ROY D. DAVIS

Roy D. Davis, Harness Racing (Posthumous) — He won two Little Brown Jugs as the owner of Barberry Spur and Jaguar Spur in 1986 and 1987, respectively, and finished second in the Hambletonian with Esquire Spur. Barberry Spur also won the 1986 Adios as Richard Stillings became the first local driver to win the race. One of his first successful horses was the trotting mare Sissy Spur, who earned more than $100,000 in the 1970s. Davis also won a pair of Breeders Crowns in 1988 with Kentucky Spur and in 1989 with Esquire Spur in the three-year-old Colt Trot. Overall, Davis’ horses have earnings of more than $1.2 million in the Breeders Crown Series from just 12 starters. He was named 1998 Horseman of the Year by the United States Trotting Association. He was a director of the Hambletonian Society, the Little Brown Jug Society, and U.S. Trotting Association. Inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame Hall of Immortals in 2019, Mr. Davis passed away on June 16, 2015. He was 85 years old.