Tom Charters

U.S. Hall Of Fame Welcomes 19 Inductees

On Sunday night (July 4), in front of an overflow crowd of more than 275, 11 individuals and eight equines were inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in ceremonies held under the tent on the l...

Six To Be Enshrined At Goshen In 2020

September 17, 2019

Results from the balloting for harness racing’s highest honour, membership in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, and from the balloting for the Communicators Hall of Fame, have been tabulated and certif...

USHWA Unveils HOF Ballot Candidates

Tom Charters, Jeff Gural, Bill Popfinger, and Tim Tetrick have been selected by the Hall of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association as ballot candidates for this summ...

2018 HHI Award Winners Announced

January 05, 2018

Tom Charters has been honoured with the Dominic Frinzi Person of the Year Award, John Campbell will receive the HHI Appreciation Award, and Tim Bojarski has been named the Clyde Hirt Media Award winne...

Breeders Crown To Pocono In 2018

The $6 million Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional championship series, will return to The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 20...

Campbell New Hambletonian Society CEO

John Campbell, a Hambletonian Society director since 1992 and harness racing’s leading money-winning driver of all time, was recently elected president and chief executive officer of the society in a ...

Crown Horses Negative For Blood Doping

October 28, 2016

All 117 horses entered in the Breeders Crown events this weekend have been subjected to out-of-competition testing by the New Jersey Racing Commission.

Hambo Live On CBS Sports Network

August 05, 2016

CBS Sports Network will present a 90-minute telecast of the $1 million Hambletonian, presented by Mullinax Ford, live from the Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, NJ, on Saturday, August 6 from 4:...

Meadowlands Signs Hambletonian Deal

The Meadowlands Racetrack, the longest-running host track of the classic Hambletonian race for three-year-old trotters, has signed a contract extension to host the event through 2021.

The ‘Crown’ Back At The Big M In ‘16

February 11, 2016

The Breeders Crown, harness racing’s annual year-end series of 12 championship events, valued at $5.8 million, will return to longtime partner track The Meadowlands, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, fo...

Charters Comments On Cobalt Report

January 09, 2015

Tom Charters, president and CEO of the Hambletonian Society, which owns and administrates the Breeders Crown races, issued a statement on Friday evening regarding test results that indicated two horse...

Breeders Crown Sets Host Tracks

October 29, 2014

Securing Breeders Crown sites in the long-term has been a top priority of Charlie Keller, chairman of the executive committee of the Hambletonian Society, which owns and services the Breeders Crown ra...

CBS Sports To Broadcast Hambletonian

August 01, 2014

CBS Sports Network will present a 90-minute high-definition live broadcast from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EDT) of America’s Trotting Classic, the $1.2 million Hambletonian, from the Meadowlands Racetrack i...