Obituary

It is with great sadness that the family of Gary George ‘Steamer’ Smith announces that Gary passed away on Thursday, October 6 while on a business trip to Chicago. Visitation will be Friday, October 1...

Longtime Standardbred industry participant Don Beisel of Princeton, Ont. passed away at Sakura House in Woodstock, Ont, on Friday, September 30, 2016, in his 71st year.

Trot Insider has learned that horseman Jack Durham of Omemee, Ont. passed away peacefully at Peterborough Regional Health Centre on Saturday, October 8 at the age of 71.

General Washington Jr., 77, aka ‘Bubba,’ a retired harness horseman and staple of the Monticello community, passed away on September 30 at Catskill Regional Medical Center.

Another member of one of Quebec’s premier racing families has passed away. Longtime racing judge Bobby Giguere passed away Tuesday night at a hospital in Quebec City, at age 74, just two months after ...

Nicholas Dominic Salenetri, 66, of Crosswicks, NJ, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, on September 30.

Long-time horseman Ivan Jewitt of Campbellville, Ont. passed away on Thursday, Sept. 29 at Milton Hospital after a short illness at the age of 76.

Longtime Standardbred owner Dean Davis, 82, passed away at home surrounded by family on Tuesday, September 27.

Trot Insider has learned that horseman George Durand of Brantford, Ont. passed away on Saturday, September 24 at the age of 76.

Longtime harness racing owner, trainer and driver Louis J. ‘Booty’ Beltrami, 82, of Drums, Pa., passed away at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital on Sunday, September 25.

Trot Insider has learned that Ivar Remmen of Saskatoon, Sask. died peacefully at the age of 94 on Sunday, Sept. 25.

An official obituary has been posted for trainer Larry Rheinheimer, of Freaky Fete Pete fame, who passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 24 at the age of 72.