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2007-07-12T00:00:00-04:00July 12, 2007|

Dean and partners hope filly is feeling the beat Monday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — When the two-year-old pacing fillies grace Mohawk Racetrack's oval with their presence on Monday, July 16, trainer James Dean is hoping Shake That Junk will live up to her name and shimmy down the stretch to a top three finish. In her first three appearances at the Campbellville oval the daughter of

2007-07-11T00:00:00-04:00July 11, 2007|

Jamieson in unfamiliar waters with two-year-old colts

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — After eight months of careful lessons and conditioning, the first group of Ontario-sired two-year-olds will test their skills in Gold Series action at Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday, July 15. Three of the hopefuls will hail from the Carl Jamieson stable, but the Princeton resident admits he does not have as good a

2007-07-11T00:00:00-04:00July 11, 2007|

Forward hopes his Gold Final gamble pays off Saturday

INNISFIL, ON — When Brad Forward heads to Georgian Downs on Saturday, July 14 for the Innisfil oval's X-treme Horsepower program, the reinsman will have his fingers firmly crossed. Forward is looking for luck on two fronts. First, that he chose the right horse for the three-year-old pacing colt Gold Final after winning two eliminations,

2007-07-11T00:00:00-04:00July 11, 2007|

Clinton colts looking for home field advantage Sunday

CLINTON, ON — Ontario's lightning fast three-year-old pacing colts will dish up a full serving of speed at Clinton Raceway on Sunday afternoon as they battle for a total of $150,000 in Grassroots purses. Hoping to earn a share of the provincial riches are a pair of colts trained by Clinton resident George McClure —

2007-07-10T00:00:00-04:00July 10, 2007|

Nadhazi stays low key as Matriarch heads into Gold Final

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Just two weeks after stepping onto the track for the first time this season, three-year-old trotting filly Matriarch heads back to Mohawk Racetrack as one of the early favourites for Friday's $130,000 Gold Final. "I was hoping to have her ready sooner, but she had a little setback in the spring," explains

2007-07-09T00:00:00-04:00July 9, 2007|

Fallon Seelster hoping for hometown advantage Thursday

GLOUCESTER, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes excitement swings into the nation's capital on Thursday with five Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old trotting fillies, and Spencerville resident Jason Gilchrist hopes the move to Rideau Carleton Raceway's five-eighths mile oval results in a solid outing for Fallon Seelster. "She can't get around a half-mile track very good,

2007-07-09T00:00:00-04:00July 9, 2007|

Yankee Butter hoping for smooth sailing Friday

ELORA, ON — On Friday, July 13 Grand River Raceway raises the curtain on an exceptional month of Ontario Sires Stakes action with eight Grassroots divisions for the gifted three-year-old pacing fillies. With one second and one third in the first two Grassroots events of the season, Yankee Butter currently sits sixteenth in the race

2007-07-08T00:00:00-04:00July 8, 2007|

Sergei Seelster wins third straight Gold contest Saturday

INNISFIL, ON — Sophomore pacing colt Sergei Seelster moved one step closer to defending his Gold Final title with an impressive come from behind victory in Gold Elimination action at Georgian Downs on Saturday evening. In rein to Brad Forward, the Rustler Hanover son eased off the starting gate from Post 4 and was sitting

2007-07-07T00:00:00-04:00July 7, 2007|

Matriarch scores Gold win in first sophomore start

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Last season Matriarch tantalised Acton resident Ted Nadhazi with flashes of brilliance, and on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack the three-year-old filly finally delivered the goods, trotting to an impressive victory in the first of three $39,963 Gold Eliminations. Win R Takes All and Aaron Byron kicked off the evening with a

2007-07-07T00:00:00-04:00July 7, 2007|

Mount Forest colt primed for Grassroots action in Hanover

HANOVER, ON — Sixty-five of Ontario's most talented three-year-old trotting colts will hijack Hanover Raceway's program this Wednesday, July 11 as they compete in nine Grassroots divisions worth a total of $135,000. Hoping to deliver another top performance in the second Grassroots event of the season is local trotter Summerhill Duke, a 2:01.4 winner in