Island born driver fall short for second year in a row

For the second year in a row Wally Hennessey was nominated to enter the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and for the second year in a row he fell short to being inducted.

The Hall of Fame announced the 2012 inductees Tuesday and Hennessey’s name didn’t appear on the list.

Hennessey who is based out of Pompano Park in Florida has sat in the sulky for over 40,000 lifetime drives including 8036 trips to the winner circle and over $54 million in earning while supporting a .339 driving average.

He also became only the 21^st driver to hit the milestone of 8,000 when he did so earlier this season.

This season he has 62 victories from 334 starts and just shy of $300,000 in earnings.

Hennessey also won the Gold Cup and Saucer in 2001 with Scarlet and Gold and then again in 2005 with Driven To Win.

Also nominated for induction was Islander Llyod Duffy, a regular jockey who enjoyed success at Greenwood Raceway, Woodbine and Fort Erie Racetrack. A winner of over 2000 races, Duffy, also occupies a driving license for standardbred horses as well.

Both men are inductees of the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame. Hennessey is also induced in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, located in Goshen, New York.