ally Hennessey, a 52-year—old 
     
     resident of Coconut Creek, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Florida, won over 7,000 races 
     
     and $48 million in purses as a standard- 
     
     bred driver; however, on August 21, 2005 
     
     at the new state—of—the-art Charlottetown 
     
     Driving Park Entertainment Centre he 
     
     experienced one of his biggest thiills 
     
     ever. He carefully guided a very talented 
     
     Driven To Win to an astounding 151.2 
     
     victory to win the 46th running of the 
     
     prestigious Gold Cup and Saucer. In the 
     
     process, he established a new track 
     
     record and Maritime record and equaled 
     
     the Canadian record for aged horses on a 
     
     half—mile track. What made it so impor— 
     
     tant to Wally was the fact that it was 
     
     accomplished in his 
     
     Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with 
     
     his family and many friends as spectators. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fifteen thousand screaming fans cheered 
     
     for Wally and the Scott Bell trained 
     
     Driven To Win as they headed down the 
     
     homestretch unchallenged in what every— 
     
     one anticipated was an historic record— 
     
     breaking mile for owners Martha and 
     
     Milton Frank. Theodore Gewertz and joe 
     
     Holloway. What a fitting climax to the 
     
     2005 Old Home Week at the newly resur- 
     
     faced, widened and banked track at the 
     
     Charlottetown Driving Park Entertain— 
     
    
   
   
    
     hometown of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Photo: Monica T hors 
     
    
   
   
    
     ment Centre. After the dust had settled, 
     
     Wally stated, “This equalled in impor— 
     
     tance and thrills my first Gold Cup and 
     
     Saucer victory with Bill Companion Jr’s 
     
     Scar/er And Gold. It also came close to 
     
     my big wins with the incomparable, 
     
     Mom' Maker. It is so difficult to compare 
     
     great wins because they all mean so 
     
     much at the time for different reasons." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wally was born in 1956 in Charlottetown, 
     
     Prince Edward Island to Shirley and joe 
     
     Hennessey. He had four brothers and 
     
     five sisters. Harness racing was in his 
     
     genes because his dad and grandfather 
     
     were accomplished horsemen. Wally 
     
     explained, "I have been around horses 
     
     since I was able to walk because I grew 
     
     up in a family with deep roots in harness 
     
     racing. It all began for me at the 
     
     Charlottetown Driving Park and it is all 
     
     that I have ever done in my entire life.” 
     
     Three of Wally’s siblings were active as 
     
     trainers and drivers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The achievements of Wally were certain— 
     
     ly recognized at home and abroad. He 
     
     was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall 
     
     of Fame for his exploits as a top driver at 
     
     Pompano Park. He was thrilled when 
     
     the province of his birth inducted him 
     
     into the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall 
     
    
   
   
    
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