back on track at the Union County Fair Wednesday, Aug. 23.

A little rain didn’t dampen Coastal Highway’s desire in the $50,000 Review Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts at the Illinois State Fair.

Boardwalk Hall overcame a tacky track surface to post a three-length 1:53.4 win in The Review Stake for 3-year-old trotting colts Monday afternoon at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.

Northfield Park hosted the Cuyahoga County Fair Buckeye Super Stakes for the first time on Tuesday night.

Defending Signature Series Pace Champion Tattler’s Jet was a winner Wednesday night at the Ottawa County Fair in track record time.

The trainer-driver and USTA director was injured at the Meadville (Penn.) Fairgrounds.

The seventh season of the Signature Series will start in July and end in late September at Delaware on Little Brown Jug Day.

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame is offering fairs and other venues, the opportunity to borrow, without charge, six attractively framed posters that provide an overview of the sport of harness racing: its history, its main characters and its current action.

In 2006, the USTA will offer $5,000 in matching grants to fairs across the US for promotional efforts. Grants of up to $500 per county will be awarded based on originality of the project, prospects for success, need and other factors.

The County Fair Harness Racing Alliance is starting to develop a series that could be the “Super Bowl” of county fair harness racing.