Each year HTA honors an individual for outstanding and meritorious service to the sport. The award honors HTA’s longtime executive vice president and is named for the English thoroughbred imported to the United States in 1788 that became the foundation sire of the breed of American harness horse. It is patterned after England’s Gimcrack award, with the honoree delivering a “state of the sport” message at HTA’s annual meeting.
2013 Stanley F. Bergstein Messenger Award Recipient:
Hanover Shoe Farms
Past Stanley F. Bergstein Messenger Award Winners
2011 Race Track Industry Program
2010 Edward G. Rendell
2009 David Carr
2008 W.E. “Hap” Hansen
2007 Jeff Gural
2006 David S. Willmot
2005 Dean Hoffman
2004 Dr. George Maylin
2003 Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame
2002 Jane Holmes
2001 Laverne Hill
2000 Stanley F. Dancer
1999 John Campbell
1998 Malvern Burroughs
1997 Doug Brown
1996 Fred J. Noe
1995 Corwin M. Nixon
1994 Robert E. Mulcahy III
1993 Dominic Frinzi
1992 Governor Jim Edgar
1991 Louis P. Guida
1990 W. E. “Hap” Hansen
1989 James M. Lynch
1988 Joseph V. McLoone
1987 Ernest B. Morris
1986 Preston Jenuine
1985 Clarence Gaines & Charlie Hill
1984 William Connors
1983 Joseph C. O’Brien
1982 Delvin Miller
1981 Norman Woolworth