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2007-09-10T00:00:00-04:00September 10, 2007|

Pacing filly delivers high powered performance at Mohawk

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — On Monday evening Michelles Power attacked the Mohawk Racetrack surface with a high intensity performance that saw her lower the Ontario Sires Stakes record for three-year-old pacing fillies. Leaving from Post 8 driver Jody Jamieson settled Michelles Power in seventh as Mach You And Me led the field of 10 to a

2007-09-09T00:00:00-04:00September 9, 2007|

McElroy picks up a pair in Grassroots action at Sarnia

SARNIA, ON — After missing most of last season due to injury, Don McElroy has eased back onto the Ontario Sires Stakes circuit in 2007, making just 28 starts in the provincial program heading into Saturday night's Grassroots event at Hiawatha Horse Park. However, with drives in four of the eight two-year-old pacing colt divisions,

2007-09-07T00:00:00-04:00September 7, 2007|

Catch My Korvette has been both lucky and good

SUDBURY, ON — Ontario's three-year-old trotting colts make their second last regular season Grassroots start next Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Sudbury Downs, and trainer Paul Walker is hoping Catch My Korvette continues to benefit from the combination of grit and luck that has propelled him to the top of the division standings. "He can't maybe

2007-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6, 2007|

Mach You And Me resumes Gold Series campaign Monday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack hosts the second last Gold Series event for the three-year-old pacing fillies on Monday evening, a $115,000 affair that will see just one filly eliminated from the field for next week's Gold Final. Returning to the Gold Series, after missing the August event at Rideau Carleton Raceway due to sickness,

2007-09-04T00:00:00-04:00September 4, 2007|

Billie Baran faces stiff test over his local oval Saturday

SARNIA, ON — With just one Grassroots start under his belt, Billie Baran is already a contender for a berth in the lucrative post season and the Sarnia-based two-year-old pacing colt will be looking to bolster his chances with a successful outing over his hometown oval on Saturday night. "We got a favourable draw," notes

2007-09-03T00:00:00-04:00September 3, 2007|

Brewer on a hot streak in Dresden Grassroots

DRESDEN, ON — Got The Munchies delivered a sweet mile in the first of seven $15,428 Grassroots divisions at Dresden Raceway on Monday afternoon. The two-year-old pacing filly ate up ground in the stretch to snatch a half length victory away from Elate Hanover and pacesetter Tennessee Starlit, stopping the clock in 1:58.1. Jody Jamieson

2007-09-02T00:00:00-04:00September 2, 2007|

Henry Stable dominates Grassroots action at Clinton

CLINTON, ON — Wayne and Trevor Henry capped off an extraordinary weekend of Ontario Sires Stakes success by winning five of six Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting fillies at Clinton Raceway. Since Thursday, Aug. 30, Wayne Henry has harnessed 18 horses in Ontario Sires Stakes action and delivered 11 winners and three third-place finishers

2007-09-01T00:00:00-04:00September 1, 2007|

Former Gold Final winner graduates to Breeder Crown glory

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Longshot Moving Pictures, last for most of the mile after starting from post ten, sprinted home past the leaders in the final strides to score an upset victory in the Breeders Crown Mare Pace at Mohawk Raceway in 1:51.2. The four-year-old daughter of Ontario sire DM Dillinger, out of the Peculiar mare

2007-09-01T00:00:00-04:00September 1, 2007|

Ontario-sired Somebeachsomewhere captures Metro in world record style

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Undefeated Somebeachsomewhere, driven by Paul MacDonell, wired his nine rivals in the $1 million Metro Pace for two-year-olds Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack and in the process set a juvenile world record of 1:49.3. At the finish of the richest race on the continent for two-year-olds, Somebeachsomewhere was a two-length winner over a

2007-09-01T00:00:00-04:00September 1, 2007|

Henry’s tear up Woodstock oval with Grassroots colts

WOODSTOCK, ON — At the halfway mark in the season, brothers Wayne and Trevor Henry lead the Ontario Sires Stakes trainer and driver standings by a comfortable margin, and afternoons like the pair had at Woodstock Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 1 do not lend a great deal of hope to the men and women chasing