ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Owner, breeder, and former racing executive Don Amos died at age 73 on Feb. 8 at the Sheridan Villa in Mississauga, Ontario. Amos, a native of Barrie, Ontario, was the Ontario Jockey Club’s vice president of Woodbine Sales prior to joining Magna International in 1984. He was eventually appointed as chief operating officer of Magna Entertainment, before retiring from the company in 2006. Amos owned and bred Swingin On Ice, who captured the Grade 2 Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland in 1999 for trainer Josie Carroll. A private funeral and celebration of Amos’ life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Sheridan Villa, the Long Run Thoroughbred Adoption Society, or the Alzheimer’s Society.