Kentucky horseman Terry Tucker, 57, passes

 Terry Tucker, a native Kentucky horseman, died on Thursday, November 16, 2006, in Boca Raton, Florida at age 57. He had been diagnosed with cancer recently.  Funeral services were held on Saturday at the Gary Panoch Funeral Home in Boca Raton. Burial will be in his hometown of Campbellsville, Kentucky.

For many years Tucker trained and drove horses throughout the Midwest, especially at tracks in his home state. for the past seven years he had worked managing the South Florida Trotting Center for Eric Cherry.

In his career, he drove the winners of 749 races and $1,690,239.

In the late 1990s he was successful with the Esquire Spur filly Maidstone Hall in Kentucky. He drove her to a 2:01.4 win at Bluegrass Downs in a $31,882 Kentucky Sire Stake in 1998.

In addition to training horses such as Kentucky Sire Stakes winner Maidstone Hall, Tucker was active with the Kentucky Harness Horsemen's Association during his years working as a horseman in Kentucky. He had attended the fall Grand Circuit meet and yearling sale in Lexington this fall.

Source: USTA Website & The Horseman & Fair World Website (11-17-06)