CRHA Hall of Fame George & Elva Boyce – 2008 Inductees Showed road horses in the 1950’s and continued ‘till the early 60’s, mostly in the Ottawa Valley, with occasional journeys into western Quebec, and also exhibited at the Royal. One horse he did well with was Gratten Harvester.
CRHA Hall of Fame Fraser & Ruth Hurdman – 2008 Inductees Fashion Lady Fraser and Ruth Hurdman lived in Ottawa. Fraser had a heavy construction business but he and Ruth managed to find time to show some great horses. Ruth rode Saddlebreds, and they both showed Hackney Horses in the 1950’s and early 60’s, Fraser …
CRHA Hall of Fame Mary Grieve Croft – 2006 Inductee Mary Grieve Croft of Rockwood, ON knew at an early age what career she would choose, something with horses. As a toddler standing in her mother’s flower bed reaching through the fence to pet a young foal who a few years later she knew she …
CRHA Hall of Fame Ivan Cochrane – 2008 Inductee The farm of brothers Ivan and Lloyd Cochrane was located east of Port Perry. Both worked at General Motors in Oshawa and showed Road Horses on the weekend and when they had holidays. With the help of Merv Graham of Blackstock, who did their trucking, they …
CRHA Hall of Fame Moree Thomas – 2004 Inductee & Ross Thomas 2012 Inductee Ross Thomas first started his interest in showing horses with Cecil Stirling. He helped him show first Percheron, Commercial and then Trotters. He enjoyed the horses, even played horse with his brother when they were kids. After Cecil’s death Ross started …
CRHA Hall of Fame Lou & Alma Thibaudeau – 2008 Inductees Lou Thibaudeau began showing in the 1930’s and did so continuously till 1962. Over the years they exhibited at many shows both close to home, and at a distance, including Belleville, St. Catherines, and the Royal. Brownie Lee was the grandson of Lee Harvester …
CRHA Hall of Fame Les & Pearl Lawrence – 2007 Inductees The Lawrence’s, Les, Pearl, Jean and Harold added a great deal to the Road Horse Association. It was at Les’ home where the first meeting of the Association was held. Les and his father had showed Commercial horses for many years, but in the …
CRHA Hall of Fame Lorne & Alice Crawford – 2003 Inductees Previous Next Lorne was a well-known and well-loved Ottawa Valley sportsman and horseman and a long-time member of both the CRHA and OHHA. He served as President of the CRHA from 1987 to 1988. Lorne’s many friends were saddened and shocked by his sudden …
CRHA Hall of Fame Harley Allison – 2005 Inductee & Lois Allison – 2013 Inductee Previous Next The Allison family of Harley, Lois, and son, Wayne, has been showing road horses now for over thirty years. Harley first began with a bike and a horse called Slade, who was rumoured to have enjoyed an occasional …
CRHA Hall of Fame Lloyd Nugent – 2009 Inductee Previous Next Lloyd Nugent was employed with the Ministry of Transportation for many years. He has been showing road horses for a great number of years as well, along with his daughter, Carolyn. Carolyn keeps their harness immaculate — cleaning and wiping it after every class. …