Longtime Québec racing official Guy Pelletier passed Monday (Dec. 29) after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Pelletier, of Sherbrooke, Qué., spent over half a century helping to administer harness racing in Québec, and wore a diverse assortment of administrative and managerial hats throughout his storied career.
He left a career as an industrial engineer to become the race secretary at Sherbrooke Raceway in 1968, and later became the race secretary and general manager at both Hippodrome Trois-Rivières and Hippodrome Pré-Vert in Jonquière.
In 1987, he departed racetrack management to become a judge at various racetracks throughout Québec, and retired at the age of 82 after completing the 2019 season at Hippodrome 3R.