Hall of Fame

David McDuffee, an insurance executive by trade, entered harness racing in the 1980s with partner Tom Walsh, and has expanded his influence as a Standardbred owner ever since, with eleven Breeders Crown victories, two Little Brown Jugs and three Kentucky Filly Futurities numbered among his successes.

Stars campaigned by McDuffee include world champion Magical Mike p,3,1:50.2 ($1,682,085), winner of the 1993 Woodrow Wilson and the 1994 Breeders Crown, Little Brown Jug and Governor's Cup; 1996 Breeders Crown and Little Brown Jug winner and 1997 Breeders Crown winner Armbro Operative p,4,1:50 ($1,012,712); 2001 Kentucky Filly Futurity winner Victory My Way 3,1:54.3 ($508,291); 2002 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and Dan Patch and O’Brien Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, world champion Kadabra 4,1:51.3 ($1,806,779), winner of the 2002 Breeders Crown and Canadian Trotting Classic; 2002 Dan Patch Trotting Filly of the Year and 2003 Kentucky Filly Futurity winner Pizza Dolce 3,1:52.4 ($668,824) and her daughter Bella Dolce 3,1:54.2s ($730,384), bred by McDuffee; 2005 Kentucky Filly Futurity winner Her Culese 3,1:53.3 ($354,658); 2009 Dan Patch and O’Brien Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year, Breeders Crown and Merrie Annabelle winner Poof She’s Gone 3,1:53.1 ($1,312,093); 2013 Breeders Crown and Hambletonian Oaks, 2014 Breeders Crown and 2015 Maple Leaf Trot winner, 2013 Horse of the Year Bee A Magician 3,1:51 ($4,055,865); 2013 Breeders Crown winner, world champion Spider Blue Chip 3,1:51.3 ($1,264,522); 2019 Governor’s Cup and Pennsylvania Sire Stakes final winner, world champion Papi Rob Hanover p,3,1:47.1f ($927,979).

Bred by McDuffee, his most recent star has been 2021 Dan Patch Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year Bella Bellini 4,1:49.4 ($2,150,930), winner of the 2021 Breeders Crown and Hambletonian Oaks. In 2022 she won her second Breeders Crown and the Hambletonian Maturity and was named Dan Patch Trotter of the Year.

David McDuffee was the United States Harness Writers Association’s Owner of the Year in 2021 and has been on the board of trustees of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame since 2014.