Canadian Press
9/7/2006 6:05:33 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CP) - Canadian driver Wally Hennessey was elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in balloting announced Thursday by the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
Also elected were trainer-driver Jim Arthur, who won the 1961 Hambletonian with Harlan Dean, and racing executive Phil Langley.
Hennessey, a 49-year-old native of Prince Edward Island who now races primarily at Pompano Park in Florida, is best known as the regular driver of two-time Horse of the Year Moni Maker.
Moni Maker won the 1996 Hambletonian Oaks and was Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999 en route to nearly US$5.6 million in career earnings.
Horses driven by Hennessey have won 6,609 races, including four Breeders Crown events, and earned $44.7 million in purses.
Inductions will be held July 1 in Goshen, N.Y., home of the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame.
Canadian Press
9/7/2006 6:05:33 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CP) - Canadian driver Wally Hennessey was elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in balloting announced Thursday by the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
Also elected were trainer-driver Jim Arthur, who won the 1961 Hambletonian with Harlan Dean, and racing executive Phil Langley.
Hennessey, a 49-year-old native of Prince Edward Island who now races primarily at Pompano Park in Florida, is best known as the regular driver of two-time Horse of the Year Moni Maker.
Moni Maker won the 1996 Hambletonian Oaks and was Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999 en route to nearly US$5.6 million in career earnings.
Horses driven by Hennessey have won 6,609 races, including four Breeders Crown events, and earned $44.7 million in purses.
Inductions will be held July 1 in Goshen, N.Y., home of the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame.
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