Obituary

Longtime harness racing industry participant Stan Klemencic passed away peacefully at his Trenton, Ont. residence on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at the age of 94.

Longtime industry participant Merle Coleman, of Virden, Man., passed Saturday (June 5) at the age of 93.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Robert Thomas “Bob” Lackey of Alliston, Ont. passed away on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the age of 80.

The harness racing industry in the Maritimes lost one of its long-time participants with the passing of Allison Carr on Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Trot Insider has learned Ben Webster, one of harness racing's greatest drivers of all-time and a New York racing legend, passed away June 7, 2021.

It is with great sadness that the family of Joseph Edmond Intine announced his passing on May 28, 2021, at the age of 76 after a long battle with lung cancer.

Dan Ater, a longtime U.S. Trotting Association director and member of the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame, died May 24, 2021. Mr. Ater, a native of Clarksburg, Ohio, was 66.

Trot Insider has learned that long-time horsewoman Elisabeth Jansen has passed away.

Longtime horseman Howard Okusko Sr., who not only was part of the construction team that built Vernon Downs in the early 1950s but also trained his stable of horses at the New York harness racetrack s...

Hunterton Farm is saddened to report the passing of elite trotting broodmare Emilie Cas El. She was 29. Canada’s Horse of the Year in 1994, she was trained and driven during her racing career by Dusti...

Peacefully with his wife by his side at University Hospital on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Evan D. McGugan of London, Ont. passed away in his 96th year.