David Mcduffee

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame

Campbell, McDuffee Elected To U.S. Hall Of Fame

September 13, 2023

On Wednesday, Sept. 13, the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, announced the election of trainer Jim Campbell and owner/breeder Dav...

Bella Bellini

New Owner For Bella Bellini

An ownership change on David McDuffee's champion homebred Bella Bellini has been announced following the recent news of the five-year-old trotting mare's retirement from racing.

Bella Bellini

Bella Bellini Retired From Racing

David McDuffee has played the long game with Bella Bellini since she first stepped foot on the racetrack. His patience paid off handsomely, but all good things must come to an end.

Bella Bellini

Bella Bellini Set For 2023 Debut

Bella Bellini, who in 2022 became only the second four-year-old mare in history to be voted U.S. Trotter of the Year, will kick off her five-year-old season Saturday (May 6) at The Meadowlands in the ...

Bulldog Hanover First Unanimous U.S. Horse Of The Year

February 19, 2023

After celebrating a season of unprecedented performances, Bulldog Hanover was at the center of one final historic moment Sunday night (Feb. 19) as the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awar...

Bella Bellini

McDuffee On Bella Bellini’s Past And Future

January 18, 2023

Wherever David McDuffee goes, people want to talk about Bella Bellini. Even with the number of successful horses McDuffee has had in the past, he considers the two-time Dan Patch Award-winning trotter...

2022 Grand Circuit leaders McDuffee, Dunn and Burke

Grand Circuit Season Concludes

November 29, 2022

The Grand Circuit season has come to a close with driver Dexter Dunn, trainer Ron Burke and owner David McDuffee taking the 2022 titles.

Bella Bellini winning the Hambletonian Oaks

Will The Mares Continue To Rule In Cutler?

In recent years, the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for older trotters has belonged to the ladies. A mare has defeated the boys in three of the past four editions of the event, and four of seven going back...

U.S. Awards To Dunn, McDuffee, Norman

December 16, 2021

The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) has selected David McDuffee as the Norman Woolworth Owner of the Year, Richard “Nifty” Norman as the Glen Garnsey Trainer of the Year and Dexter D...

Bella Bellini Worth Price Of Admission

September 17, 2021

It cost a bit for David McDuffee to get Bella Bellini into Saturday’s $414,000 Elegantimage Stakes for three-year-old female trotters, but the longtime owner is not going to complain.

Bella Bellini Blossoms Into Oaks Champion

August 07, 2021

Favourite Bella Bellini stormed home off stalled cover to deliver a winning performance in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks for three-year-old trotting fillies during Saturday’s Hambletonian Day card at...

Anderson To Hambletonian Society Board

At the Annual Winter Meeting of the Directors of the Hambletonian Society David H. Anderson, Ernest M. Gaskin and David H. McDuffee were appointed to fill vacancies on the Society Board.

McDuffee Asks 'What If?'

Throughout the annals of time, harness racing has faced a myriad of hypothetical scenarios that force a mind to ponder what if something did or didn't happen. David McDuffee knows that all too well.