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Ray Kennedy would have been cross that he didn’t make it to the yearling sales this week.

Just 15 months ago champion trainer Mark Purdon received a reminder of the greatness of his father Roy, the harness racing icon who passed away on Thursday.

The New Zealand Horse Ambulance Trust offers its sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Mac Henry, who passed away recently in Invercargill at the age of 72.

Graham Laing is being remembered as a versatile and knowledgeable horseman and a “good everyday bloke”.

A race honouring the late Ron Paterson has been confirmed for the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Labour Day meeting on October 25.

Bill Feiss, the man behind one of Australasian harness racing’s most successful ownership forces, has passed away.

A tribute by Frank Marrion, HarnessXpress

Polished horseman Denis Nyhan passed away this week after a relatively short illness.

Denis Donovan Nyhan is being remembered as an exceptional horseman and administrator.

The industry was left saddened on Wednesday by the tragic and premature passing of noted journalist and form analyst, Stu Bailey.