Standardbred Breeders Association of Pennsylvania
SBA of PA Honors
Congratulations to Hanover Shoe Farms, winner of the 2024 Dan Patch Breeder of the Year Award!
Photo courtesy - Keystone Films
Four Pennsylvania-Breds are winners of 2024 divisional Dan Patch Awards!
4 of the 12 Winners in the 2024 Breeder's Crown Were Bred in Pennsylvania
We congratulate Hanover Shoe Farms for their wins with Maryland in the 2 year old Colt & Gelding Trot and with Mirage Hanover in the 3 year old Colt & Gelding Pace!
We also congratulate Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, and Collara for their win with Louprint in the 2 year old Colt & Gelding Pace, and Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi (co-breeders) for their win with My Girl EJ in the 3 year old Filly Pace (My Girl EJ also won the 2023 2 year old Filly Pace)!
Photo courtesy - Breeder's Crown
We salute PA-Sired, PA-Bred Sylvia Hanover, winner of O’Brien Awards as Canada’s 3-year-old Pacing Filly of the Year, and as the Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year! Sylvia Hanover is a daughter of Always B Miki, and was bred by Hanover Shoe Farms.
Photo courtesy - Standardbred Canada
Congratulations to Diamond Creek Farm, recently named winner of the Dan Patch Award for 2023 Breeder of the Year, and to Diamond Creek’s Adam Bowden, winner of the Dan Patch Award for Owner of the Year, as voted on by the US Harness Writers Association.
Photo courtesy - Diamond Creek Farm
Our Mission
The mission of Standardbred Breeders Association of Pennsylvania (SBAP) is to represent the united interests of Pennsylvania Standardbred breeders through:
- Providing effective leadership for the Standardbred breeding industry in Pennsylvania
- Marketing and promotional activities which will grow the Standardbred breeding industry in Pennsylvania
- Encouraging governmental action beneficial to the Standardbred breeding industry through active membership participation in the democratic process
- Lobbying for the recognition of the interests of Pennsylvania Standardbred breeders
- Monitoring legislation that can potentially impact Pennsylvania Standardbred breeders, both personally and professionally
- Encouraging a high level of business ethics and presenting a positive public image
- Soliciting the opinion of Standardbred breeders on the effectiveness of Association planning, management and program design to ensure that breeders’ needs are identified and addressed by the Association’s board of directors
Videos
Our latest 30-second television ad helps build our brand and enhance our image, while spotlighting Pennsylvania’s place atop North America’s Standardbred breeding industry.
Produced and directed by Keystone Films, it airs nationally on TVG Network as well as during broadcasts such as the Hambletonian, on CBS Sports Network. It is also distributed – both broadcast and digitally – throughout the Harrisburg DMA (TV market).
We engaged Keystone Films to produce this video, highlighting the continuing strength of Pennsylvania's Standardbred breeding industry.
Location shoots took place at Hanover Shoe Farms, Diamond Creek Farm, and Vieux Carre Farms.
It is being distributed through our social media channels, and being broadcast on regionally-televised harness racing programs, such as "PA Harness Week."
Diamond Creek Farm in Wellsville, PA held its annual Open House on June 1, 2024. Keystone Films was once again on-site to document hundreds of folks enjoying a fun-filled day while also learning about the day-to-day operations at one of the world's top standardbred breeding farms, Diamond Creek!