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The four-year-old pacer Bulldog Hanover, who posted the fastest time ever for a mile this summer when he won in 1:45.4 while capturing the imagination of all both within and outside the harness sport, has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Stan Bergstein Proximity Award.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 Caretaker of the Year. The award, sponsored by Art Zubrod and Leah Cheverie’s Fair Island Farm in conjunction with the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), recognizes the unsung heroes of the sport — the caretakers who maintain the health and welfare of the horses on a daily basis.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 Caretaker of the Year Award, presented by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA).

The first three Saturdays of 2020 were solid from a business perspective at The Meadowlands, as total wagering of $7.7 million averaged out to $2.569 million per card, resulting in an average per race of $183,523. Turn the page to 2021, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s continued miserable grip on the globe, business at the industry’s handle leader has been booming. Good as the numbers were during the first three Saturdays of a year ago, thus far this year has seen tremendous gains over t...