March 2018 Hoof Beats
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Features
Pace Setters
Honoring the Dan Patch Award winners of 2017
by Emily Real
Significant Season
Hannelore Hanover became fastest female trotter ever in awesome 2017 campaign
by Charlene Sharpe
She’s Coming Back
Ariana G–2017’s richest trotter–prepares for 2018 campaign
by Rich Fisher
Rule School
USTA Officials School prepares the next set of regulators
by Tom LaMarra
Departments
Here They Come
Artsplace’s perfect 1992 season
Numbers by Hollywood
Lessons in Proximity
Profile: Adriano Sorella
Money Talks: Flamboyant owner has ideas to attract more like him
by Dave Briggs
Profile: Pure Country
Unbroken Reign: Mare pacer is Dan Patch Awards ‘pure-fection’
by Melissa Keith
Life After Racing
Shattered Plans: Reliving a short, but memorable, drive
by Charlotte Gelston
Horse Care
Draining the Swamp: Dr. Leroy Coggins and his test have nearly eradicated equine infectious anemia
by Kimberly French
Equine Clinic
Sham Wow: Free-for-all pacer Shamballa looks to race again
by Kimberly French
Shoeing News
Broodmare ICU: Diligence is key when treating post-foaling founder
by Steve Stanley
Columns
Opening Bid
Retrovation: Data can make old race office ideas new again
by Russell C. Williams
Under Wraps
Outdoorsman: Catching up with Ron Pierce
by Tim Bojarski
Trot Lines
Pride of Tar Heel: Tarquinius was a free-for-all monster in the mid-’60s
by Bob Marks
Mutuel Feeling
The Main Performer: Horse performance should be the main handicapping factor
by Frank Cotolo
The Statistical Edge
Keeping Track: 2017 records show higher-odds horses were a better value
by Bob Gardner
In Every Issue
First Turn
A letter from the editor
Starting Lines
News items from the USTA and around the harness racing world
Fast Track
Program Notes
Who’s making news
Horsemen’s Shop
Advertisers’ Index
Photo Finish
