Wednesday, with visiting hours at Hennessey Funeral Home Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. MacDonald is survived by his wife Cheryl Poulton, one son and one daughter, two grandchildren, and a large extended family of brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.Ī funeral mass will be held at St. One of MacDonald's biggest wins was P.E.I.'s Gold Cup and Saucer in 1987. So we’ve got the OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship. Drivers will take part in a memorial service at the track this coming Saturday. This weekend it won’t just be men and their horses racing at the Hanover Raceway, there will be races just for women drivers. was ready to cancel races Sunday, but MacDonald's family insisted they go on. Bruce Ranger, one of harness racing’s all time great drivers and a member of the Christian Harness Horseman’s Association, recently sat down with fellow CHHA member and author Jack Alan Levine (Don’t Blow It With God, and Where the Rubber Meets the Road With God) to talk about life, God, and his personal struggles with alcohol, depression and fear. 'A lot of people said … he died doing what he loved.'ĭrake said Harness Racing P.E.I. That was his livelihood that's what was his love,' said Drake. 'These guys, you know, they compete at this level all the time. Drake said he doesn't think the 58-year-old's death was connected to the race.

There's been no official word on a cause of death, but heart failure is suspected. He was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital but died on arrival. MacDonald made it back to his racing stable after a race on Saturday afternoon and collapsed, said Lee Drake, director of marketing and promotions for Harness Racing P.E.I. 'He died doing what he loved.'- Lee Drake, Harness Racing P.E.I. harness racing driver Paul MacDonald, who had more than 1,500 wins to his credit, died Saturday just minutes after finishing a race at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

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