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2009-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2009|

Forward records three more Grassroots wins in Sarnia

SARNIA, ON — With just over seven weeks remaining in the Ontario Sires Stakes season, Brad Forward is on course to repeat as the program's top driver, adding three wins in Grassroots action at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday evening to the pair he captured at Georgian Downs on Tuesday. Forward struck early at Hiawatha

2009-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2009|

Western Silk completes the OSS trophy trifecta

DUNDAS, ON — Western Silk overcame her outside post to score an impressive victory in the two-year-old pacing filly Gold Final at Flamboro Downs on Thursday afternoon. Handicapped by an outside post for the second time in Gold Final action, driver Mark MacDonald opted for an aggressive strategy in Thursday's $130,000 skirmish. Starting from Post

2009-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2009|

Sooner Than Later ready to get back to work Tuesday

WINDSOR, ON — After winning the first Gold Final, Sooner Than Later failed to advance out of the elimination round in the second and third Gold Series events, so trainer Doug McIntosh decided a mini-vacation in the September sun was the best way to prepare the two-year-old trotting filly for her Tuesday, Sept. 29 test

2009-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2009|

I Wont Dance captures Gold Final trophy number two

GLOUCESTER, ON — After kicking off his sophomore season in impressive fashion, trotting colt I Wont Dance struggled through July and August, but on Thursday evening at Rideau Carleton Raceway the gelding announced his return to form by dominating his peers in a $130,000 Gold Final. I Wont Dance made a break in his racing

2009-09-23T00:00:00-04:00September 23, 2009|

Herestopatrick hoping to pad his point tally Sunday

WINDSOR, ON — Windsor Raceway kicks off two weeks of outstanding Ontario Sires Stakes action on Sunday evening with five $24,000 Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old pacing colts. Hoping to deliver another strong effort in his second Grassroots start is locally owned Herestopatrick, who will make his bid for provincial glory from Post 2 in

2009-09-22T00:00:00-04:00September 22, 2009|

Forward and McIntosh on familiar ground in Innisfil

INNISFIL, ON — Brad Forward and Bob McIntosh, the leading driver and trainer in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, teamed up for a pair of Grassroots victories at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening. In the second of six $24,000 Grassroots events, Forward and three-year-old trotting colt Berndt Energy got away fourth from Post 3 and

2009-09-22T00:00:00-04:00September 22, 2009|

Yellow Diamond adds Gold Final trophy to her collection

FRASERVILLE, ON — Yellow Diamond's resume is impressive, and on Tuesday night at Kawartha Downs the three-year-old pacing filly added a Gold Final to the list of stakes events she has captured this season. Starting from the advantageous Post 1 in the $170,000 Gold Final, driver Mark MacDonald sent the filly straight to the font.

2009-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2009|

Celebrity Hercules in pursuit of points at Rideau Thursday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — After searching fruitlessly for months, trainer John Drennan has acquired two young trotters in the last two months that have paid immediate dividends. The Burlington resident and partners David Jeffs of Inglewood and Terry West of Burlington purchased two-year-old trotting colt Scotty Doesnt Know on July 17 and have cheered the youngster

2009-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2009|

Nothing petite about Grassroots competitor L H Lil Count

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park will wrap up its Ontario Sires Stakes season on Thursday evening with a slate of five $24,000 Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old pacing colts. Making his second start in the provincial program is local colt L H Lil Count, who gets Post 2 in the sixth race. "He got

2009-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2009|

Trainer hopes happy-go-lucky colt on his game Friday

ELORA, ON — John Rier has been excited about the prospect of racing an offspring of his mare Hetties Charm since he purchased her as a yearling, but the Kitchener resident has been forced to moderate his enthusiasm due to the temperament bestowed on her first-born, two-year-old trotting colt Charmbo Tie, who makes his third