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After significant increases in all of the key economic indicators — total wagering, purses, per race average and per betting interest for harness racing in 2023 — each of those numbers saw decreases in 2024.

The Standardbred Transition Alliance (STA) has issued $100,000 in grant awards to STA Accredited Aftercare Organizations that are actively transitioning Standardbreds into well-qualified homes.

The Wisconsin Harness Horse Association is proud to announce that a pair of Magee’s will be leading the top honors at this year’s annual awards banquet at the Jan. 25 event in Madison, WI.

Winning seven of eight starts as a freshman, Odds On Hialeah was named the 2024 Ohio 2-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year.

Fresh off a solid 1:52.3 win at Harrah’s Philadelphia the week before Christmas, Ambushed shipped-in to Batavia Downs on Monday (Jan. 6) for her 2025 debut and scored a second consecutive win in the featured $13,000 Open Handicap pace for fillies and mares, the race that headlined the opening card of the winter meet at the Genesee County oval.

World champion Sippionsearoc hit the board in nine of 11 starts in 2024, earning $568,000 on his way to being named the Ohio 2-year-old Pacing Colt of the Year.

For the first time ever, harness racing in the U.S. and Canada will have a schedule of Graded and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025. The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 was announced Monday (Jan. 6).

For the sixth straight year, driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke captured Ohio’s Kaltenbach titles.

Aaron Merriman wrapped up another stellar season at MGM Northfield Park with 574 winner’s circle trips from 2,324 starts to collect his eighth straight driving title and 13th overall at the Home of the Flying Turns. On the training side, it was Cory Kreiser who had an exceptional season to dominate the standings with 197 wins.

LaVerne Hill, a former vice-president and owner of Scioto Downs and known by many as the “First Lady of Harness Racing,’ has been elected into the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame as an immortal by the members of the Ohio Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association.