The sudden passing in May of beloved trainer Bruce Walquist made me think about the loss of those like him and how the hole left by their absence is filled. Over the past 25 years of publishing The Equine Chronicle, we have seen numerous icons in the horse industry–two-legged and four-legged–leave us. The list is too long and storied to select a few names to mention here, but each of these people and horses were amazing in their own way and they cannot be replaced. The industry we all enjoy was built on the shoulders and backs of these household names and those that came before them. There is no doubt that the people we remember all had faults, they all made mistakes, and they all made the organizations they were involved with better. There is no doubt that the horses we have lost left a legacy of greatness that drove the industry in a new direction.