Obituary

Longtime harness racing industry participant Ben Earl Whitehead, of Harriston, passed away at Palmerston District Hospital on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at the age of 71.

Rilla Waples (nee Jones), of Elmvale, passed away peacefully at the Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland, Ont. on Tuesday, June 27 in her 88th year.

John D. Hubbell, M.D., of Lima, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, June 27 at home.

Trot Insider has learned there is a change to the service planned for harness racing legend and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame driver Herve Filion, who passed away Thursday morning (June 22) at th...

Trot Insider has learned that longtime harness racing industry participant Alex Duncan passed away on Sunday (June 25th) at the Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton at the age of 88.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime Standardbred horse owner, breeder and trainer Earla Geisel has passed away.

Rodney Mitchell Jr., 65, passed away Wednesday (June 21), at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., after a short illness.

Legendary Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame driver Herve Filion passed away Thursday morning (June 22) at the age of 77. A change to the

William E. Jacobs of Freehold, NJ, passed away on Monday, June 19 at The Manor, Freehold Township. He was 88.

Standardbred trainer Richard G. ‘Biff' Befarah, 70, passed away on Saturday, June 10 due to smoke inhalation from a house fire.

It has been announced that Standardbred racehorse owner Chris Brewer-Lehman, 81 of Wilkes-Barre, PA, formerly of South Fallsburg, NY and Boca Raton, FL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 14.

Marcia Louise (Bickford) Stearns of Lawrenceville, New Jersey passed away on Saturday, June 17, after a long illness. She was 76.