Sam Stathis to be honored in Monticello

When the Monticello-Goshen chapter of the US Harness Writers Association holds its 51st annual awards banquet at Kutshers Country Club on Sunday evening, Oct. 25, Sam Stathis will be this years recipient of the chapter’s Most Happy Fella Award in recognition of  the terrific year he has had with the filly trotters that he bred and raised on his Celebrity Farms in Middletown, NY.

 

The Most Happy Fella Award goes to an outstanding performance in the sport from an individual from the Monticello-Goshen area. The award was named for Most Happy Fella, who redefined the breeding industry locally back in the early 1970s.

 

Stathis’s trotting fillies, Celebrity Sweedie, Celebrity Secret, Celebrity Deville, Celebrity Juliet and Celebrity Athena, are competing at the highest level of harness racing. Though Stathis uses top catch-drivers in all his big races he is quick to complement his trainer Staffan Lind for the outstanding job he does conditioning the fillies.

 

Sam Stathis is a passionate entrepreneur, investor, developer, engineer, inventor, philanthropist and harness racing enthusiast who owns and operates Celebrity Farms in Goshen NY.  His various endeavors have stemmed from his desire for innovation and advancement of  technology, and from them, Stathis has garnered respect within the business world and harness racing community for his accomplishments in excellence, resourceful business solutions and motivational leadership. (Monticello chapter US Harness Writers)