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     eteran trainer driyer liarl Smith 
     
    

    
     realized one ol‘ his greatest racing 
     
    

    
     thrills on a heautil‘ul August. 
     
     Sunday afternoon when he emerged \‘ic— 
     
     torious with long shot l’ou‘ml/ lit/r .lluf/ 
     
     in the »t‘)th running ol‘ the prestigious 
     
     (‘iold Cup and Saucer at the (IDl’liC. It 
     
     was liarl‘s first win in the higgest race in 
     
     Atlantic Canada. in the celehrations. liarl 
     
     had hiin praise lor his two grooms. Ryan 
     
     l’errot and \Vayne Blaisdell. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pownal Bay Matt‘s owners. Lorna and Ian 
     
     Smith ol‘ Montague. l). 1%. l. were ecstatic 
     
     when presented the heautilul cooler and 
     
     trophy hy l’remier Rohert (ihix in the 
     
     \V'inners' (Iircle. This was lans third (iold 
     
     (Iup and Saucer \‘ictoi‘y thanks. in great 
     
     part. to Iiarl‘s skills as a driyer. In 1980 
     
     and 1982. he shared ownership with his 
     
     hrother. l)on when they won with Saul's 
     
     Pride and talented trainer driyer ‘loe 
     
     Smallwood. lan ranked this accomplish- 
     
     ment with l’ownal liay .\Iatt in 2008 on 
     
     par with his numerous high prolile yicto— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ries on hoth sides oi the Nth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     liarl Smith‘s harness racing careerwas 
     
     dotted with a ntunher ol‘ positiye high» 
     
     lights. He was lortunate to haye won 
     
     many stake races. many hig-name stalx'e 
     
    
   
   
    
     races. e\"en S3t).()()t) stake races: howeyer. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     his higgest moment and the race that 
     
     meant the most to him was the one that 
     
     he won for young Jeffrey Bowman. It 
     
     was Atlantic Sires Stakes Championship 
     
     time and liarl was driying 'l‘om 
     
     MacPherson's (,'/.7(/r/n//e’s Brit! in the linal 
     
     tor a suhstantial purse. Both owner and 
     
     driyer had agreed puhlicly to donate all 
     
     of their share ol the purse that day to a 
     
     young‘lel‘l‘rey Bowman whose lamily was 
     
     faced with mounting medical hills. The 
     
     story had reached the media and thou— 
     
     sands were cheering l‘or Jelli‘ey and 
     
     (.‘bur/o/Ie’s b’ri'll at post 
     
    
   
   
    
     According to liarl. “She was a long shot 
     
    
   
   
    
     parade. 
     
    
   
   
    
     to the hettors hut in my mind. I ligured 
     
     she might he second or third and then I 
     
     ended up winning that race. It meant 
     
     more to me than any other race." It 
     
     seemed that somehody ahoye was in 
     
     control and a very deserying Alel‘t‘rey 
     
     Bowman had a Very happy day. Alustice 
     
     seemed to haye won that memorahle day 
     
     when long shot Charla/leis Brill was lirst 
     
     to hit the wire. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hunter Riyer's liarl Smith was always 
     
     around horses hecause his parents. Alan 
     
     and \\'anda always had horses around 
     
     their home. Earl would he cleaning out 
     
     the stalls. As a youngster. he enjoyed 
     
    
   
   
    
     going to the races with his lather. lle 
     
    
   
   
    
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