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On a weekend where amateur driving clubs made many hefty donations to several charities, the American Harness Drivers Club also ponied a large sum for donation to the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y.

On Sunday (Nov. 12), Chairperson Shawn Wiles and Directors Mark Ford, John Matarazzo, Ray Schnittker, and Mike Torcello hosted the annual District 8 meeting in conjunction with the New York Sire Stakes annual awards banquet at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y.

To aid in the recovery from the devastating Nov. 9 barn fire at Tioga Downs that claimed the lives of 30 horses, the board of the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) on Tuesday voted to donate $5,000 to the relief effort.

Third-generation horseman Braiden Rhoades added to his resume on Tuesday (Nov. 14), earning his first career driving win aboard The Bus A at MGM Northfield Park.

Jeremy Smith scored a driving hat trick on Tuesday (Nov. 14) at Dayton Raceway.

Deborah Warnick’s homebred Royal Beep Beep ($2.20) solidified himself as a likely favorite in next week’s Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for 2-year-old male trotters with a decisive 1:59.3 score in the first of two $20,000 second-round preliminary events on Tuesday (Nov. 14) at Bally’s Dover.

Drew Campbell achieved a major career driving milestone at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 14) when a second-place finish with Starlit Thiswanman pushed him over the $20 million plateau for his 35-year body of work.

Veteran journalist Hal McCoy recently took a ride in the starting gate at Dayton Raceway.

The New York Sire Stakes and USTA District 8 hosted their annual awards banquet on Sunday (Nov. 12) at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., to recognize and honor horses, owners, drivers, trainers and breeders of the 2023 season.