HARRISBURG PA – The United States
Harness Writers Association (USHWA), harness racing’s leading and largest
membership organization for industry communicators, is pleased to announce that
a group of four Jeff Gural racing entities – Meadowlands, Tioga Downs, Vernon
Downs, along with Winners Bayonne OTW – are partnering with the Lexington
Select Yearling Sale and Winbak Farm in sponsoring a luncheon to be held
Sunday, February 26, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, before the Dan Patch
Awards Banquet Presented by Hoosier Park is held that evening.
The luncheon will begin at twelve
noon, following the morning’s annual Membership meeting at USHWA. Members of
the organization taking part in the morning session will be attending, as will
the sponsors of the luncheon and special guest Brian Sears, the newest Hall of
Fame member. The recent electees to the Communicators Hall of Fame, Gordon
Waterstone and Steven Wolf, already have “seats at the table” as former
Presidents of USHWA.
Tim Bojarski, president of the
Harness Writers Association, noted that “USHWA is honored to have the New
Meadowlands and its off-track site, along with two major New York tracks in
Tioga and Vernon, join together with one of the sport’s premier auction
companies, based in Kentucky, and one of the sport’s elite breeding farms,
headquartered in Maryland for this sponsorship effort.
“The fact that these diverse
organizations, located in diverse areas, are combining in this sponsorship
shows the ‘win-win’ attitude of these groups so necessary in this competitive entertainment
market. We of USHWA are proud they have chosen to support us as we honor the
best in our sport next month.”
The Dan Patch Awards Banquet
Presented by Hoosier Park will be held as the culmination of the February 25-26
weekend when USHWA holds its annual business meetings. Further information
about the Banquet and the weekend, including links for dinner tickets, Souvenir
Journal advertising congratulating award-winners, and room reservations at
special USHWA rates for Planet Hollywood, is available on the group’s website, www.ushwa.org.
