Challenger Tina Schrock and incumbent Sam Lilly were elected to three-year terms as membership directors from District 5 (Illinois) to the U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) Board of Directors, the Association announced Tuesday (Dec. 23).

The curtain fell on the 2025 summer/fall harness racing meet at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Dec. 20) and the Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association doled out awards to the meet’s leading driver, trainer and horses in trackside presentations during the program.

Sunday’s two Group 1 races at Vincennes once again demonstrated that Ready Cash remains the most influential stallion in French, perhaps even European, trotting breeding today.

Robert Michael used an aggressive three-wide brush down the backstretch and drew clear of the field of nine in the featured $18,000 conditioned claiming trot Monday evening (Dec. 22) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.

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

Ohio Sires Stakes champion Lindy Dragonwater has been named the 2025 Ohio 2-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.