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Keith Waples
Keith Gordon Waples (December 8, 1923 – May 7, 2021) was a Canadian Hall of Fame sulky driver and horse trainer in the sport of harness racing. In 1959, Waples became the first driver to record a sub two-minute mile in Canada and the first to win a $100,000 race in Canada. In 1962, Keith Waples drove Tie Silk to victory in the International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway[2] and in 1972 with the colt Strike Out he won the Little Brown Jug,[3] the Adios Pace[4] and Prix d'Été.[5] Keith Waples was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 [6] and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1978 [7] and the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1987.[8] In 2008, Waples was an inductee (Athlete category) of the Midland (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame. Waples died in May 2021, at the age of 97.[9] References
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