Harry Pownall

Career At age 16, he made his driving debut at Riverhead, New York, driving Billy Bunker for trainer Allie Cornwell.

Arden Homestead Stable The Brooklyn native went to work for E. Roland Harriman of Arden, New York. He placed second in Grand Circuit points in 1939 and third in 1940, a year when Arden Homestead was third in money won among stables. That year at Goshen, New York, he drove Florimel and won the third leg of the E. H. Harriman Cup. He also won the Walnut Hall Cup with Spud Hanover.

He began training Titan Hanover in 1943. During the 1944 season, he notably campaigned the two-year-old to a world-record mile of 2:00, the first ever for the age group. He captured the 1944 Delaware Gazette, a two-year-old trot at the Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack, with Titan Hanover.

With Star's Pride, he won his second Delaware Gazette in 1949,

In the early 1960s, the veteran trainer guided Matastar, a son of Star's Pride, bred and owned by Arden Homestead. He drove Matastar to a world record time of 1:55 4/5 in October 1962 at The Red Mile in Lexington. The mile was the second-fastest ever recorded in harness racing, next to Greyhound's 1:55 4/5 in 1938. The record broke the previous record of 1:57 1/5 set by Matastar's sire, Star's Pride and Pownall in 1952. By 1962, he was the only trainer credited with four trotters achieving 1:58 or faster miles. Along with Matastar, they included Star's Pride (1:57 1/5), Florican (1:57 2/5), and Titan Hanover (1:58).

In 1967, he tied Tom Berry with his 22nd Hambletonian start, and by 1968, he was called the "dean of Hambletonian drivers" after surpassing Berry in total heats driven. 1969 marked his 50th anniversary in the sulky.

Death Pownall died on December 31, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, at 77 years old.