DR. J. GLEN BROWN

DR. J. GLEN BROWN Dr. J. Glen Brown graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Surgeon’s degree from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1957. He is President and General Manager of Armstrong Brothers, a world class Standard-bred nursery at Inglewood, just north of Brampton that has ranked among the seven leading money winning Standard-bred breeders in North America since 1965. Regarded as one of the most influential and hardworking executives in harness racing across North American, Dr. J. Glen Brown has scored a rare “Daily Double”, having been inducted into both the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame as well. A career in harness racing came naturally for Dr. Brown as he followed in the footsteps of his late, great father, James W. Brown, also a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. James Brown was a racetrack and horse auction operator who bred and raced horses under the name of Glendale Farms. Dr. Brown has perpetuated the Glendale name as a family holding which presently includes 15 mares. In 1981, he achieved the ultimate in success when his fabulous filly Fan Hanover became the first filly to ever capture the prestigious Little Brown Jug and later was voted U. S. Trotting Association’s “Harness Horse of the Year”. Dr. Brown has served as a commissioner of the Ontario Racing Commission, president of the Canadian Standard-bred Horse Society, a director of the Ontario Harness Horsemen’s Association and Harness Racing Communications and was also president of the North American Harness Racing Marketing Association of Canada. He currently serves as president of the Kentucky Standard-bred Sales Co., chair of the Ontario Agriculture and Horse Racing Coalition and is a trustee, vice-president, executive committee member and chairman of the Standard-bred committee of the Ontario Jockey Club. Dr. Brown and his wife reside in Brampton and have three children; Jim of Calgary, Lynne (Hague) of Burlington and Doug of Sarnia. Inducted November 14, 1996