“We went to a race one time, we bought a ticket and we loved the feel of the race and said, ‘It’s time to own one.’”
On Friday, April 10 at Credit Union Place in Summerside, PEI, the Prince County Horseman's Club held its annual awards dinner.
As an article by Jason Simmonds for the Journal Pioneer explains, Ed Doucette and Lynn Livingstone were respectively named the club’s horseman and horsewoman of the year.
“My dad (the late Lloyd Doucette) always had a horse, and I got the bug from him actually,” Doucette was quoted as saying. “I find the best part is the people.
“You go to race, and there is a great partnership group now, we have a lot of fun and everywhere you go the people are great.”
In regard to receiving her award, Livingstone – whose quote serves as the lead for this story – told the Journal Pioneer that “it’s one of my thrilling moments.”
Simmonds also wrote a piece on Carrera Angel, the 10-year-old son of Camluck that was named the club’s Horse of the Year. The gelding’s trainer, Rocky Shurman, said that his pupil had a “great year” and that “he just seems to get better every year.”
The list of award winners appears below.
Prince County Horsemen’s Club 2014 Awards
Lifetime Membership Award
• Art Rogers
Leading Dash Driver Winner
• Jason Hughes
Leading Dash Trainer Winner
• Jason Hughes
Top Percentage Driver (50-Plus Drives)
• Gilles Barrieau
Top Percentage Trainer (50-Plus Starts)
• Jason Hughes
Top Percentage Driver (25-49 Starts)
• Rocky Schurman
Top Percentage Trainer (25 To 49 Starts)
• Earl Watts
Grooms of the Year
• Leah Craig and Ryan DesRoches
Two-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year
• Dusty Lane Bria
Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year
• Camco Titan
Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year
• Paymenowpaymelater
Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year
• Elm Grove Inarush
Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year
• Arties Magic
Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year
• Southfield Shadow
Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year
• Dusty Lane Galaxy
Aged Trotting Mare of the Year
• Pure At Heart
Aged Trotting Horse of the Year
• I Aint No Lady
Claiming Mare of the Year
• Onehotvett
Claiming Horse of the Year
• Flaming Prince
Trotter of the Year
• Lyrical Lindy
Pacer of the Year
• Bad Date
Aged Pacing Mare of the Year
• Keystone Nobility
Aged Pacing Mare of the Year
• Blu Meadow Willie
Horse of the Year
• Carrera Angel
Breeder of the Year
• Windemere Farms
Frank Daniels Memorial Award
• Robbie Shaw
Standardbred Canada Owners Of Year
• Sheldon and Jackie Rogers
Philip and Henry Doucette Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award
• Lester Chappell
Garth Schurman Memorial Award
• Garth Cole
Horsewoman of the Year
• Lynn Livingstone
Horseman of the Year
• Ed Doucette
Joe O’Brien Memorial Award
• Bob Bowness
(With files from the Journal Pioneer)