Obituary

Former BC owner and breeder Art Matus passed away on Tuesday, November 4. He was 97 at the time of his passing.

The Alberta racing industry has lost a powerful player with the death of Jack Nichol on Friday, October 17.

Lawrence Duncan Gillis of Truro, Nova Scotia passed on Thursday, October 9 at the age of 73 in Colchester Regional Hospital surrounded by his family.

Services were held over the weekend for longtime horse owner Bill Johnstone of Kirkfield, Ontario, who recently passed away.

Lola Van Zonneveld, whose son-in-law, John Campbell, is racing's winningest driver, passed away September 27, 2008 in New Jersey after a brief illness. She was 77.

Trot Insider has learned that Daniel Harnois, former president of the Quebec horsemen's association (ATAQ), lost his bout with cancer over the weekend and has passed away.

Mike Stein, owner and operator of Victory Lane Farms Training Center in Flamborough, ON, passed away suddenly on his farm on Wednesday, September 24.

Longtime owner Lee Brundige passed away in Smiths Falls Hospital on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. He was in his 66th year.

Horseman Jean-Marc Gingras, grandfather to driver Yannick Gingras, passed away the evening of Thursday, September 25 after a short bout with cancer. He was 78.

Longtime horseman Sidney H. Stead passed away at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax, NS on Friday, September 19, 2008. He was 81.

Funeral arrangements have been made for longtime horseman Don Canning of Shediac who passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2008 in Charlottetown, PE.

Veteran horse owner and breeder Harold T. Arn of Glencoe, ON passed away Monday, September 15 at the age of 92.