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2006-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2006|

Three-year-olds prepare for Semifinal showdown

DUNDAS, ON — This week the trainers of 64 of the province's top three-year-old pacers and trotters will be applying their considerable skills to the inexact science of bringing a horse to peak performance in preparation for Friday's Grassroots Semifinals at Flamboro Downs. "We raced three in the Sires Stakes and they all managed to

2006-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2006|

Heads Up Play tops freshman trotting filly ranks

DUNDAS, ON — Early Renegade trotted her way into the Grassroots post season with a 2:01.2 score at Flamboro Downs on Saturday. The CR Renegade daughter and trainer-driver Kelly Sheppard circled the Dundas oval on the front end and hit the wire two and three-quarter lengths ahead of the competition in the second of eight

2006-09-24T00:00:00-04:00September 24, 2006|

Laddie captures first Gold Series victory

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — With his trademark late dash, two-year-old trotting colt Laddie scored his fourth straight victory at Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening, capturing the third of three $34,270 Gold Eliminations. Leaving from Post 4, driver Paul MacDonell eased Laddie away from the starting gate into seventh spot as Snazzy Hot Rod zipped out to

2006-09-23T00:00:00-04:00September 23, 2006|

Pure Ivory and Luck Of Michelle sparkle in Gold Finals

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Rain may have dampened the racing surface at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening, but it did nothing to diminish the sparkle of performances by Gold Final winners Pure Ivory and Luck Of Michelle. Making her bid for a second Gold Final title from Post 9, Pure Ivory landed a beautiful steer from

2006-09-22T00:00:00-04:00September 22, 2006|

Indiana Hall clocks big mile at Kawartha Thursday

FRASERVILLE, ON — Indiana Hall returned to Grassroots action at Kawartha Downs on Thursday evening and roared around the Peterborough oval to a 1:56.3 triumph in the fourth of five $19,467 divisions. After battling the Gold Series colts through the month of August, Indiana Hall made short work of his Grassroots peers Thursday, cruising to

2006-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2006|

Ontario-sired colt captures historic Little Brown Jug

DELAWARE, OH — Mr Feelgood and driver Mark MacDonald paced into history on Thursday afternoon, capturing the Little Brown Jug in straight heats on a beautiful afternoon in Delaware, OH. The Grinfromeartoear colt emerged as a favourite to claim the historic Little Brown Jug trophy when he paced to a world record win in the

2006-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2006|

Marta Maple hopes to overcome outside post Saturday

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans will get an advance preview of the top two-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday afternoon as they wrap up their Grassroots regular season at the Dundas half-mile. The top 16 point earners from the regular season will return to Flamboro on Sept. 30 for a pair of $30,000 Semifinals and

2006-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2006|

Wellwood’s trotting lads ready for Sunday’s Gold Series

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Fresh off her second straight victory in the William Wellwood Memorial, a race that honours her late father, trainer Paula Wellwood will return to Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening with two of the best two-year-old trotting colts in the Ontario Sires Stakes program. Wellwood Memorial winner Laddie and former Gold Final winner

2006-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2006|

Trotting fillies wrap up spectacular weekend at Mohawk

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack extends a star studded weekend of stakes action with a trio of Gold Series Eliminations for the two-year-old trotting fillies on Monday. Among the fillies hoping to shine on the provincial stage before their regular season comes to a close next weekend is Whitesand Electra, who heads into the third

2006-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2006|

Pair of special fillies aim for Gold Final glory Friday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack will be awash with Ontario Sires Stakes gold this weekend as the Campbellville oval plays host to six Gold Series events between Friday, Sept. 22 and Monday, Sept. 25. On Friday evening the spotlight will be on the three-year-old trotting fillies and the two-year-old pacing fillies as they compete in