One of harness racing’s storied and most prestigious breeding farms, Brittany Farms, has been selected by the president of the United States Harness Writers Association, Michael Carter, to receive a President’s Award.

Betty Clegg and Marc St. Louis Jr. will receive the Ohio Racing With The Stars award as the top trainer and driver on the Ohio county fair racing circuit in 2024 at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association annual banquet Saturday (Jan. 18).

For the fourth time in six years, the defending freshman filly Pacer of the Year in Ohio has stepped up to repeat as a sophomore. This year Seaside Diva followed the path of McSeaside (2022-23), Sea Silk (2021-22), and Queen Of The Pride (2018-19) to be named the 2024 Ohio 3-year-old Pacing Filly of the Year.

Andrew Cohen and Keith McCalmont were named winners of the 2024 John Hervey Awards for excellence in harness racing journalism while Clive Cohen and Walter Wlodarczyk were named recipients of the George Smallsreed Awards for photography and Horse Racing Alberta and Shine Light Entertainment was selected winner of the Sam McKee Award for broadcasting, the U.S. Harness Writers Association announced Tuesday.

Oakwood Heymiki IR p,4,1:49.2, a winner of four of five starts since arriving from Europe, sold for $120,000 Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 15) at onGait.com.

An important topic of discussion which has plagued our industry has been the inability to detect unknown substances believed to be used in racing. Currently, performance enhancing drugs are rarely identified because most testing techniques only identify known, listed drugs.