STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33

Manalapan, NJ 07726

Phone: 732-462-2357

Fax: 732-409-0741

STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726 

Phone: 732-462-2357 | Fax: 732-409-0741

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DAN PATCH AWARDS WEEKEND TO INCLUDE SATURDAY DIAMOND CREEK POOLSIDE RECEPTION

U.S. Harness Writers Association • February 12, 2024

The U.S. Harness Writers Association and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the upcoming Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla., to an outdoor cocktail reception on Saturday, Feb. 24. The 90-minute reception will be on the balcony overlooking the hotel’s pool beginning at 6 p.m. ...

HARRISBURG, PA -- February 12, 2024 -- The U.S. Harness Writers Association and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the upcoming Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla., to an outdoor cocktail reception on Saturday, Feb. 24. The 90-minute reception will be on the balcony overlooking the hotel’s pool beginning at 6 p.m.

 

“I can’t thank Adam Bowden and everyone at Diamond Creek Farm enough for their sponsorship of this cocktail reception that will kick off a great weekend of honoring harness racing’s best humans and equines of last year,” said USHWA president Barry Lefkowitz. “We are excited to add the Diamond Creek Farm cocktail reception to a great two days of fun and excitement, culminating in the Dan Patch Awards dinner, presented by Caesars Entertainment, on Sunday night.

 

“We will have an open bar with a selection of light appetizers, and hope that everybody can join in on this exciting new event. The reception is very casual, and the timing still allows attendees to make dinner plans, whether at one of Rosen Centre’s fine restaurants or one of the many establishments located nearby on International Drive.”

 

As a special bonus, Heather Vitale will be part of the crowd at Saturday night’s pool balcony reception, and you can watch some of her mingling with the attendees as she will broadcast live on her Facebook page. You can find Heather’s Facebook page by clicking here.

 

Attendees will receive further information about the weekend’s activities in a welcome envelope that will be handed out upon check-in at Rosen Centre. Any horsemen who are wintering in the area and would like to join in for the Diamond Creek reception may do so by simply showing up and receiving a wristband at the check-in table.

 

Tickets for the Dan Patch Awards banquet are $200. There is also a reduced-priced menu option for children 12 and under. Dinner tickets can be ordered until Feb. 19 by contacting Judy Davis-Wilson at zoe8874@aol.com or 302.359.3630 or Liz Cheesman at Elizabeth.Cheesman@winbakfarm.com. For a dinner ticket form click here.

EGLOFF, KATZ, REID TO HALL OF FAME; GIWNER, TAYLOR TO COMMUNICATORS HALL

By the U.S. Harness Writers Association • August 19, 2025
The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, is pleased to announce the election of Dr. John Egloff, Marvin Katz, and David Reid to the greatest honor in the industry, membership to the Hall of Fame ...

WARRAWEE MICHELLE SETS WORLD RECORD IN SEBASTIAN K INVITATIONAL

By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager • August 18, 2025
Warrawee Michelle won Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Sebastian K Invitational for older trotters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:50, becoming the fastest 4-year-old trotter ever on a five-eighths-mile track and giving trainer Ake Svanstedt his third consecutive victory in the event named after one of his former stars ...

CAPTAIN ALBANO THE CHAMP IN ALWAYS B MIKI INVITATIONAL

By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager • August 17, 2025
Captain Albano and driver Todd McCarthy went to the front and never looked back, winning Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Always B Miki Invitational by a half-length over Coaches Corner in 1:48.2 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Ken Hanover finished third ...

SUPER CHAPTER A NOSE BEST IN BEAL

By PHHA/Pocono • August 17, 2025
Super Chapter became the first 3-year-old to trot a five-eighth-mile track in 1:50 while winning the $300,000 Grade 2 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial on Saturday at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, but Emoticon Legacy pushed the winner to the utmost before failing to hold him off by the smallest possible margin ...

YO TILLIE STAYS PERFECT WITH DELMONICA HANOVER VICTORY

By PHHA/Pocono • August 17, 2025
The Tactical Landing filly Yo Tillie survived a rough early journey, limbed three-wide past the eighth pole, not crossing over to the inside and the lead until past the three-eighths, but kept trotting strongly to win her sixth race in an undefeated season by taking the $250,000 Grade 1 Delmonica Hanover, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, in a stakes- and track-record 1:51.2 ...

MIKI AND MINNIE CAPTURES SHOWDOWN IN LYNCH

By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager • August 17, 2025
Dexter Dunn pulled Miki And Minnie out of the pocket in the stretch and overtook pacesetter Chantilly nearing the finish line to capture Saturday’s $250,000 Grade 1 James M. Lynch Memorial, for 3-year-old female pacers, by three-quarters of a length in 1:49.1. Rodeo Drive Deo was third ...
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