Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
- Ted Atkinson, Hall of Fame jockey
- Russell Baze (born 1958), Hall of Fame jockey. Currently #2 winningest jockey in history.
- Big Ben, world show-jumping champion
- Billyjojimbob – distinguished aged trotter; winner of the Elitlopp
- John Campbell – harness racing driver
- Dance Smartly – Canadian Triple Crown, Breeders' Cup champion
- Jim Day – Olympic equestrian Gold medalist, champion thoroughbred trainer
- Stewart Elliott – thoroughbred racing jockey
- Hervé Filion – harness racing driver
- Sandy Hawley Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey
- John Hayes (1917–1998), harness racing driver
- Johnny Longden (1907–2003), Hall of Fame jockey
- Nijinsky II, last English Triple Crown winner
- Northern Dancer – Canada's most successful and beloved race horse
- Red Pollard (1909–1981), Seabiscuit's jockey
- Strike Out – harness racing champion
- Ron Turcotte (born 1941), Hall of Fame jockey of Secretariat
- George Woolf (1910–1946), Hall of Fame jockey
- Ian Millar (born 1947), owner and rider of Big Ben
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