Keith Waples
Keith Waples is a Hall of Fame sulky driver and trainer in the sport of harness racing. In 1959, Waples became the first driver to record a sub two-minute mile in Canada and the first to win a $100,000 race in Canada.
In 1962, Keith Waples drove Tie Silk to victory in the International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway. and in 1972 with the colt Strike Out he won the Little Brown Jug, the Adios Pace and Prix d'Été.
Keith Waples was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1978 and the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2008, Waples was an inductee of the Midland Sports Hall of Fame.
