Cecil Ladner 
     
    
   
   
    
     Incidentally. one of _Iohn Ladner‘s racc— 
     
     horses was the popular and competitive 
     
     trotter 13ml Iva/muck. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the early 1980s. Cecil shared owner— 
     
     ship of lira Ace with Kenny Hughes and 
     
     Jack Quinn. Paul MacDonald was their 
     
     driver. This was Cecil Ladners introduc- 
     
     tion into the ownership ranks and. for the 
     
     next quarter of a century. he would he 
     
     the proud co—owner of a number of com— 
     
     petitive race horses. During this period. 
     
    
   
   
    
     he and his family enjoved a number of 
     
    
   
   
    
     thrilling and exciting moments in the 
     
     \‘Uinners~ Circle Some of their biggest 
     
     victories included Rt'lllfll‘jl’lli winning the 
     
     Premiers Pace during Old Home \V‘eek: 
     
     Rouge lit/roll winning the Don :\1ac\eill 
     
     Stake. Williamson Memorial Stake, Duck 
     
     Acorn. Plil Colt Stake: legend Kil/emz 
     
     winning the junior Invitational on 
     
     Governor‘s Plate Night. \Val llennessev 
     
     Memorial: l)mzacblon Ail/tees winning the 
     
     Wal Hennessev Memorial; and lids/[mod 
     
     l’ret/ winning in the fastest dead—heat in 
     
     C.l).l’. 
     
     Almalnust Loo/«er in l :3‘). 
     
    
   
   
    
     history. dead heating with 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cecil also experienced one of the low 
     
     points in horse ownership when grittv 
     
     pacer (7' () lx' broke his leg during a race 
     
     at the (?.l).l’. and had to he humanelv put 
     
     down that evening hv a veterinarian. 
     
     Some of the other horses owned hy Cecil 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     and his partners over the vcars included 
     
     Rbc’l/ lint/er. Copper/co. llarborlVie/(12:. 
     
     AC‘s Alon. Amron Ramble. She's A Sonic 
     
     and l'alimzl Star. 
     
    
   
   
    
     One of the biggest highlights of Cecil‘s 
     
     horse ownership was the acquisition of 
     
     Bucla From 77%) Past co—owned by long 
     
     time friend Keith Pigot as well as Cecil‘s 
     
     sons. ’l'rained by Ron 1\Iacl)oi‘iald. Back 
     
     From 'llie Past raced well in 'l‘oronto and 
     
     the pacer was due home for the 2003 
     
     Gold Cup and Saucer. He did race in the 
     
     Gold Cup and Saucer and Cecil had a 
     
     front row seat from heaven ahove. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Something that Cecil reallv appreciated in 
     
     the race game was the unique relation— 
     
     ship that often developed among the 
     
     owner, trainer and driver. Lifetime 
     
     friendships often developed hecause as 
     
     an owner, he dealt with drivers and train 
     
     ers like Kennv Hughes. \'ince l’oulton. 
     
     'l'om \V’eatherhic. Ron MacDonald. t\»’larcel 
     
    
   
   
    
     Barrieau. Paul MacKcnxic. I’aul 
     
    
   
   
    
     ;\Iacl)onald. Jason Hughes, Shane 
     
     Bernard. Kenny Arsenault. Walter 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cheverie. Len McGuigan. David O‘Brien, 
     
     Garv Chappell. Vaughan Doyle. David 
     
     \X’ilkie and (’Ilifford Murphy. Cecil‘s son 
     
     Brian trained Legend Killed/1 in the sum— 
     
     mers of 2002 and 2003 which made those 
     
     summers special to Cecil. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cecil was a competitor and be enjoyed the competitive spirit 
     
    
   
   
    
     involved in a horse race. 
     
    
   
   
    
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