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victory in the lasi lour starts of his career including a track record of 123‘) at Summerside Race\\'ay. I'nfortunately. he was involved in a trucking incident while travelling to Charlottetown for the Gold (Iup and never raced again. lie drove Milton Downeys (Iln‘ls/ofilier (I l)ot(‘H twice in the Gold (Zup and Saucer. In one ol these. he l‘inished second to Paul Mackenzie and lillle lilac/e Book in 123+ which was a Canadian record and he was pretty excited about that Forlack Brown he had Glelzloln'.\' and he liked this horse a lot. lma [from/(car Star was a horse which he had for (Llil‘l~ Pound and Richard MacGuigan. lie was a little horse that he liked a lot. He was not the quickest horse hut a nice horse to drive and handle, (llelzgttle Major was a little horse that (’Ilarence “Soggy" Reid hought as a year— ling from Doug t\lac(}regor. ‘lody hroke this colt. won the maidens with him and also raced him in the Gold Cup Trials. l’nl‘ortunately. he was involved in an accident on the track and l)t'()l\'L‘ his leg. \\"ell—mannered and one ol~ ~lody‘s layourite horses he had everything to make a horse. (/leH Reynolds won the (‘royernor‘s Plate and held the track record at the Summerside Raceway, 'l‘his down—under pacer olten laced Winners Accolade and ilk/[core and won his share lor Soggy Reid.

\\'hen asked to select a l‘avourite l‘rom all

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the horses over the years. he deliberated for quite a while and responded. “I had so many really nice horses that I liked and some could only pace in 2:08. I think lmz/ Brow/tear Slur \yas prohahly as nice a horse that l have ever been associated with. He was such a pleasure to he around. There was no driving to him. lie was no problem on and off the track. lie was a dream horse. perfectly mannered not the fastest hut certainly one ol~ my layourites."

Jody Ilennessey \yas hehind the starting

gate for more than 10.000 races. \Vhat was his most memorahle race? It was his first Gold Cup and Saucer and he \\'as driving Glen/obi i\'. He rememhered all the Old Home \V'eek activities leading up to the (iold (Iup and Saucer Parade and the hig race. The ceremonies that night included The lsland llymn \vritten liy Lucy Maud Montgomery and sung by l’aith .\lcl\'enney. the post parade in dark ness except for the spotlight on the indi— vidual horses and drivers. and the huge roaring cro\\'d — especially in the infield. It was every drivers dream in this region to he in this race and ~lody was delighted. l’ou‘er Baron was the winner and jody linished third. If the opportunity pre— sented itself would he do it again? He answered. "I would love to do it again What more could you ask l‘or than to win the (iold (lup and Saucer?"

“ I would love to do 1'! again. What 1120ch could you ask/or

[loan lo win 1/90 Gold Cup and Saucer?

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