Lil Williamson
Lil Williamson captured more than 50 championships in various hack, hunter and jumper competitions in Canada and the United States between 1942 and 1960. In 1958, she moved to Regina and began to serve as a competition judge. Williamson is a certified Canadian Equestrian Federation judge and steward. She has been involved with competitions across [...]
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Catherine “Cathy” Wedge
Catherine Wedge began riding at the Saskatoon Pony Cub at the age of eight. She started competing internationally in 1969, and that year won the Working Hunter Championship at the Seattle International Horse Show. As a member of the Three-day Event team, Wedge won gold at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Columbia on [...]
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Sandy Shields
Sandy Shields grew up around horses on his parents’ Somme, Saskatchewan farm. His racing career began shortly after he answered an ad for a stable worker in Winnipeg. Soon he moved on to exercise boy and apprentice jockey winning his first race on Thrifty Miss on June 14, 1957. Sandy readily became the Western Canadian [...]
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Ray Remmen
Ray Remmen drove from Saskatoon to New Jersey, with a few stops in between. The journey took him more than 20 years. Remmen’s harness racing career began at the age of eight when he started jogging and driving horses for his grandfather at Marquis Downs in Saskatoon. From 1966 to 1975 Remmen raced and trained [...]
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Lou Hough
Beginning in 1961, Lou Hough chaired and organized horse shows in Saskatoon. In 1973, he played a key role in the organization of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation and served as the Federation’s president from 1975 to 1978. He served as president of the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame from 1976 to 1980, and of Sask [...]
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Captain Stanley “Cap” Harrison
Saskatchewan’s most distinguished builder of the sport of thoroughbred racing, Captain Stanley Harrison was recognized for his contributions as a breeder, trainer, writer and race official. Captain Harrison used his talent to capture the spirit of his thoroughbreds for the enjoyment of the countless followers of the equestrian arts. Captain Harrison judged at horse shows [...]
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