JOHN SIMPSON JR

INDUCTED 2023

John Simpson Jr., as noted, joins father John Sr. and brother Jim in the Pennsylvania Harness Hall. While those two went into management of the famed Hanover Shoe Farms, after their racing careers were done, John Jr. stayed as a trainer and driver of champion horses. He enjoyed early success on the biggest stage possible, driving Timothy T to victory in the 1970 Hambletonian at age 27. Throughout his career, he was noted as a developer of trotting females, including Delmonica Hanover and Classical Way, as he amassed $11 million in driving earnings after records were established in 1977, and probably as much before that year.