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2005-11-16T00:00:00-05:00November 16, 2005|

Blueridge Yankee looking for second confidence builder

INNISFIL, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old trotting fillies will bring the curtain down on their season Saturday night at Georgian Downs in one $73,000 Trillium Series division. Saturday's Trillium will be the second time in two weeks that Blueridge Yankee has made the trip to Innisfil and trainer Scott McEneny is hoping the Striking Sahbra

2005-11-15T00:00:00-05:00November 15, 2005|

Witness To Fame hoping to bounce back in Trillium

LONDON, ON — Western Fair Raceway hosts an impressive line up of three-year-old pacing fillies for the final Trillium Series event of the season on Saturday evening. Four fillies who competed in last weekend's Super Final and three who battled in the Grassroots post season will line up behind the starting gate in two $34,380

2005-11-15T00:00:00-05:00November 15, 2005|

Platinum Seelster looking to shine in Trillium Friday

LONDON, ON — Western Fair Raceway will wrap up the Ontario Sires Stakes season with a pair of Trillium Series events this weekend. The two-year-old pacing fillies will battle in one $77,000 Trillium division on Friday, while the talented three-year-old pacing fillies square off in a pair of $34,000 battles Saturday evening. A winner in

2005-11-14T00:00:00-05:00November 14, 2005|

Sophomore trotting lasses wrap things up at Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — Twenty-one talented sophomore trotting fillies will wrap up their stakes season at Flamboro Downs on Friday evening in a trio of Trillium Series divisions. Gold Series point leader Whatthehecklavec headlines the group of trotting lasses from Post 7 in the fourth race, but trainer Randy Fritz admits that he won't know until

2005-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13, 2005|

Super Final win lucky number 13 for Majestic Son

REXDALE, NOV. 13, 2005 — Ontario's most talented trotters and pacers put on a $2.4 million show at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday night, lowering one Ontario Sires Stakes and track record and matching another under the clear November skies. Majestic Son and driver Rick Zeron of Oakville came up with a flawless effort in the

2005-11-12T00:00:00-05:00November 12, 2005|

Moore content to let Astronomical rest on his laurels

REXDALE, ON — Astronomical may be handicapped by Post 9 in Saturday's three-year-old pacing colt Super Final at Woodbine Racetrack, but Dr. Ian Moore is not losing any sleep worrying about the last race of the season. "Regardless of what happens (Saturday) night, it's been a wonderful year for us," says Moore. "I am proud

2005-11-11T00:00:00-05:00November 11, 2005|

Lady Dillinger takes aim at second Super Final title

REXDALE, ON — He bred her, raised her and taught her everything she knows about racing, but Gaetan Hebert says that three-year-old pacing filly Lady Dillinger can still surprise him. "She surprises me all the time. I don't know where she get gets it from," says the Waterdown resident about the filly's ability and desire

2005-11-10T00:00:00-05:00November 10, 2005|

Dean sticking to game plan heading into Super Final

REXDALE, ON — Three weeks ago James Dean was not sure he would be making the trip to Woodbine Racetrack for the $2.4 million Super Final Championships this Saturday, but since two-year-old pacing colt Doonbeg swept through the last Gold Series event with a pair of impressive victories the Campbellville resident has been hoping the

2005-11-08T00:00:00-05:00November 8, 2005|

Woodbine puts $2.4 million on the line Saturday

REXDALE, ON — For the last four months the top trotters and pacers in Ontario have been working toward a single goal — a berth in the season ending Super Final. On Saturday night the top 10 point earners from each division will realise their dream at Woodbine Racetrack, where they will battle for a

2005-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6, 2005|

Home field advantage earns pacing filly gold

WINDSOR, ON — Camaronni N Cheese delivered a gritty performance at Windsor Raceway on Saturday night to claim her first Gold Series win of the season in front of a hometown crowd. The two-year-old pacing filly sat on the outside, hot on the heels of the leaders, through more than half of the race and