John Campbell (harness racing)

John Duncan Campbell, born on 8 April 1955 in Ailsa Craig, Ontario, is a retired Canadian harness racing driver widely regarded as the greatest driver in the history of the sport. He came from a family of Standardbred horsemen and rose to prominence as a catch-driver at The Meadowlands in the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, a role he helped establish. He accumulated 11,058 career wins and nearly 304 million dollars in purse earnings, took the Hambletonian Stakes a record six times, the last in 2006, and reached his 10,000th win in 2008. At 35 he became the youngest driver elected to the U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame, and he later joined the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He retired from driving in 2017 as president and CEO of the Hambletonian Society.