FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020 ©2020 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Watch Dan Patch Awards Dinner, Red Carpet Live! The name of the 2019 Horse of the Year will be announced Sunday night, Feb. 23, at the annual U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) Dan Patch Awards dinner at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. But even if you aren’t among the attendees you will be able to watch the announcement live via USHWA’s Facebook page. After a one-hour cocktail party, the awards ceremony will get underway at 6:30 p.m., and will be available via the Facebook page. At approximately 9:30 p.m., emcees Roger Huston and Jason Settlemoir will announce the winner of the E. Roland Harriman Horse of the Year trophy, which fol- lows the revealing of the names of the Pacer of the Year and Trotter of the Year. To access USHWA’s Facebook page, please click here. The entire video will also be available on the U.S. Trotting Asso- ciation’s YouTube page the following day, Monday, Feb. 24, by clicking here. Post time for the evening is 5:30 p.m., with a one-hour Red Carpet cocktail reception sponsored by Shartin N. Also star- ring on the Red Carpet will be Heather Vitale and Heather Wilder, with the two Heathers broadcasting live on their in- dividual Facebook pages. It’s your guarantee to see who’s wearing what and what the attendees have to say about the festivities. Continues on page 2 ›››› — DAN PATCH AWARDS ORDER — 2FT . .RAMONA HILL PROXIMITY . .JOE FARALDO HERVEY . .DERICK GIWNER RISING STAR . .BOB MCCLURE 2FP . .LYONS SENTINEL PROXIMITY . .LIBFELD & KATZ SMALLSREED . .CHRIS GOODEN BREAKTHROUGH . .DAWNELLE MOCK 2CP . .TALL DARK STRANGER CCHOF . .PHIL PIKELNY MCKEE . .WOODBINE ENT. GROUP 3CT . .GREENSHOE 2CT . .REAL COOL SAM CCHOF . .KEN WEINGARTNER HERVEY . .MELISSA KEITH 3FT . .WHEN DOVESCRY OWNER . .ANDERS STROM HOF . .TOM CHARTERS SMALLSREED . .MARK HALL OHP . .MCWICKED USHWA DRIVER . .DEXTER DUNN HOF . .JEFF GURAL PRESIDENT’S . .DON MAREAN OMT . .ATLANTA DASH DRIVER . .AARON MERRIMAN HOF . .BILL POPFINGER PRESIDENT’S . .ADRIANO SORELLA BROODMARE . .SECRET MAGIC TRAINER . .MARCUS MELANDER HOF . .TIM TETRICK USHWAn . .DERICK GIWNER BREEDER . .BRITTANY FARMS 3FP . .WARRAWEE UBEAUT DINNER BREAK UNSUNG HERO .WANDA POLISSENI BROODMARE . .PRECOCIOUS BEAUTY 3CP . .BETTOR’S WISH HHYF . .ROBERT LASKY GOOD GUY . .JIM KING JR. TOY . .TBA OHT . .SIX PACK GRAND CIRCUIT . AMATEUR DRIVER . .JAZMIN ARNOLD POY . .TBA OMP . .SHARTIN N . .TETRICK, BURKE, STROM CARETAKER . .COURTNEY POLAN HOY . .TBA WHAT’S INSIDE . Macomber has two in Miami Valley final—pg. 4 Breeding Banter—pg. 8 Roy proud of success with young horses—pg. 4 Class relief for Captain Mulzac—pg. 9 New stalls for Red Mile barn area—pg. 5 Shartin N wins qualifier in 2020 debut—pg. 9 Amanda Harris dies at 34—pg. 5 Hall of Famer Bob Quigley dies—pg. 10 Gabapentin positives not resolved—pg. 6 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Heather Vitale’s Facebook page can be found by clicking here. Heather Wilder’s Facebook page can be found by click- FREE THIS WEEKEND’S ing here. Program This is the third year in a row the Dan Patch Awards dinner Pages FEATURED RACES will be held at Rosen Shingle Creek. Last year’s dinner was All times listed are local. highlighted by the appearance of the Bergstein Promixity Friday, February 21 Award winner Foiled Again, who surprised the crowd when 9:45p YR9 F&M Open Pace Trackmaster PPs he was brought into the room from behind the stage to “ac- cept” the trophy. 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Box 1488, Middlebury, IN 46540 SALE COMPANY LLC Phone 574-825-4610, Email [email protected] Dean Gillette photo HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Macomber Stable Has Two Contenders Roy Proud Of His Success With Young Horses In Miami Valley Final Louis-Philippe Roy recently received his second straight The parade of winter late-closing series continues at Miami Canadian Driver of the Year Award, but it was his success with Valley Gaming and Racing this weekend and on Saturday night two other 2019 O’Brien Award winners that most pleased him. a couple of invaders from Indiana are strong contenders to The 30-year-old Roy was the regular driver of 2-year-old take home the winner’s share of the biggest purse of the night. filly pacer Alicorn and 2-year-old male trotter HP Royal The Jamie Macomber-trained Just N Ace and Uncmprmis- Theo, who each captured divisional O’Brien honors ear- ing Z Tam finished on the wire together in a division of last lier this month. week’s second leg of the Bill Dailey Memorial Medley and “I’m proud of my season with the young horses,” said Roy, they each drew decent who was a standout in Quebec before moving to Ontario’s post positions for the Woodbine-Mohawk circuit in 2017. “I never raced on a big final. track until I came here, so that was the first adaptation for Conrad Photo The Dailey Memorial me. Then after, driving a lot of young horses in the summer, (Race 8), with a purse of stakes horses, 2 year olds. That was something I didn’t do a $25,000 on the line and lot in my early years. “I learned a lot of it by mov- Just N Ace and Uncmprmising Z Tam finish to be raced at a distance one-two in the second leg of the Bill Dailey of 1 ¼ miles, is named ing here when I started driving “Any type of com- Memorial on Feb. 15 at Miami Valley. for the late horseman more 2 year olds and 3 year petitive guy would who won many Ohio Sires Stakes championships before his olds and teaching them how to tell you that he death at age 57 in May 2018. race. I feel like I’ve learned a lot wants to compete Just N Ace will start from post 3 while Uncmprmising Z and improved a lot in my last at the highest Tam drew post 6. Ricky Macomber, Jamie’s husband, will two years with stakes horses. level. That’s for drive Uncmprmising Z Tam. I’m proud of that.” sure something I In the second leg of the series last Saturday, Just N Ace Roy has driven four O’Brien would like to do.” posted a neck win over his stablemate in 1:51.1.