Burke, Gingras and Teague are Hall of Fame Ballot Candidates
At 2h25, on July 6, 2021 • By USHWA
The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Hall of Fame Screening Committee is proud to announce an outstanding slate of candidates for induction into the 2022 Harness Racing Hall of Fame. Trainers Ron Burke and George Teague, Jr., along with driver Yannick Gingras, have been placed on the Hall of Fame ballot for this summer’s election.
This trio was then given a unanimous thumbs-up by four Hall of Fame trustees, who are all members of the Hall of Fame, to finalize the process. As well, the committee elected Chris Boring to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, through the Veterans designation process.
“I am so proud of USWHA’s Screening Committee, headed by chairwoman Judy Davis-Wilson,” said Kimberly Rinker, USHWA President. “She and fellow committee members Tim Bojarski, Jason Settlemoir, Gordon Waterstone, Steve Wolf and Leon Zimmerman worked professionally and tirelessly to provide the Hall of Fame with an outstanding slate of candidates for 2022.”
Burke, Gingras, and Teague will go before the Hall of Fame voters, who are made up of eligible members of USHWA and all Hall of Fame members, via ballot, to be distributed on August 1. If the trio secures 75% of the yes-no votes of the electorate, they will join Boring as 2022 Hall inductees.
Likely before the end of the year to become the sixth driver to join a select club of horsemen whose horses have earned $200 million, Gingras is a two-time Driver of the Year (2014, 2017) who led the sport in earnings for four years and finished second four other times. He has to his credit 24 Breeders Crown championships, six of the last seven Hambletonian Oaks and countless other major races, and has guided stars such as 2020 Horse of the Year Tall Dark Stranger, Foiled Again, Mission Brief, and the redoubtable trotting mares Manchego and Atlanta.
