Obituary

Longtime Flamboro Downs trainer Ron Berkeley Sr. passed Tuesday (Aug. 6) following a long bout with cancer. He was 73.

Joe Kroll, one of the highly respected and likeable horsepeople in harness racing, passed away on Thursday (Aug. 8) at the age of 61.

Daniel Tuccillo, 78, of Prospect, Conn., passed peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the Vitas unit of St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Conn.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime horseman Tim Brown passed away on Friday, August 9 at Langley Memorial Hospital in Langley, B.C. at the age of 54.

Standardbred horseman Mac Hillis, who was born and raised in Elora, Ont., passed away with family by his side on Monday, August 5 at the age of 88.

Trot Insider has learned that former Standardbred racehorse owner/trainer Jeffrey ‘JT’ Theriault passed away suddenly, with his loving family by his side, on Sunday, August 4 at the age of 57.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Réal Turenne of Charlemagne, Quebec passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019, at the age of 80.

Anthony J. Parenti, a longtime former police chief of Fanwood, N.J., and former president of the Standardbred Breeders Association of New Jersey, passed away on August 1 at Overlook Medical Center in ...

Trot Insider has learned long-time horseman Raymond O. Gemmill of Surrey, BC passed away suddenly on July 31 after a brief illness.

Trot Insider has been informed that Standardbred racehorse owner Yves Regent Blouin, 68, passed away peacefully at his residence in London, Ont. on Monday (July 29) with his wife by his side.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime Standardbred industry participant Ron Dean of Toronto, Ont. passed away on Tuesday, July 9 in his 76th year.

Arrangements have been announced for Standardbred racehorse owner/groom Jordan Steven Lee Hicken, 22, who went overboard in a fishing accident off Prince Edward Island in May and was lost at sea.