USHWA Presidents Award

President's Awards

The President may, at his or her discretion, authorize special awards where such recognition is in the best interest of the sport of harness racing and of this Association.

1972	Pocono Downs, James J. Dunnigan
1973	Roy Shudt, Haswell/Mead
1974	Woodford Lawlis
1975	CBS News, CBS Sports, and Stanley F. Bergstein
1976	Al Thomas, Joey Goldstein
1977	Lou Resnick
1978	Carmine Abbatiello
1979	Hot Hitter
1980	Clinton G. Galbraith, Charles Leerhsen
1981	New Jersey Racing Commission, James Lynch, Herve Filion, Sam Schulsinger, and William F. Brown, Jr.
1982	No award
1983	Alan J. Leavitt
1984	The Breeders Crown
1985-'87	No Award
1988	John A. Cashman Jr., Clinton G. Galbraith
1989	Louis P. Guida, David A. "Sonny" Werblin
1990	Kenneth R. Fischer, Allen J. Finkelson
1991	Goshen Historic Track, Vincent J. Bergamo
1992	Dwane Parker, David M. Dolezal
1993	Fred J. Noe, Milton Smith
1994	NJ Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
1995	Davis Etkin
1996	Fred J. Noe, Frank A. Fitzgerald, Davis Elkin and Doug Harkness
1997	LaVerne Hill and Bud Hatfield
1998	Sports Eye, Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, Massachusetts Racing Commissioners
1999	Harness Racing Little League, The Racing Network
2000	Virginia O'Brien and Jerry Connors
2001	Gordon Waterstone, Greg Schuler and Bruce Hamilton
2002	Ray Brienza
2003	Stable of Memories