FRASERVILLE, ON — Bigtime Ball will return to Kawartha Downs on Tuesday, Sept. 25 for his third crack at a $130,000 Gold Final, and the track photographer is preparing a wide-angled lens should the three-year-old pacing gelding make it two in a row at his hometown oval. After Bigtime Ball's track record performance in the

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — O U Gus may not be setting the two-year-old trotting colt division on fire but, heading into the second last Gold Series Eliminations of the season this Sunday at Mohawk Racetrack, the Jerry Duford trainee has certainly been consistent. Through eight starts the son of Angus Hall and former Gold Series competitor

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — For the last four months Simply Mavelous has been slaving as an understudy to the province's top three-year-old pacing fillies, and on Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack she finally earned her moment in the spotlight. Starting from the outside Post 10, fans did not think Simply Mavelous would have an opportunity to

FRASERVILLE, ON — Bigtime Ball made his local fans proud on Tuesday night, capturing his Gold Elimination in a Kawartha Downs track record 1:50.4. Starting from the trailing Post 9, driver Paul MacDonell eased Bigtime Ball away from the starting gate and was sitting seventh when Windsun Ben hit the opening quarter in :27.2. As

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — In his equine clinic Dr. Dan McMaster calls the shots, but when it comes to two-year-old trotting filly Feels Like Magic the Campbellville resident admits that his veterinary intern Tine Nielsen is the chief decision maker. "Tine makes all the calls. She really knows trotters," says McMaster, who is one-third of the

ELORA, ON — Grinning Breed and Dougs Fame jumped to the top of the two-year-old pacing colt division point race with a one-two finish in the second of six $18,173 Grassroots battles at Grand River Raceway on Monday evening. Arthur resident Trevor Henry piloted Grinning Breed to the one and three-quarter length victory, reeling in

GLOUCESTER, ON — When Cayenne Turbo lines up behind the starting gate at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Friday night, the three-year-old trotting colt will be carrying more than just driver Gord Brown in his race bike. The young trotter will also be carrying the memory of Ottawa horseman Lyle Anderson, who passed away just over

SARNIA, ON — Freshman trotting filly B Cor Reba has led a Jekyll and Hyde existence this summer, but heading into Thursday's Grassroots event at Hiawatha Horse Park, trainer Barry Drury is hopeful her mild mannered side is starting to re-emerge. "Until we went to Georgian Downs (July 17) she'd never tightened a line. She

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Sloppy conditions at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening did not spoil the show put on by Ontario's precocious two-year-old pacing fillies in a trio of $39,182 Gold Eliminations. In spite of a track rated three seconds slower than normal, first time Gold Series starter Voelz Hanover matched her personal best with an

HANOVER, ON — Walkerton native Randy Fritz guided a pair of three-year-old pacing fillies to Grassroots victory at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening. Stepping into the race bike behind Spun Sugar for the second time this season, Fritz piloted the Camluck filly to an effortless 1:55.4 score in the second race. The pair cruised across