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2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00September 20, 2011|

Monkey On My Wheel earns second Gold Final trophy

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Jody Jamieson had Monkey On My Wheel on cruise control at Mohawk Racetrack on Tuesday evening, guiding the three-year-old pacing filly to her second straight Gold Final victory. With only nine fillies entered in last week's Gold Elimination all of the entrants proceeded straight to Tuesday's final and when Tanned For Life

2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00September 20, 2011|

Carr keen on his trio of Grassroots Semifinalists

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Jim Carr is bullish on the Ontario Sires Stakes program, and the Hamilton resident demonstrated his enthusiasm at the Summer Sizzler Sale in August by purchasing two sophomore pacers who have advanced to Saturday's Grassroots Semifinals at Mohawk Racetrack. Carr's first acquisition at the Aug. 28 sale was three-year-old pacing filly Pearl

2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00September 20, 2011|

Grassroots challengers looking to shine in Semifinals

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Each division has been winnowed down to 20 horses and Friday's Grassroots Semifinals at Mohawk Racetrack will further reduce the ranks of two-year-olds to 10 finalists. Trainer Jack Darling will harness one pacing filly in each of the $30,000 Semifinals, and the Cambridge resident is hoping both Twin B Elite and St

2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2011|

Cosmopolitan filly hoping for success in nation’s capital

OTTAWA, ON — After butting heads with North America's top fillies all season, Miss Paris brings her skills to the Ontario Sires Stakes program this Thursday, competing in one of three $40,000 Gold Eliminations at Rideau Carleton Raceway. Ottawa resident Mel Hartman shares ownership of the two-year-old trotting filly with Herb Liverman of Miami Beach,

2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2011|

Colt hoping to make a little late season magic

DUNDAS, ON — With the top two colts opting out of Friday's Gold Eliminations, fans can expect fierce competition from the 17 freshman trotting colts headed to Flamboro Downs for a pair of $40,000 battles. Among the colts hoping to make his mark in the late season Gold events is Cool Creek Magic, who was

2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2011|

China Pearls taking owners on a fun-filled ride

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Call it a clich�, but Stewart Cockshutt has been involved with harness racing long enough to know that winning is not everything. The Rockwood resident's three-year-old trotting filly China Pearls is among the favourites for Thursday's $170,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, and while the long time owner admits that it is

2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2011|

Traverse Seelster moving up to the big time

ELORA, ON — Traverse Seelster's Grassroots foes breathed a sigh of relief when the entries for Friday's Gold Eliminations at Grand River Raceway were published. Rather than put the three-year-old trotter's flawless Grassroots record to the test in this weekend's Semifinals at Mohawk Racetrack, trainer Frank O'Reilly of Guelph and owners Franco Cianci of St-Laurent,

2011-09-18T00:00:00-04:00September 18, 2011|

Apogee Hanover captures Windsor Gold Elim

WINDSOR, ON — After a month-long break in their Ontario Sires Stakes campaign, Ontario's top two-year-old pacing fillies returned to Gold Series action at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening. In the single $40,000 Gold Elimination, Your Beautiful was quickest off the blocks from Post 2 and led the field of 10 to a :27.2 opening

2011-09-18T00:00:00-04:00September 18, 2011|

Pacing colts finish season in high gear

INNISFIL, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts were on fire at Georgian Downs on Saturday evening, rocketing around the Innisfil oval in the last regular season event of their Grassroots campaign. Mach Wheel stripped three seconds off his personal best en route to the quickest mile of the four Grassroots divisions. In rein to

2011-09-16T00:00:00-04:00September 16, 2011|

Trotting colts battle their way to Semifinals in Ottawa

OTTAWA, ON — Freshman trotting colts Mikey Hanover and Northern Victory scored one for the local side at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Friday evening, finishing first and second in their $24,000 Grassroots division. Fan favourite, and division point leader, Strike The Cheque led the field through fractions of :30, 1:01.2 and 1:31.3 but could not