Obituary

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.

Third generation horseman and longtime trainer Kenneth (Ken) Pollard, 62, of Ilderton, Ont. passed away peacefully with his daughters by his side on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Victoria Hospital London after...

It has been announced that former Woodbine Entertainment Group Board Member Kenneth W.J. Harrigan recently passed away at the age of 89.

Farrier Thomas ‘Tom’ J. Mello Sr. passed away on Saturday, September 17 at the age of 69.

Robert H. ‘Beans’ McWhinney, a longtime farrier for Standardbreds and the person responsible for shoeing the great trotter Mack Lobell in the 1988 Elitloppet, passed away in DeLand, Fla. on August 29.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime Maritime breeder/owner R. Brian Burgess of Dartmouth, NS, has passed away at the age of 69.

Longtime Standardbred industry participant Marlene Heath of Melanchton, Ont. passed away at St. Michael's Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the age of 65.