FRASERVILLE, ON — Local favourite Hi Edith came up with a personal best effort to claim the first three-year-old trotting filly Grassroots Semifinal at Kawartha Downs on Thursday evening. In rein to part-owner Doug Hie, the Earl daughter powered up the outside heading by the three-quarter pole and then accelerated down the stretch to a

FRASERVILLE, ON — A second wave of Grassroots stars are headed to Kawartha Downs on Saturday night, led by two trailer loads of freshman trotters from the Henry Stable. Wayne Henry qualified five trotting fillies and five trotting colts for the two-year-old Semifinal round, and the Arthur resident is hoping the talented youngsters can maintain

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park fans decided Post 11 would not be a handicap for Chancey Lady in Thursday's $107,798 Gold Elimination, and the two-year-old pacing filly proved them right as she sailed to an Ontario Sires Stakes record equalling 1:52.3 triumph. Driver Mark MacDonald landed Chancey Lady in seventh in the early going,

REXDALE, ON — With any luck, Ontario Sires Stakes fans will finally get to see what Hypnotist is truly capable of in this Sunday's Gold Elimination at Woodbine Racetrack. After 14 lifetime starts, trainer Roger Mayotte says the three-year-old pacing colt has at last conquered his fear of the starting gate. "Just in the last

WINDSOR, ON — The aptly named Constance Hall and her three-year-old trotting filly peers will invade Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening in a pair of $53,000 Gold Eliminations. For the past two seasons, Constance Hall has been a steady player on the Gold Series circuit, and trainer Bob McIntosh hopes the filly can maintain her

REXDALE, ON — When the three-year-old trotting colts arrive at Woodbine Racetrack on Friday evening for their last Gold Series Eliminations, the pressure will be on the top colts to lock up a place in next week's Gold Final and the season ending Super Final. The only colt not feeling any pressure is first time

SARNIA, ON — Eleven freshman pacing fillies will line up behind Hiawatha Horse Park's starting gate this Thursday in one $107,798 Gold Elimination, and trainer Bob McIntosh is hoping All Accounted For can earn her twelfth straight top five finish in spite of being handicapped by Post 8 in the crowded field. "If she can't

FRASERVILLE, ON — Ontario's top three-year-olds have cleared the first hurdle toward Grassroots glory, and are gearing up for a slate of eight $30,000 Semifinals this Thursday, Oct. 18 at Kawartha Downs. The second hurdle is a top four finish in Thursday's Semifinal, and trainer Per Henriksen is feeling confident that trotting colt Keystone Empire

REXDALE, ON — For the second straight week Luc Ouellette engineered a perfect pocket trip around the Woodbine Racetrack oval for Lennon Blue Chip, and this Monday the two-year-old pacing colt was able to take full advantage and score his first Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final victory. Leaving from Post 8, Ouellette gunned Lennon Blue

WINDSOR, ON — When you are sitting on the kind of horsepower Steve Condren was in the two-year-old trotting colt Gold Final at Windsor Raceway on Sunday, you can afford to be patient. Starting from Post 3 in a field of nine with prohibitive favourite Windsong Espoir, Condren's patience was tested early. As he has