GLOUCESTER, ON — Two-year-old pacing filly St Lads Popcorn is headed to Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday to begin defence of her Gold Final crown, but once again the young trotter and driver Jason Brewer will line up on the outside in their $40,000 Gold Elimination. "You get some good luck and some bad," says

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Replacing the rain that has pounded Halton County in recent days, Mohawk Racetrack will be flooded by two-year-old trotting fillies this Monday, July 28. Thirty-nine young trotters will battle for a total of $160,000 in four Gold Eliminations at the Campbellville oval, and trainer Herbert Holland is hoping Winning Agenda is among

CLINTON, ON — Over the last nine months Fred Jamieson has been continually amazed by two-year-old trotting colt Hibbler's professional attitude, and the Putnam resident is hoping the colt's all-business approach carries him to a large piece of Grassroots pie at Clinton Raceway on Sunday. "He's so level-headed, he doesn't have an excitable bone in

FRASERVILLE, ON — Two-year-old trotting colt Hitithard did just that to capture the Gold Consolation at Kawartha Downs on Tuesday evening. Regular reinsman Mike Saftic hit the accelerator early, taking full advantage of the colt's inside Post 2, and Hitithard was five lengths ahead of his peers when he reached the :28 opening quarter. Saftic

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Nebupanezzar proved last week's elimination victory was no accident with an impressive 1:54 triumph in Sunday's $120,000 Gold Final, over a Mohawk Racetrack oval rated one second slower than normal. The No Pan Intended son and driver Steve Condren of Milton floated away from Post 2 and landed in fourth spot on

DUNDAS, ON — The front end was a tough place for two-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday evening at Flamboro Downs, as fan favourites in both the $120,000 Gold Final and $20,000 Gold Consolation did all the early work but were unable to hang on in the stretch and claim the provincial hardware. Fans sent Daylon

WOODSTOCK, ON — Dave Wall put his Ontario Sires Stakes expertise to work at Woodstock Raceway on Saturday afternoon, guiding a pair of two-year-old trotting fillies to their first Grassroots victories. The Komoka resident, dubbed "Mr OSS" for his longtime success in the provincial program, started the afternoon off with a gate-to-wire triumph aboard fan

INNISFIL, ON — Driver Robert Shepherd and Hall of Fame horseman Keith Waples teamed up to capture two of five freshman pacing colt Grassroots divisions at Georgian Downs on Saturday evening. In Race 7 Shepherd and Hundred Diamonds started from the advantageous Post 1, but the 28 year old reinsman opted to sit in the

DUNDAS, ON — She drew an outside post and ended up with a dreadful trip in the Gold Elimination last week, but in her return to Flamboro Downs on Friday night, two-year-old pacing filly St Lads Popcorn had luck riding squarely on her shoulders. First, trainer Mark Horner was forced to scratch Pantecostal out of

FRASERVILLE, ON — The cream of Ontario's two-year-old trotting colt crop will return to Kawartha Downs on Tuesday, July 22 to battle in their first $120,000 Gold Final and $20,000 Gold Consolation. Mike Saftic will steer Hitithard in the Consolation and Winning Mister in the Final, and the veteran reinsman likes his chances in both