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      Clare
      Macdonald
      ina
      close
      finish
      against
      Gilles
     
     
      Barrieau.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      **Opportunities
      are
      usually
      disguised
      by
      hard
      work,
     
     
      so
      most
      people
      don’t
      recognize
      them.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
            
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WOMEN
      IN
      SPORTS:
      Harness
      Racing
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      4
      :
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      Harness
      Racing
      has
      long
      been
      knownas
      ‘‘the
      sport
      of
      ~~
     
     
      kings’’
      but
      it
      also
      has
      some
      queens.
      It
      is
      typically
      a
     
     
      male
      dominated
      sport
      with
      women
      occupying
      ‘‘behind
     
     
      the
      scenes’’
      positions,
      ranging
      fromcleaning
      stalls
      to
     
     
      jOgging
      horses.
      The
      number
      of
      female
      drivers
      in
      the
     
     
      maritimes
      was
      unavailable
      fromthe
      USTA
      but
      Kevin
     
     
      "
      Boomer’’
      Gallant
      from
      the
      CDP
      says
      ‘there
      is
      no
     
     
      more
      than
      five,
      that
      he
      could
      think
      of’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      of
      these
      queens
      is
      Clare
      Macdonald,
      Ladys
     
    

    
     
      Driving
      Champion
      two
      years
      in
      a
      row
      in
      Summerside
     
    

    
     
      and
      now
      Canada’s
      second
      fastest
      female
      driver
      going
     
    

    
     
      amile
      in
      1:57.4
      with
      the
      senational
      three
      year
      old
      Mark
      Macdonald
      (6),
      Joe
      Kennedy,
      Clare
      Macdonald,
     
     
      kKilkerran
      Engle.
      Other
      than
      Emmons
      Mackay,
      Clare
      Haley
      MAcdonald
      (1)
     
    

    
     
      is
      the
      only
      other
      person
      to
      ever
      drive
      Kilkerran
      Engle.
     
    

    
     
      When
      asked
      how
      she
      felt
      being
      asked
      to
      drive
      oar
     
     
      Kilkerran
      Engle
      she
      answered
      ‘honoured,
      it
      was
      one
      |
      Ma”
      s
     
     
      of
      the
      races
      I
      enjoyed
      most.’
      The
      race
      she
      did
      enjoy
      9s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      most
      was
      in
      Truo
      against
      world
      class
      driver
      Billy
     
     
      O'Donnel.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Clare
      Macdonald
      recieved
      her
      licence
      when
      she
      was
     
     
      sixteen
      and
      had
      always
      been
      in
      the
      harness
      racing
     
     
      business
      through
      her
      family.
      When
      she
      started
      driv-
     
     
      ing
      she
      says
      ‘I
      was
      not
      treated
      differently,
      but
      I
      think
     
     
      was
      because
      I’ve
      always
      been
      around
      the
      horses’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tare
      now
      runs
      the
      West
      River
      Stock
      Farm
      which
      has
     
     
      tween
      15
      to
      20
      horses.
      They
      breed,
      train,
      and
      race
     
     
      le
      horses
      out
      of
      the
      farm.
      Clare
      cando
      everything
     
     
      atis
      required
      to
      run
      her
      farm
      even
      shoeing
      her
      own
     
     
      Orses.
      If
      this
      doesn’t
      keep
      her
      busy
      enough
      she
      is
     
     
      a1800
      the
      mother
      of
      three/
      2
      boys
      ages
      12
      and
      6
      and
     
     
      One
      girlage
      |,
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Smith
     
     
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