ELORA, ON — Last December Chris Matthews, John Fewster and Desmond Scott bought themselves an unusual Christmas gift, an immature two-year-old pacing filly they hoped would transform over the winter into a long-legged sophomore racehorse. The gamble paid off and the partners, who hail from Guelph and Orangeville, will gather at Grand River Raceway on

ELORA, ON — Drivers Paul MacDonell, Doug McNair and Jason Brewer all picked up a pair of Grassroots victories at Grand River Raceway on Monday evening. Guelph resident MacDonell kicked off his driving double with a confident steer behind fan favourite Shaws Creek Buff in the second three-year-old pacing colt split. The pair took control

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack fans may have given the edge to his fellow Gold Elimination winner Kinetic King, but Monday's Gold Final story was written by Murmur Hanover. Starting from Post 2 driver Mario Baillargeon sent Murmur Hanover after the early lead and the two-year-old trotting colt out muscled Toocool Forschool to the :13.3

FRASERVILLE, ON — Driver Mike Saftic piloted a pair of two-year-old pacing colts to Grassroots victory at Kawartha Downs on Saturday evening including locally owned Get Around Town. Starting from the trailing Post 9 in the fourth $24,000 Grassroots division, Saftic and Get Around Town landed fourth in the early going, but were quickly out

OTTAWA, ON — Ontario's two-year-old pacers were sizzling in Gold Final action at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday evening. Right from the earliest moments of the pacing filly Gold Final Ottawa area fans knew they were going to witness a speed show. Both Miss Coco Luck from Post 1 and Adventurepan from Post 5 were

DUNDAS, ON — At the start of the Gold Series season trainer John Bax knew Charmed Life had the size and strength to be a contender on the two-year-old trotting filly circuit, what he did not know was whether she had enough speed. The daughter of Majestic Son and Christina M put that question to

HANOVER, ON —Trevor Ritchie made the trip to Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening to steer seven two-year-old trotting fillies in Grassroots action and the trotting specialist landed three of them in the winner's circle. Lining up at Post 3 with Stormont Hotplate in the fourth $24,000 Grassroots division, Ritchie settled the filly onto the rail

WOODSTOCK, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing fillies invaded Woodstock Raceway this afternoon for nine $24,000 Grassroots divisions. Raise Your Glass kicked off the festivities with an impressive four length victory in 1:58.2. The filly led a sweep of the top three spots by Santanna Blue Chip offspring, being followed across the Woodstock finish line

ELORA, ON — Twin B Wrangler already has one Grassroots trophy to his credit as he prepares to compete in the third event of the season at Grand River Raceway, but trainer Travis Umphrey has limited confidence that the three-year-old pacing gelding will collect another on Monday. "He looked so good last fall, when we

DUNDAS, ON — When Brenway Dixie captured her Gold Elimination at Flamboro Downs last weekend the two-year-old trotting filly launched Patrick Shepherd into twentieth spot on the Ontario Sires Stakes trainer's standings. With just four OSS starters in his barn the 20-year-old horseman now has 23 points in the Johnston Cup race, tallied in eight