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For Immediate Release
February 11, 2007
From Harness Racing Communications
TV PRODUCER JANUARY DAVIES, 31, DIES
January
Davies, 31, a harness racing TV producer and videographer, died
on Saturday, February 10, in New
Jersey. Davies was born January 9, 1976,
six minutes after her twin brother Beau, and was inseparable from
him in life, and eventually death.
Davies,
a resident of Acton, Ontario, graduated from Mohawk College in Ontario with an arts degree and pursued a career
in television production. She worked at Woodbine Entertainment Group
for six years in the television department. Davies was the producer
of the weekly harness racing show that aired on The Score across
Canada, and worked
on video features for stake races, press conferences and special
events.
Davies
spent two years producing the racing feed from Lexington, Kentucky’s Red Mile, a time-honored destination
for those who love harness racing. She produced the racetrack coverage
in 2004 for the final leg of the first trotting Triple Crown winner
in 32 years and again in 2006 when Glidemaster, owned by her close
friends Blair and Karin Burgess, also annexed the Triple Crown.
Davies
worked behind the camera, in the graphics department and as an archivist
for The Meadowlands Racetrack television department. She also archived
the video library of the Hambletonian Society and edited the video
that accompanies the Hambletonian exhibit at the Harness Racing
Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York.
Davies
took special pride in producing the year-end awards video for the
prestigious U.S. Harness Writers' Dan Patch Awards.
She
was predeceased by her grandmother, Jacqueline Hillman in 2000,
and her twin brother, Beau in 2001. She is survived by her mother,
Callie Davies-Gooch of East Windsor,
NJ, sister November, beloved niece Winter and father, Brent
Davies, all of Mississauga, Ontario, and many, many grieving relatives and
friends who will miss the light of her smile.
A
remembrance service will be held Tuesday, February 13, from 6-8:00
p.m. at Crabiel Funeral Home, 202
Stockton Street, Hightstown, NJ.(609-448-3456).
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her name to
the Harness Horse Youth Foundation, 16575
Carey Rd, Westfield,
IN, 46074.
Arrangements
for a Canadian service will be announced at a later date.
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