Gary‘Chappell I ’Izclermteéfe and Unholy/(led

or thc past half ccntury. the

(Ihappcll name was wcll known in

the horse racing industry in the i-'\tlantic arcai In particular. John. Luster. (irahani junior and (,Ilifford had paid thcir ducs and carncd a spot for their contribution to this sport; howcycr. it was (iary (Ihappcll who madc pcoplc in thc industry takc noticc. Quictly and unccr— cmoniously: hc rcachcd 2.()()() wins and $1 million in total pursc carnings. :\t onc timc he was inyolycd in a torrid racc with l)a\‘id ()‘Bricn for thc most wins at thc (Iharlottctown I)ri\‘ing Park with (iary

lcading by four. (iary commcntcd. "I

hopc that hoth of us rcmain hcalthy for

thc rcst of thc scason." Quict and unas— suming l>y naturc. (fiai‘y (ihappcll hccamc onc of thc most popular catch—drhcrs at thc (1.1).P. hccaus‘c hc was a \cry talcnts cd driycr. Ilc consistcntly droyc in ‘3 pcr ccnl of the races each card at thc (Z.l).l’.

and Summcrsidc Raccway for a numhcr

of ycars.

:\t thc agc of 1%. Gary (Ihappcll was first introduccd to racc hors‘cs liy his unclc (irahanL a \‘cry talcntcd Island horseman. It happcncd at thc (11H). It all startcd with a horsc hy thc namc of ill): /’ /. owncd hy Layton 'I‘rainor. (iary rccciycd most of his carly training from (iraham

|’l1ot<)- (iail .\l;l\l)()II;lltl

whom hc workcd with for about onc ycar. llc also got pointcrs from othcr family mcmhcrs and hc just kept on learning a littlc hcrc and a littlc thcrc whcrcycr hc could. Gary stated that at this carly stagc in his carccr hc rcmcm— hcrcd admiring thc efforts of (iarry MacDonald and \\'ally IIcnncsscy who wcrc doing wcll on the Atlantic circuit at that timc. In 200s. Gary (Ihappcll‘s‘ talcnt and achicycmcnts at the CUP. and othcr tracks carncd him awards and rccogni— tion liltc thc two talcntcd driycrs‘ hc had admircd many ycars ago.

(iary opcncd a public stahlc in I991 and somc of his carly owncrs includcd liol) Bowncss. x\lyrc Arsenault and (lam ’I‘rail. IIc and his wifc. (Zollccn, with I)crcl\' IIicl\'<)x. opcratcd a stahlc of l t horscs at lltt) (l.l).l’. driyc-r of standardhrcds and thc daughter

(Iollccn was also a liccnscd

of wcll known and rcspcctcd Island horscman Rcy. \\"aync Pikc. (iary and (Iollccn had two children. Brady and I\'irstcn. agcd II and fi\'c rcspcctiycly. Gary statcd. “Brady will jog an casy onc.

llc lilx'cs jogging.” ’l‘hc conscnsus among the railhirds' at thc (Z.l).I’. was that Gary (Ihappcll always

sccmcd to hc training or jogging a horsc

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