The 2021 ballot for the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame has a local name attached.
Antigonish’s Clare MacDonald is on the ballot in Standardbred Driver category.
MacDonald is Canada’s winningest female harness driver in victories (1,498) and purse earnings ($4,769,982). Her stats, all achieved while racing in the Atlantic provinces, rank her second among female drivers in North America. A second-generation horseperson, MacDonald’s driving career began at age 17 with 19 wins in her first year. Since that time, in a career spanning over 40 years, she has surpassed $100,000 in annual earnings as a driver 25 times. She also has served terms as a Standardbred Canada Director and was a member of the Rules Working Group for the Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission.
A total of 18 people and horses comprised of nine Standardbred and nine Thoroughbred candidates were picked for the voting ballot. A 20-person Election Committee for each breed will determine the one individual to be inducted in each category, with the results to be announced on April 13th.
