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2009-08-07T00:00:00-04:00August 7, 2009|

Grassroots at Hanover rescheduled for Wednesday

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway cancelled its Saturday, Aug. 8 program due to the wet weather and poor track conditions. As a result, the eight Grassroots divisions originally scheduled for Hanover's Saturday evening program will now be contested as special card on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 4 pm. Post positions for the two-year-old pacing filly

2009-08-07T00:00:00-04:00August 7, 2009|

Oaklea Rico makes second Grassroots start at home

SUDBURY, ON — When Oaklea Rico races, owner Jocelyne Menard likes to be in the grandstand, so the Chelmsford resident is delighted that the three-year-old trotter's second Grassroots start will occur on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Sudbury Downs. "I can't miss a race; it's not acceptable," says Menard with a laugh. For the gelding's July

2009-08-06T00:00:00-04:00August 6, 2009|

Freshman colts flood Flamboro Downs this Sunday

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans are in for a treat on Sunday evening as 59 of the province's most talented freshman trotters and pacers converge on the Dundas oval for Gold Elimination action. A total of 22 pacing colts will battle in three $40,000 eliminations, with the top three finishers from each elimination advancing

2009-08-06T00:00:00-04:00August 6, 2009|

Strapping filly hoping for success in Gold Final Monday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Monday's Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack will only be Wilsonator's fourth lifetime start, but the two-year-old trotting filly has already delivered a full season's worth of thrills to owner Ted Wilson. "It's just a dream come true to have something like her," says Wilson, who bought his first Standardbred in 1963. In

2009-08-06T00:00:00-04:00August 6, 2009|

Forward and McIntosh claim three wins in Ottawa

GLOUCESTER, ON — Brad Forward reunited with last year's Grassroots champion Tomorrowpan at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday evening, and engineered the first Ontario Sires Stakes win of the season for the three-year-old pacing filly. Starting from Post 7 in the second $24,000 Grassroots division, Forward put the No Pan Intended daughter on the front

2009-08-05T00:00:00-04:00August 5, 2009|

Primary Purpose in hunt for Gold Final trophy Sunday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Casie Coleman's level of satisfaction with the eight-hole Primary Purpose drew for this Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final is a reflection of the rotten post position luck the three-year-old pacer has had in every final since mid-May. "The eight-hole is pretty good for him in a final. I was actually happy with it,"

2009-08-04T00:00:00-04:00August 4, 2009|

Magical Debut preps for Grassroots debut Saturday

WOODSTOCK, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old trotting fillies will battle in their third Grassroots event this Saturday afternoon, and trainer Jason Libby is hoping Woodstock Raceway will be the site of Magical Debut's return to form. "We're hoping to regroup," says the Dorchester resident, who conditions Magical Debut for Anne and Bertha Postmus of Ingersoll.

2009-08-04T00:00:00-04:00August 4, 2009|

Easy going Mach Dismissal ready for first test Saturday

HANOVER, ON — Mach Dismissal is a third generation product of Jeff and Lori Thomson's breeding program that the Chesley residents have liked since her first days in harness, and on Saturday evening the two-year-old pacing filly will make her career debut over their local oval in a $24,000 Grassroots division. "We've liked her from

2009-08-04T00:00:00-04:00August 4, 2009|

Reigning Gold Final champs battle at Mohawk Saturday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Windsong Filou will start from Post 8 in Saturday's $170,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, and trainer Carl Jamieson figures the outside post will prevent the filly from defending her Gold Final title in the hotly competitive three-year-old pacing filly division. "If they leave hard out of the eight-hole, it's a long

2009-08-04T00:00:00-04:00August 4, 2009|

Ritchie hoping for another perfect trip Friday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — A perfect trip from an outside post earned I'll Wait For You her first sophomore Gold Elimination trophy at Mohawk Racetrack last week, but driver Trevor Ritchie knows a repeat performance will be tough to orchestrate from Post 9 in Friday's $130,000 Gold Final. "It would be the perfect set up again