Cam Fella

Paquet Stables

Ed & Beverley Paquet

Belleville, Ontario

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A tribute to Cam Fella

Career Record Totals

return null;	Age	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
1981	2	11	3	3	3	17,588
1982	3	33	28	2	0	879,723
1983	4	36	30	4	2	1,144,056
Totals		80	61	9	5	2,041,367

Pedigree

Standardbred Pacer Bay Gelding (foaled May 14, 1979)
15.1 hands
by Most Happy Fella - Nan Cam by Bret Hanover
Owners: Cam Fella Syndicate
Breeder: Wilfred Cameron
Trainer/Driver: Pat Crowe

Accomplishments
Voted Harness Horse of the Year - 1982 and 1983 in U.S. and Canada
Champion Three-year-old Pacer - 1982
Pacing Horse of the Year - 1982
Champion Aged Pacer - 1983
Pacer of the Year - 1983
Inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and the American Harness Racing Hall of Fame
Posted more consecutive 2:00 wins than any other Standardbred in history with 32
Won 28 consecutive races and was known as "The Pacing Machine"
Nation's leading Standardbred sire in 1995
Retired as richest Standardbred in the history of harness racing -- 1983
Sired 13 crops of foals, including three-year-olds of 2000, who have earned in excess of $100 Million
Sire of 14 millionaires and 4 winners of "The Little Brown Jug"
Held track record at Roosevelt, Sportsman's Park, Edmonton, Greenwood, Mohawk, Pompano Park, & Cloverdale
Won two legs of the Pacing Triple crown - the Cane Pace and Messenger Pace in 1982
Won the Canadian Pacing Triple Crown, Canadian Pacing Derby, Prix d'Ete, Provincial Cup, World Cup, American-National, U.S. Pacing Championship, Mohawk Gold Cup, & Frank Ryan Memorial.

Cam Fella arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park on December 5, 1997 after being gelded that spring due to testicular cancer. He passed away on May 9, 2001, at the age of 22, due to cancer.

Norm Faulkner and Norm Clements

Horse Legends "Complete Rider"

CAM FELLA,Fred Stone
	Cam Fella Lane

Photo Ed Keys

Cam Fella
Hall of Fame Inductee, 1986

Cam Fella won the Canadian Trotting Association's "Horse of the Year" honours in 1983 after capturing the "Harness Horse of the Year" honours in a poll conducted by the U.S. Harness Writers Association and the United States Trotting Association.

The "Pacing Machine", as he was so aptly named, did more than any horse in recent memory to focus public attention on harness racing. In making him the "People's Horse", his owners Norm Clements, Norm Faulkner and later the Friedbergs, raced Cam against all comers at racetracks all over Canada and the United States.

Cam Fella's exploits became legendary. He became the first horse to ever capture both the Canadian and the U.S. "Horse of the Year" awards in consecutive years.

He put together a magnificent record of 58 victories, 6 seconds and 2 thirds in 69 starts during the final two years of his career. He closed out a brilliant career on the crest of 28 consecutive victories. "The pacing Machine" retired the richest pacer of all time with earnings of $2,041,367.

Hoof Beats "A Race for the Ages"

Cam Fella vs It's Fritz"

A Challenger from the East……

Firms Phantom

‘The Canadian Sportsman Nov 29/2001’

Phantom Menace...............or maybe not?

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

Early break dooms record attempt

By ERIC BENDER -- London Free Press

Cam Fella's 28-race win streak remained intact as Firms Phantom, the superhorse from the Maritmes, flubbed a crack at the record last night at Western Fair Raceway.

"I've never felt so bad about losing a race in my life," said trainer Ben Wallace, who was entrusted with the three-year-old pacing colt for his first race out of the Maritimes, where he had racked up 28 straight wins.

"I'm very disappointed. Those people (Firms Phantom's Halifax owners, trainers and drivers) did a good job. They take their racing very seriously down below. One minute you're a hero, the next minute you're a goat."

Wallace felt Phantom, unfamiliar with the track, was "another victim of the first turn at WFR."

Firms Phantom, starting from the third slot in the seventh race, broke stride in the first turn, dropped to the back and finished seventh in the eight-horse field.

"In the first turn he went sideways," said driver Mario Baillargeon. "His head went one way. I wasn't really speeding him out there."

Baillargeon said the horse paced well the rest of the way, closing from 20 lengths back to finish four or five back.

While there may have been thousands of race fans cussing in the Maritimes, it was a Maritimer who won the race. Jody Jamieson, a native of Truro, N.S. -- where Firms Phantom last won -- drove Voo Doo Vine to victory in 1:59.2.

Jamieson said having Firms Phantom and horses such as CWs Special, who has won seven consecutive races and 12 this year, "changed the outlook of the race."

"We went at them," he said. "It was unfortunate he (Firms Phantom) made a break."

Asked if his name would be mud back in Truro, Jamieson replied: "I hope they were happy it was a Maritimer who beat him."

Norm Clements of Uxbridge, owner of the legendary Cam Fella, was philosophical before the race, saying records were made to be broken.

But Cam Fella's trainer-driver Pat Crowe of Cookstown said Firms Phantom "is no Cam Fella."

"Cam Fella beat the best horses in the world and on all the race tracks in North America and made $2-million," he said.

That was back in 1983, when the pacer won the last 28 races of his career as a four-year-old. Cam Fella was sold for $6-million for breeding and died of cancer last year at age 22.

Firms Phantom, known as the Beast from the East for his sometimes unruly behaviour, got a nine-page fax of support from the Maritimes with messages such as "Blow them away" and "Show them how it's done."

It was a race that built interest quickly last week as word got out that Firms Phantom was going to challenge on Ontario tracks.

Teletheatres from Florida to Chicago and certainly throughout the Maritimes were packed, said Shelley Gervais, assistant raceway manager at WFR. "There was interest throughout North America," she said.

The new rivalry between Firms Phantom and the best horses in Ontario intensified when racing writers quoted horse people who were skeptical of the quality of the Nova Scotia horse.

Firms Phantom had won 16 races and $66,658 this year.

Firms Phantom Dies

(Standardbred Canada ‘Insider News’)

September 19, 2002

Firms Phantom, former Horse of the Year in Atlantic Canada was humanely destroyed on Monday following complications resulting from a hock injection.

The four-year-old Matter Of Money gelding had been purchased for a reported $125,000 in mid-July by a group of Ontario owners that included Joseph Ruta, Margaret Forward, Randy Fauteux and Susan Tooke. Robert Tooke trained the horse who was racing at Windsor Raceway.

Firms Phantom had won eight of 17 starts this year with $68,800 in winnings to give him $192,000 lifetime.

Robert Tooke confirmed that the horse was not insured

Champion pacer Cam Fella put down

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2001 8:03 p.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com) - Champion standardbred pacer Cam Fella, who won 61 times and earned more than $2 million, was euthanized Wednesday at the Kentucky Horse Park following a progressive battle with cancer.

The 22-year-old gelding was retired to Kentucky in 1997 after a successful stud career at Stonegate Farm in New Jersey. He was gelded that year when he was found to have testicular cancer.

Sired by Most Happy Fella out of Nan-Cam, Cam Fella was foaled in Lexington in 1979 and bought as a 2-year-old by Norm Clements and Norm Faulkner of Ontario.

Cam Fella last raced in 1983. He won 61 of 80 starts and earned $2,041,360. His 28 consecutive victories still stand as the longest winning streak in the sport, and he was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1998.

As a sire, Cam Fella's 13 crops have earned more than $86 million and include such champions as Camtastic, Goalie Jeff, Precious Bunny, Presidential Ball, Cams Card Shark and Ellamony.

"Cam Fella was remarkable during his career as a pacer and then at stud, but he was also considered a member of our family," Norm Clements said from Prince Lee Acres Farm in Uxbridge, Ontario. "We are comforted to know his last days were spent at the Kentucky Horse Park, where he was loved by his caretakers and adored by his fans."

Cam is now racing with the clouds…….

Pepsi North America Cup:
History

It takes awhile to build history and tradition. In the case of the Pepsi North America Cup, staged for the first time in 1984, the past 18 years have indeed shaped the event as one of the standards of excellence in harness racing. The continent's finest three year-old pacers in training, a one million dollar purse, and dramatic finishes, have all factored into establishing the Cup as a world class sporting event.

A glance at some of the past winners bears truth to the calibre of horses involved: Jate Lobell, Precious Bunny, Presidential Ball and Gallo Blue Chip - all claimed the title with memorable performances. Last year, it was Bettors Delight who shone in the spotlight. The fleet-footed son of 1994 Cup champion Cams Card Shark springboarded from his triumph in the Pepsi North America Cup to divisional honours and Horse of the Year honours in Canada.

Before it became known as the North America Cup in 1984, it was called the Queen City Pace. The late great "Pacing Machine" Cam Fella, won the 1982 edition, and later sired four Cup champions (Goalie Jeff, Precious Bunny, Presidential Ball and Cams Card Shark). His legacy continues: the 2001 winner Bettors Delight is a grandson of Cam Fella

This year at Woodbine, we look forward to adding another great champion to the list of Pepsi North America Cup winners. We hope you enjoy this classic race, featuring the very best the sport has to offer.

Eternal Camnation....the legend lives on!

Eternal Camnation -- The Greatest Pacing Mare of All Time!

Pedigree: Cam Fella - Cool World, by Nihilator

Horse	ST	1^st	2^nd	3rd	Earnings

ETERNAL CAMNATION	89	45	15	4	$3,568,338
BUNNY LAKE	82	44	16	13	$2,495,995
WORLDLY BEAUTY	45	21	10	3	$1,900,255
GALLERIA	51	22	13	9	$1,814,453
SHADY DAISY	142	53	28	20	$1,807,755
MISS EASY	32	25	3	3	$1,777,656
SANABELLE ISLAND	110	57	21	12	$1,641,676
IMMORTALITY	44	25	9	2	$1,614,939
LOYAL OPPOSITION	42	26	7	5	$1,546,642
FOLLOW MY STAR	57	29	10	9	$1,537,503
CATHEDRA DOT COM	74	26	17	7	$1,520,487

Eternal Camnation's Major Wins:

2004: $250,000 Classic Series Final (Mohawk)

2003: $250,000 Classic Series Final (Dover Downs)

$208,125 Milton Final (Mohawk)

$300,000 Breeders Crown Final (Woodbine)

2002: $194,040 Milton Final (Mohawk)

$212,783 Roses Are Red Final (Woodbine)

2001: $244,500 Milton Final (Mohawk)

$248,000 Roses Are Red Final (Woodbine)

$332,500 Breeders Crown Final (Meadowlands)

$278,500 Lady Liberty Pace (Meadowlands)

2000: $107,325 Glen Garnsey Memorial division (Red Mile)

$155,100 Bluegrass (Red Mile)

$162,361 Jugette Final (Delaware)

$535,300 Fan Hanover Final (Woodbine)

1999: $637,833 Breeders Crown Final (Mohawk)

$170,500 International Stallion Stake (Red Mile)

$112,737 Blugrass division (Red Mile)

$131,250 Kentucky Standardbred Sale Co. division (Hoosier Park)

Dan Patch divisional champion in 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

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