October 2023 Issue

Page 26 October 2023 EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the Har- ness Racing Hall of Fame, has elected trainer Jim Campbell and owner/breeder David Mc- Duffee to the greatest honor in the industry, membership in the Living Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y. Jim Campbell, Jackson, NJ, brought attention to his many stellar years of condi- tioning racehorses when, in 2022, he sent out the winners of the Hambletonian, Cool Papa Bell, and Hambletonian Oaks, Fashion Schooner, on the same day, only the third trainer to do so. He also joined the ranks of Billy Haughton, Joe O’Brien, and Jimmy Takter as horsemen who have trained two Hamble- tonian and two Hambo Oaks winners. That impressive cam- paign helped Campbell earn the Trainer of the Year award from USHWA. Jim hails from an elite On- tario harness racing family that started with Canadian Hall of Famer Duncan Campbell and has progressed through father Jack and brother/Hall of Fame driver/ Hambletonian Society President John. John and Jim combined to win the 1995 Hambletonian with Tagliabue. In 1987, Camp- bell became “established” with the pacer Run The Table, in a stable that has focused in recent campaigns on developing young stakes trotters while capturing six Breeders Crown champion- ships. Award-winners trained by Campbell include Tagliabue, Galleria, Broadway Hall, Broad- way Schooner (his other Oaks champion), Broadway Donna, Real Cool Sam, and Cool Papa Bell. Campbell is fortunate in that his patrons tend to stay with him for a long and mutually profitable time. Jim has trained for Jules Siegel and his late wife, Arlene, as Fashion Farms for nearly 30 years and with the Farber family, first Sandy and then his son Scott, since Run The Table’s stellar days. USHWA has also elected veteran writer Tim Bojarski and broadcaster Dave Brower to the Communicators Hall of Fame. Dave Brower, who passed away unexpectedly in October 2022 at the age of 53, was a mainstay of The Meadowlands for many years, achieving his biggest recognition as a broad- caster on the nightly racing show from the New Jersey oval, in addition to being that track’s morning-line maker and handicapper. The author of the book “Harnessing Winners” was also a highly visible contrib- utor to the Hambletonian Day television coverage on many occasions and worked in broad- casting during the Grand Circuit meets at the Delaware County Fair in Ohio and at Lexington’s Red Mile. Locals Elected to Harness Racing Hall of Fame