Obituary

Trot Insider has learned that longtime horseman Walter James Johnston passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 29 at the Brantford Hospital at the age of 86.

Richard Donald Taylor, 88, of Westfield, Indiana, passed away on Friday, March 25 at his home.

Trot Insider has learned that Henri 'Ben' Carrière, a longtime horseman and a regular fan at Rideau Carleton Raceway, passed away on Sunday, March 20 at the age of 89.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime horseman Pete Marostega passed away in Guelph, Ont. on the evening of Tuesday, March 22, at the age of 47.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime Canadian Trotting Association executive and Standardbred industry participant Gordon M. Findlay passed away on Sunday, March 20 in his 98th year.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime Alberta horseman James E. 'Jim' Rogers passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, March 22 at the age of 87.

Longtime Standardbred industry participant George Bertrand Sears passed away on Sunday (March 20) in Oilfields Hospital, Black Diamond Alberta at the age of 82.

Word has come that horseman Benjamin 'Ben' Avery recently passed away in Augusta, Maine at the age of 87.

Trot Insider has learned that Irène Turenne (née Nantel) of Le Gardeur, Que., former Standardbred owner and the wife of trainer Réal Turenne, passed away on Thursday, March 17 at the age of 79.

Gary Maciejewski, a longtime horseman who was employed as a paddock security guard at Miami Valley Raceway, passed away suddenly this morning (March 18).

James Myron ‘Jimmie’ Hofler Sr., 79, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, in his home in Sunbury, NC.

Longtime horseman Norman 'Norm' Bayne of Rodney, Ontario, passed away on March 12, 2016, at the age of 84.