John Campbell

The Hambletonian trophy

Hotel Hosts High-End Horse Racing Hardware

Vito Cucci, co-owner of Chateau Grande Hotel — also the owner of numerous other successful hospitality businesses — has a side gig: horse racing. Turns out he’s a winner there too.

Lady Lou

Meadowlands Off To A Hot Start In 2023

February 02, 2023

There are many factors that go into the current resurgence that is taking place at The Meadowlands.

Fans applaud after John Campbell's final drive on Legends Day 2017.

Campbell Wouldn't Miss Legends Day For The World

Asked if he was tempted to come out of retirement to drive one more time on June 12 at Clinton Raceway’s Legends Day, Hall of Famer John Campbell gave a typical all-class Campbell answer.

Breeders Crown Returns To Mohawk

January 13, 2022

The $6.7 million (USD) Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional championship series, returns in the last weekend of October 2022 to Woodbine Mohawk Park in Cam...

Blanchard, Gaskin To Host Hambo Broadcast

August 05, 2021

CBS Sports Network will present a 60-minute telecast of the $1 million Hambletonian, live from the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Saturday, Aug. 7, from 5:30–6:30 p.m. (EDT).

Campbell On 'Alumni Show'

John Campbell, president of the Hambletonian Society, is interviewed by Standardbred breeder and owner Andy Cohen on this week’s Harness Racing Alumni Show.

The Best Two-Year-Old I've Driven

TROT reached out to many of the sport’s leading reinsmen and asked them not only to share who the best two-year-old that they had ever driven was, but also if they could remember when it became appare...

Campbell On 'Alumni Show'

January 14, 2021

Hall of Fame driver John Campbell, who is the current President of the Hambletonian Society, is the highest money-earning driver in the history of our sport and joins the Harness Racing Alumni Show th...

Hambletonian Society Pens Open Letter

November 06, 2020

On Friday (Nov. 6) the Hambletonian Society issued an open letter on the recently-concluded Breeders Crown championships at Harrah's Hoosier Park.

A Night With The Legends

On Wednesday evening (April 1), Greg Blanchard hosted another roundtable discussion interview with three of harness racing’s most accoladed and most respected driving legends - John Campbell, Bill O’D...

Will Stakes Races Be Rescheduled?

With the announcement of the unprecedented changes to Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the question looms if something similar is planned for harness racing's m...

A Photo Worth $307 Million

September 14, 2019

Their paths only crossed once during active competition, but on Friday two of harness racing's all-time greats -- driver John Campbell and pacer Foiled Again -- were once again a team on the racetrack...

A Legendary Homecoming

Hall of Fame driver John Campbell's harness racing roots are so deep in southwestern Ontario that they go back to his teenage years with another of the sport’s legends from the region: Trevor Ritchie....