Robert Arel Passes
At 1h18, on December 9, 2021 • By NEWSROOM/Standardbred Canada
Robert (Bob) Arel, the influential and avidly-read harness racing columnist for daily newspaper Le Journal de Montréal for three decades, passed in a hospital in Granby, Québec, this week after a long illness. He was 87.
Arel covered horse racing at Blue Bonnets until his retirement, which preceded the track’s 2009 demise by a few years. He was also a television analyst for the Montréal races and, at one point, even served as backup race announcer.
Arel is survived by his wife, Claudette; children Alain, Gilbert and Josee, and their spouses and children; as well as a sister, Louise Lefebvre.
