John Calabrese has been chosen the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Amateur Driver of the Year for 2023 in a vote conducted by USHWA with the amateur driving clubs.
John Calabrese has been chosen the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Amateur Driver of the Year for 2023 in a vote conducted by USHWA with the amateur driving clubs.
The Daily Double at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Aug. 31) saw seven scratches, mostly due to early holiday traffic and reported accidents. There were numerous other scratches throughout the harness racing program. The scratches saw the 2nd race $36,000 Open Handicap Trot down to just three starters, but they all raced as a team down to
Ake Svanstedt drove a pair of Chapter Seven colts from his barn - Cecil Hanover and Kierkegaard K - to harness racing victories in the two New York Sire Stakes divisions for sophomore trotters on Thursday night (Aug. 10) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Cecil Hanover made it look easy in the first $82,500 grouping as
Ake Svanstedt drove a pair of Chapter Seven colts from his barn -- Cecil Hanover and Kierkegaard K -- to victories in the two New York Sire Stakes divisions for sophomore trotters on Thursday night (Aug. 10) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
The father/son duo of trainer Brett Pelling and driver Jack Pelling teamed up with Earthwindfire and Southwind Bella to win both $84,000 New York Sire Stakes divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday night (Aug. 3) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Here are the harness racing stories making headlines in the USA for Thursday, June 15, 2023 NAADA ACTION AT YONKERS RACEWAY YONKERS, N.Y.— Rob Krivelin and Alan Schwartz fired down the road to take their respective $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 15).
John Calabrese took the early initiative with his pupil Shoemaker Hanover to score in the North American Amateur Drivers Association’s return to Yonkers Raceway in a $10,000 non-betting event on Thursday (April 20).
Joe Lee asserted the correctly named Its A Horse to lead early and fought all through to the finish to take a narrow victory in the $10,000 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot on Thursday night (March 23) at Yonkers Raceway.
Tony Verruso was named the United States Harness Writers Association's Amateur Driver of the Year for 2021, the organization announced Wednesday (Dec. 29).