DUNDAS, ON — Four of the heavyweights from the three-year-old pacing filly division squared off in the fourth of six Grassroots battles at Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening and Machet Rocket used a come from behind effort to keep her provincial record unblemished. In a contest featuring division point leaders Machleen and Phoenix Seelster, the

ELORA, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old trotting fillies put on an impressive show for Grand River Raceway fans on Friday evening, delivering some expected results along with a few upsets. Its All Magic delivered the biggest upset on the Grassroots program, going gate to wire in a tenth race contest that saw the fans' top

SARNIA, ON — Mike Saftic and Bob McIntosh put two freshman pacing fillies in the Grassroots winner's circle at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday evening. Hall of fame horseman McIntosh handed Saftic the lines to Western Empress in the fourth race and the reinsman crafted an off the pace victory for the daughter of Western

INNISFIL, ON — Mark Etsell and his partners named the second generation product of their breeding program The Golden Child, but heading into Tuesday's Grassroots event at Georgian Downs the trainer says The Problem Child might have been a more appropriate moniker. "Just bad luck," says Etsell about the three-year-old trotting gelding's sophomore season. "Unfortunate

DUNDAS, ON — Hiddenbrooke's best Grassroots results have come on half-mile ovals and Gaetan Hebert is hoping the three-year-old pacing filly can deliver another solid effort when the provincial program stops at Flamboro Downs on Sunday. "She's pretty good on a smaller track," says the Waterdown resident. "That's where she's made her money is on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Heading into last week's Gold Elimination Norm Dunstan felt Lexus Helios was rounding into peak form and would be able to hold her own against the top three-year-old trotting fillies in the province. The filly finished a steady fourth in her elimination to qualify for Thursday night's $130,000 Gold Final and Dunstan's

DRESDEN, ON — Ontario's exciting two-year-old pacing colts sweep into Dresden Raceway on Monday for the second last Grassroots contest of their regular season. Looking to add a few more points to his tally and extend his freshman campaign is Can He Go, who was bred and raised in Chatham by Rob Chapple. In his

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Trainer Tony O'Sullivan had a hunch that Mach A Wish could compete with Ontario's top three-year-old pacing lasses and his intuition paid off on Monday evening as the filly sailed to a Gold Final triumph at Mohawk Racetrack. With Rick Zeron back in the race bike, Mach A Wish lined up behind

SARNIA, ON — Paul Ysebaert and Bob McIntosh have been buying, breeding and racing horses together for two decades and the latest product of their partnership will be lining up behind the Hiawatha Horse Park starting gate on Saturday in the fourth of six Grassroots divisions. Expresso Yourself heads into the Sarnia contest on a

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Paul MacDonell qualified two Mike Keeling trained trotting fillies for Thursday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, but the reinsman had committed to Sugar Wheeler well before he engineered the results of last week's eliminations. The Guelph resident has driven the three-year-old trotting lass in all but two of her 20