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Canadian Hall Of Fame© Kathy Wade Vlaar, publicity director, Standardbred Canada
Mississauga, ON -- The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame has announced its 2001 inductees. Seven new members, two horses and five people, will be honored at the official induction ceremony at Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday, Aug. 23.
The late Jim Keeling, Sr. is best known for rejuvenating harness racing in British Columbia. Keeling’s interest in harness racing dated back to the late 1940s, and he partnered with Hall of Famer Keith Waples on a number of notable horses as well as racetrack ownership. A native of Owen Sound, Keeling, owned and operated Orangeville Raceway in Ontario, and Cloverdale Raceway (now known as Fraser Downs) in Surrey, Brit. Col. and Sandown Raceway on Vancouver Island. He died in 1999 at 93. David Pinkney, a former director of the U.S. Trotting Association, is an outstanding trainer-driver in Atlantic Canada. The 69-year-old Nova Scotia native’s accomplishments of 3,241 wins and $2.4 million in purse earnings are extraordinary given the limited opportunity available in the Maritimes. Pinkney posted the first sub 1:55 mile with Waveore in the 1985 Monctonian. Trainer-driver Bill Wellwood, 60, of Cambridge, Ont., is reputed as one of North America’s most accomplished harness horsemen. During the past decade he has enjoyed tremendous success selecting and developing yearlings into quality stakes horses as evidenced by his numerous Breeders Crown Championships and O’Brien Awards. Wellwood was honored as Canada’s Horseman of the Year in 1974, 1992 and received the O’Brien Award as Trainer of the Year in 1995 and 1997. As a driver he has 2,891 wins and $15 million in earnings and as a trainer he’s won 950 races to compliment his $16.7 million in purses.
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