Obituary

Donald “Skip” Hoovler, a longtime Ohio harness racing owner and former director of the United States Trotting Association, whose decades of leadership and advocacy helped shape the sport in the Buckey...

Longtime harness racing industry participant Walter Malcolm "Walter" Weese passed away peacefully at the Chatham Kent Health Alliance on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the age of 83.

Angus Francis "Frank" MacInnis — father, husband, uncle, brother, horseman, athlete, prankster, educator, coach, volunteer, lover of politics and music, and steadfast friend — passed away peacefully o...

The Alberta harness racing community has lost one of its lifelong champions with the passing of Diann Clouston on Feb. 25, 2026, at the age of 78. Diann’s life was woven into the very fabric of Standa...

Keith George Robert Cassell of Smith Falls, Ont. passed away on Feb. 22, 2026 at the Smiths Falls Hospital at the age of 83.

Ronald Eugene Catton, a former Standardbred owner and lifetime fan of harness racing, passed away on Feb. 15, 2026 at Bobby’s Hospice in Saint John, N.B., at the age of 67.

Longtime harness racing industry participant William "Bill" Loyens of London, Ont. passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the age of 91.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Derek Gilbert passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Jan. 27, 2026, at the age of 51.

Former driver and trainer Renald Filion passed away in Lachute, Que. on Jan. 13, 2026 at the age of 87.

Carmine Abbatiello, a member of the U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame and one of harness racing’s most successful and popular drivers throughout a career that spanned more than four decades, passed awa...

Robert ("Bob"/"Wally") Edward Wallace of Dieppe, N.B. passed away on Jan. 24, 2026 surrounded by his loving family after a short battle with cancer, at the age of 79.

Marty Russell McKenzie, who was Pinehurst, North Carolina’s biggest booster and one of the village’s most famous native sons, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.