Goshen, NY- The Harness Horse
Youth Foundation will wrap up its two youth harness horsemanship camps Saturday
with a driving exhibition Saturday, July 13 at noon, which is open to the
public.Tgere is free grandstand admission. Level one campers, having concluded
a four-day hands-on camp will drive the HHYF’s stable of Trottingbreds in the
exhibitions which will start from the mobile starting gate at the Goshen
Historic Track on Main Street. Leadership campers wrap up their six-day event
by serving as judges, charters, photo finish operators and announcers.
“Our camps are designed to give
youth hands-on experience in all facets of harness racing,” says HHYF Executive
Director Ellen Taylor. “Goshen has been a regular stop for both our level one
and leadership camps and opening up this event to the public is our way of
giving back to the community, which has been so supportive of our mission.”
The Harness Horse Youth
Foundation is a charitable 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing young
people and their families educational opportunities with harness horses,
in order to foster the next generation of participants and fans. The Foundation
has been making a difference in young people’s lives since 1976, and its
programs include interactive learning experiences with these versatile animals,
scholarship programs, and creation and distribution of educational materials.
For more information on opportunities through HHYF, or to support its mission,
go to www.hhyf.org.
