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Wally Hennessey
Walter J. "Wally" Hennessey (born October 4, 1956) is a Hall of Fame harness racing driver. He was inducted into the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame in 2006, the United States Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame on August 6, 2014. Hennessey drove his first horse to victory in 1975. On June 13, 1992, at Buffalo Raceway, Hennessey won seven New York Sire Stakes events, including a track-record six in a row. He won his 8,000th career race on February 18, 2012. Hennessey relocated to the United States during the late 1980s and currently makes his home in Coconut Creek, Florida. Henessey was the main driver of champion Moni Maker. References External linksWalter Hennessey Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Hennessey, Walter 1956 births Living people Canadian harness racing drivers Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Charlottetown People from Coconut Creek, Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harness Racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, or spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia and New Zealand, races with jockeys riding directly on saddled trotters ( in French) are also conducted. Breeds In North America, harness races are restricted to Standardbred horses, although European racehorses may also be French Trotters or Russian Trotters, or have mixed ancestry with lineages from multiple breeds. Orlov Trotters race separately in Russia. The light cold-blooded Coldblood trotters and Finnhorses race separately in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Standardbreds are so named because in the early years of the Standardbred stud book, only horses who could trot or pace a mile in a ''standard'' time (or whose progeny could do so) of no more than 2 minutes, 30 seconds were admitted to the book. The horses have proportionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
