Longtime Fort Erie racetrack announcer Daryl Wells Jr. passes away
He followed in the footsteps of a Hall of Fame father but Daryl Wells Jr. made the job of calling races at Fort Erie Racetrack his own.
Wells served as race announcer and the unofficial face of Fort Erie Racetrack for 33 years before leaving the post in 2010. The Hamilton native died Thursday in hospital in Ajax, Ont., at the age of 56.
The cause of death wasn’t immediately known.
Wells was a second-generation race caller. His late father, Daryl Sr., called races at Woodbine, Greenwood and Fort Erie from 1956 until 1986 and in August was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.