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Meadow Court then won two more races before being retired to stud following the season. The horse, purchased by Bell for $9,000 won over $280,000 in purses before being sold for over $1.2 million. [17] He and McMahon won the 1968 Queen's Plate with Merger. [18] Max Bell was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977. [14]
From 1971 to 1975 he was the OJC's president. During his tenure, the Canadian International Stakes became a race of worldwide importance. Its 1973 running served as the farewell race for Secretariat. [1] In 1962 Mooney was named president of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, a Toronto-based organization that assists thoroughbred horse ...
Charles William Boland (January 29, 1940 – May 5, 1961) was a Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing who died as a result of a racing accident. [1]Born in Old Chelsea, Quebec, [2] he competed at racetracks in his native Province as well as in Ontario.
He was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977, the U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1982, the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [1] Gomez died of complications after a three-horse accident during the running of the Canadian Oaks in 1980. He had won 4,081 races ...
John Duncan Campbell (born April 8, 1955, in Ailsa Craig, Ontario) is a retired Canadian harness racing driver. He has been inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Dunc Campbell and his father before him were Standardbred horsemen.
David Allen Gall (December 17, 1941 – August 1, 2021) was a Canadian-American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey, who ranked fifth in lifetime wins by North American jockeys and who was the first jockey in the United States to ride eight winners on a single racecard.
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After being initially rejected by the USTA because of their policy to not give licenses to women jockeys, the organization gave Williams her license in 1968. After ending her racing career in 1973, Williams had competed in over 2000 races and had 327 wins. In 2012, she was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.