Obituary

After being ill with mesothelioma, longtime harness racing industry participant Vernon “John” Blancher of Sarnia, Ont. passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Hospice with family by h...

Randy Delbert Manges, the longtime sales manager for the Kentucky Standardbred Horse Sales Company and later the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.

Award-winning breeder Clifford Leroy Coonfer passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, at the age of 71.

Longtime horseperson and driver Rickey R. Moffatt suddenly passed away on Thursday, Dec. 7. On Thursday, in his 77th year, while behind the wheel, Rick suffered a fatal heart attack, which was then fo...

William D. Ellis, 66, the longtime President of the New England Chapter of the U. S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) and well-known throughout the northeast, mainly for his announcing talents, has...

Longtime harness racing industry participant Eileen Mae Stuart (nee Segriff) passed away on Nov. 30, 2023 at the age of 98, splashed with sunlight while peacefully sleeping in her home bed.

Alma Jean Caddey, known as Jean to her friends and family, passed away with her family by her side on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Ingersoll, Ont., at 91 years of age. 

Longtime harness racing participant John M. McClure passed away on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 at age 97.

Standardbred Canada member Larry Tyson Fraser of Sydney Mines, N.S. passed away suddenly on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. He was 76.

Longtime harness racing industry participant Fred Brayford of Alliston, Ont. passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 at the age of 87.

Jean Emerson, who had been involved in almost all aspects of harness racing for nearly half a century, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023

Award-winning breeder Kathleen Louise Coonfer passed away in Red Deer, Alta. on Friday, Nov. 17,  2023 at the age of 71.