Creating partnerships & programs to promote & grow harness racing.

Who was Bill Galvin?

Bill Galvin was a Canadian horse racing historian, poet, author, publisher, educator, horseman, humanitarian, publicist, racing official and magazine editor.

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Thank you to these generous partners

SPONSORS

The Bill Galvin Racing Alliance greatly appreciates the generosity of the sponsors of the following projects:

Tom Rankin - Sponsor of the 2023 and 2024 Youth Literary, Art, Photo and Video Contests

Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) - Sponsor of the DRIVE TO WIN Virtual Reality Harness Driving Experience

The following people and organizations have also generously contributed to the BGRA:

  • Brent Belore

  • Bill Brown

  • Deadheat Films (Jeremy Grabatin)

  • Equine Guelph (University of Guelph)

  • Karen Hodgson

  • Trena Jeffery

  • Dave Landry

  • Dean Leifso

  • Lisa McCallum-Smith

  • New Image Media - Clive Cohen

  • Ontario Racing

  • Ontario Sires Stakes

  • Kelly Spencer

  • Standardbred Canada

  • TROT Magazine

  • Twinbrook Farms

  • Woodbine Entertainment

The Directors of the BGRA are also grateful for the following volunteers without which we would not be able to function:

Karen Allen

Coleen Belore

Kathy Benjamin

Sandy Downey

Karen Duck

Amber Fairhall

Karen Hargrave

Dillyn Jackson

Denise Kunz

Ruleen Lilley

Robin MacKay

Betty MacKinnon

Nancy Milcz

Linda Rainey

Kelly Spencer

Sue Thompson

Marlene Travis

Raymonde Walker

Linda Yake

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