TJBurkett

Harnessphere

I am the managing editor at Hoof Beats magazine. I am also the resident A/V correspondent for the USTA YouTube site: www.youtube.com/ustrotting.

Caviar's Dancer at...

My friend Jamie Coffy winning with 2-year-old filly trotter Caviar's Dancer at The Great Stoneboro Fair in Stoneboro, Pa., on Sunday, Sept. 6, in 2:05. Great job!
Raw Hambo Emotion

Trainer Greg Peck (left) and owner Thomas Pontone embrace moments after their colt, Muscle Hill, won the 2009 Hambletonian. Video shot by Jonathan Mar...
T.J. drives at Lancaster...

T.J. Burkett, managing editor at Hoof Beats, picked up two catch-drives at the Lancaster, Ohio, fair on October 11. In race 3, he finished second ...
Kentucky Futurity preview

Interviews with trainers in Oct. 4's Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile. Featured: Frank Antonacci (Crazed) Per Henriksen (Clerk Magistrate) Ray Schnittk...
Tips of the Trade - ...

Tips of the Trade - presented by Hoof Beats magazine See how to keep a horse's feet pliable and healthy by packing with clay and painting with grease.
Jug! part four

Masterpace Theatre: Jug! part four of four looks at the 1977 Little Brown Jug, which was won convincingly by Governor Skipper and driver John Chapman.
Jug! part three

Masterpace Theatre: "Jug!" part three of four looks at the early days of the Little Brown Jug, including the pivotal role played by Curly Smart.
Jug! part two

Masterpace Theatre: Jug! part two of four. This segment examines the earliest and most successful pacers, including the legendary Dan Patch.

At the half - Bellefont...

At the half-mile marker at Bellefontaine, Ohio. Quickpop and I are sitting chilly in third, ready to pull and get second.
Quickpop and T.J.

Here I am warming up Quickpop at Bellefontaine, Ohio. This was only his second start, but he acts like he's been doing this for years! ...
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Valley Victor hams it up

I caught Valley Victor smiling for the camera during a visit to Peninsula Farm in May 2009.
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Somebeachsomewh ere makes...

Trainer Brent MacGrath (seated, second from left) watches as Somebeachsomewhere (3) begins his world record 1:46.4 mile in a Bluegrass Stakes division at The Red Mile.
Back in my colors

Racing at the Lancaster, Ohio, Fair in 2008.
Deo Valente Farm

A view of the barn at the new Deo Valente Farm, "the farm that Lis Mara built."