Obituary

Trot Insider has learned that longtime horseman Donald Fines passed away this past weekend.

On Friday (October 13), Peace A Pie, a daughter of Valley Victory and the Speedy Crown mare Armbro Éclair, passed away from the complications of old age at Lindy Farms.

Longtime owner Ferdinand (Fred) Monteleone, 78, passed away on Thursday, October 5 from cancer after having ceased further treatment nine days prior.

Leonard J. Dooling, of Goulds, NL, passed on Monday morning (October 9). He was 80.

After a brief illness, longtime owner and harness racing fan Chloris 'Pug' Heenan of Cobourg, Ont. passed away at Northumberland Hills Hospital on September 27, 2017 at the age of 100.

Bonnie Jean Zubrod, 89, of Louisville, Ky., passed away with her family by her side Thursday, Sept. 28.

Trot Insider has learned that longtime Fraser Downs trainer/driver Mike ‘Angus’ Short recently passed away at the age of 43.

Trot Insider has learned that Standardbred owner Carol Ann Little passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at Bluewater Health in Sarnia, Ont. on Monday, September 25 at the age of 71.

Longtime racing official Diane Twasnick passed away this morning (September 20) at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ont. after a brief battle with cancer. She was 59.

Horseman Francis E. Gilhooly, 87, a lifelong resident of Attica and Alexander, NY, passed away on Tuesday, September 12.

Trot Insider has learned that Standardbred breeder/owner William P. Taylor of Edson, Alberta passed away on Monday, September 11 at the age of 85.

Horseman James Clarence ‘Jim’ Murphy, 80, of Crestwood, Kentucky, passed away on August 25, 2017.