ELORA, ON — Its A Good Thing heads into Tuesday's Gold Elimination at Grand River Raceway with an impressive record of seven wins and three seconds in 12 starts this season, but the date of the three-year-old pacing colt's last start was May 8. Sidelined by health issues in the spring, the Bob McIntosh trainee

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Random Destiny's path to Monday's Gold Elimination at Mohawk Racetrack has not been a linear one, but trainer Riina Rekila is hoping that it culminates in a top three finish for the two-year-old trotting filly. After winning her elimination in the Gold Series season opener at Grand River Raceway on July 13,

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Murray Weber is not afraid to take a chance on a horse other trainers pass over, and the Putnam resident is hoping that the risk he took on Protege Seelster will show a few more dividends in Sunday's two-year-old trotting colt Gold Eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack. "I'm a guy, I've never spent

FRASERVILLE, ON — Ontario's exceptionally talented three-year-old pacing colts converge on Kawartha Downs this Saturday, Aug. 22 for the fourth Grassroots event of their season, and trainer Paul Hutchinson is viewing the first $24,000 division as a testing ground for Cashedout. "It's a testing station for him," says the Peterborough resident. "It's close enough to

WOODSTOCK, ON — Greenlight Special makes the leap into the Ontario Sires Stakes fray this Saturday afternoon at Woodstock Raceway, and trainer Rusty Morgan is hoping the two-year-old pacing filly can hold her own in the field of Grassroots veterans. "She's shown that she might be something," says the Norwich resident, who shares ownership on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Just hours after her big brother captured his Confederation Cup Elimination and finished third in the final, two-year-old pacing filly Bay Girl delivered an outstanding come from behind effort to capture the $130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack. Starting from Post 4 with Mario Baillargeon in the race bike,

DUNDAS, ON — When the call to the post came for the first race of Flamboro Downs' Confederation Cup program on Sunday, a ripple of excitement ran through the grandstand and fans knew they were in for an afternoon of exceptional harness racing. Five races later Ontario's gifted two-year-old trotting colts delivered the first history

SUDBURY, ON — Balmy summer weather brought high speed performances to Sudbury Downs on Saturday night, as all three two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots divisions were clocked faster than 2:00. Each successive $24,000 division rang up a faster clocking, until Lil Bit Lil Bit rewrote the track's freshman pacing colt record in the final division with

SARNIA, ON — Terry Kerr picked up a catch drive aboard two-year-old trotting filly Oaklea Samantha on Thursday evening, and the Sarnia resident engineered a perfect tour of the Hiawatha Horse Park oval for the youngster. Starting from Post 1, Oaklea Samantha accelerated away from the starting gate to a :28.1 opening quarter, before fan

DUNDAS, ON — Harness racing fans across Ontario are headed to Flamboro Downs this Sunday for the Dundas oval's signature event, the $560,000 Confederation Cup. "It should be a nice card of racing, and the weather is supposed to cooperate," says trainer John Kopas, who will harness three colts during the $1 million matinee program.