Obituary

Former Freehold Raceway driver’s room valet Michael Luchento, 59, of Manalapan, NJ, passed away at Cranbury Center, Monroe on Friday, May 12.

On Friday, May 12, Standardbred breeder/owner Shelley Diane Gass, of Cornwall, passed away, surrounded by her family and QEH family, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at the age of 45.

He was born to George and Leah (Payne) Giehls on Jan. 26, 1935, in Warren County, Ohio. After serving his country in the United States Army from 1956 through 1958, Giehls started his harness racing c...

Trot Insider has learned that longtime harness racing industry participant Murray McConnell of Hagar, Ont. passed away suddenly on Friday, May 5 at the age of 74.

Longtime harness racing industry participant George 'Butch' Ward of Charlottetown, PEI passed away peacefully at the Provincial Palliative Care Centre on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the age of 78.

Horseman Wallace ‘Lofty’ Bruce, 85, who raced horses in the Breeders Crown and other top events while based at the Meadowlands Racetrack, passed away on Tuesday, May 2 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

It has been announced that horseman Armand Brocca, 95, passed away on Sunday, April 30.

Anita L. Cisco, 75, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on April 21 at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.

Standardbred horseman Robert Ray, 93, of Pensacola, Fla., passed away on April 24 at Solaris Health Care in Pensacola.

It has been announced that horseman Donald Finley ‘Donnie’ MacDonald, of Inverness, NS, passed away on Saturday, April 29 in the QEII Halifax Infirmary, surrounded by his loving family. He was 66.

Montreal businessman Irving Liverman, who parlayed a small initial investment 50 years ago into a harness racing dynasty still going strong today, has passed away.

Trot Insider has learned that Standardbred horse owner and horse racing enthusiast Frank Basso Sr. recently passed away.