Joe Holloway, who began at Brandywine Raceway in his early teens, became one of the nation’s most successful harness trainers, developing the sport’s record-holding pacer. He was the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Trainer of the Year in 1995 and inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2019.

Holloway trained seven Breeder’s Crown winners from 1994 through 2015, including three-time winner Jenna’s Beach Boy, twice pacer of the year, which set a world mile record of 1:48.4 in 1995, which he lowered to 1:47.3 a year later at the Meadowlands, a record that stood for a decade.

Holloway also trained She’s a Great Lady, Lady MacBeach and Bar Slide to Dan Patch Awards. He developed Tuff Choice, whose 13 straight wins remains a record for pacers at the Meadowlands. In 1992, he won the Yonkers Trot with McCluckey and won the North America Cup with Safely Kept, a 25-1 longshot.

He developed 1996 Older Pacing Mare of the Year She’s A Great Lady, world champion Shebestingin and 2012 Two-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year Somwherovrarainbow.

He also trained 2016 Horse of the Year Always B Miki; 2015 Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year Divine Carol; world champions Badlands Hanover and Life Source; 1999 Pacer of the Year and world champion Red Bow Tie; and 1996 Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year, and 1997 Older Pacing Mare of the Year Mystical Maddy.

He was introduced to harness racing by a family friend, a priest, who was a part-time driver at the old Brandywine Raceway horse track. By age 16, Holloway had a racing license.