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2007-06-14T00:00:00-04:00June 14, 2007|

Western Fair awash with Grassroots excitement

LONDON, ON — Western Fair Raceway fans will get their fill of Ontario Sires Stakes action next week as the London oval hosts back-to-back cards of Grassroots action on Monday and Tuesday. Eager to get their sophomore season off the starting gate are 83 pacing colts, who will battle for a share of $165,000 in

2007-06-10T00:00:00-04:00June 10, 2007|

Henry, Richardson pick up Grassroots double in Hanover

HANOVER, ON — Although the evening air was cool at Hanover Raceway on Saturday, the on-track action was hot as the three-year-old trotting fillies kicked off their Grassroots season. Seven divisions of fillies went postward on Hanover's Saturday evening program and Psyche Unseen delivered the sharpest mile, hitting the wire three lengths ahead of her

2007-06-09T00:00:00-04:00June 9, 2007|

Spun Sugar sharp in Trillium Series

LONDON, ON — Spun Sugar delivered an impressive performance in the fastest of three Trillium Series divisions at Western Fair Raceway on Friday evening. The three-year-old pacing filly and driver Trevor Henry got the upper hand on favourite Canadette off the gate and never relinquished control through fractions of :28.3, :58.3 and 1:27.4. Powering under

2007-06-05T00:00:00-04:00June 5, 2007|

Hanover Raceway kicks off OSS season Saturday

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway rolls out the welcome mat for the three-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday evening, hosting seven Grassroots divisions for the young distaffers worth a total of $105,000. Last year's Grassroots champion Disco Inferno will make her sophomore debut from Post 4 in the ninth race, while runner-up Summer Audit, owned by

2007-06-04T00:00:00-04:00June 4, 2007|

Sammy Syd hoping to deliver in front of hometown crowd

LONDON, ON — For the third straight Friday, Western Fair Raceway fans will be treated to Ontario Sires Stakes action from the three-year-old pacing fillies, but this week's Trillium event features a completely different cast of characters. And for most owners and trainers, the absence of the Gold Series stars who shattered records at the

2007-06-02T00:00:00-04:00June 2, 2007|

Jan’s Luck roars into spotlight with record breaking style

LONDON, ON — In the days leading up to Friday's $130,000 Gold Final at Western Fair Raceway, trainer John Pentland mentioned that Jan's Luck seemed to be asserting herself more around stablemate and turn-out partner Luck Of Michelle; that she seemed less willing to take a backseat to last year's Ontario Sires Stakes champion. By

2007-05-31T00:00:00-04:00May 31, 2007|

Western Fair fans ready to witness history in action

LONDON, ON — If the forecast for hot and humid weather holds through Friday evening, Western Fair Raceway fans could witness the kind of racing that people talk about for years. "I still remember being at London and watching Lime Time win in 1:56.2 and thinking, �It will be a decade or two before this

2007-05-27T00:00:00-04:00May 27, 2007|

Flirtin Man makes it five straight with Gold Final victory

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — For the second straight week three-year-old trotting colt Flirtin Man stood head and shoulders above his peers, capturing the first $130,000 Gold Final of the 2007 season at Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening. Leaving from Post 8 Flirtin Man and driver Paul MacDonell employed their usual laissez faire strategy and were sitting

2007-05-26T00:00:00-04:00May 26, 2007|

Rival Michelle’s Power edges local favourite in London

LONDON, ON — In the highly anticipated clash of the three-year-old pacing filly titans, round one went to Michelle's Power on a Friday evening at Western Fair Raceway that did not go as well as local horseman John Pentland had envisioned. Last season's top fillies, division champion and O'Brien Award winner Luck Of Michelle and

2007-05-23T00:00:00-04:00May 23, 2007|

Puslinch resident confident in Flirtin Man

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Flirtin Man may have half as much experience as his main rivals in Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, but the three-year-old trotting colt can already match most of them in wins. Started just once as a two-year-old, Flirtin Man has made four starts this season and scored four straight victories,