from Harness Tracks of America

Tucson, AZ — The Harness Tracks of America College Scholarship Fund is offering five, $5,000 scholarships for post-secondary education to students actively involved in the sport of harness racing or to the children of harness racing professionals (living or deceased), including licensed drivers, trainers, caretakers or management officials.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit, financial need and active harness racing involvement.

Applications are available now by contacting Harness Tracks of America, by phone at (520) 529-2525 or by e-mail at info@harnesstracks.com. Applications can also be downloaded from the Web by clicking on this link.

The deadline for returning all application materials is May 15, 2010.

The scholarship program, begun in 1973, has made 186 grants to 127 worthy students involved in harness racing since its inception with the scholarships totaling $687,950.