Glen Todd, an owner, trainer, breeder, publisher, OTB operator, and all-around benefactor of horse racing in British Columbia, Canada, died on Saturday, according to a social-media post by his home racetrack. Todd was 75. Todd, whose parents met at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver in 1939, was involved in the sport for more than 50 years in multiple roles, often at the same time. He owned and trained hundreds of horses while simultaneously providing guidance to the British Columbia racing and breeding industries. “Glen’s passion and commitment to the industry – and the people within it – was unparalleled and will be sorely missed,” said Hastings Racecourse in a social-media post. No additional details of his death were immediately available on Monday. Last year, Todd provided a $1 million interest-free loan to the Thoroughbred horsemen at Hastings during a time when strict coronavirus restrictions in the province had brought live racing to a standstill. Todd trained for a 10-year period in the 1970s and 1980s and then returned to the backstretch in 2017 after his longtime trainer, Troy Taylor, retired. For his training career, he won 156 races from 970 starts, with total purse earnings of $1.8 million. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Todd, who raced and bred under the name North American Thoroughbred Horse Company, was named the co-winner of the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner in 2011, the same year his Classic Alley Kat was nominated for the Sovereign champion female sprinter. Classic Alley Kat was ridden by Mario Gutierrez, a Mexican rider whom Todd encouraged to emigrate to Canada. Gutierrez has since won three Triple Crown races. For the past decade, Todd published a daily newsletter, The Derby Bar & Grill, which was named after an OTB business he opened in a business complex he owned in Vancouver. He also was a part-owner of December Farm in Midway, Ky. “I can’t get enough of racing, I love it so much,” he said in an interview with the Canadian Thoroughbred in 2018. “Winning races never gets old.” Todd was elected to the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 – but as a softball coach and organizer. His induction biography said that Todd was a “quiet White Rock man who got into the sport only through coaching his daughters [and became] one of the most important individuals in world softball.”