INNISFIL, ON — Two-year-old trotting colt Potential Renegade wrapped up his Grassroots regular season with a flawless record of six wins in six starts when he captured the last of five divisions at Georgian Downs on Saturday evening. With regular reinsman Ross Battin in the race bike, Potential Renegade floated down from Post 8 to

SARNIA, ON — Oaklea Oaks trotted her way into the Grassroots post season with a 2:01.1 victory at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday evening. The two-year-old trotting filly and driver David Boughton controlled the pace from start to finish, hitting the wire four lengths on top in 2:01.1. Icy Welcome, owned by Richard and Robert

FRASERVILLE, ON — Heading into the last regular season Grassroots event, Winbak Noah's owners decided change was necessary if the colt was going to earn a berth in the post season. They sent the two-year-old pacer to Kawartha Downs's leading trainer, Mark Winacott, and the move paid off in spades Saturday night as Winbak Noah

ELORA, ON — Grand River Raceway will host a special card of racing on Thanksgiving (Oct. 10) for Ontario-sired horses. Made In Ontario night will feature 12 dashes for Grassroots starters that did not draw into the semi-finals of the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS). The winner of each $15,000 dash will be awarded a trophy

ELORA, ON — Ross Battin piloted Monte Carlo Madam to the fastest win of six Grassroots divisions at Grand River Raceway on Friday evening, the first act of a stellar performance that landed him in the winner's circle with two other freshman pacing fillies. In the third race the veteran reinsman sent Monte Carlo Madam

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Style captured her second straight Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening with an impressive come from behind effort that saw the two-year-old pacing filly breeze under the wire three lengths on top in 1:53.1. With regular reinsman Tony Kerwood in the race bike, Style landed in seventh as Don't You

GLOUCESTER, ON — Must Be Matt scored the fastest win of five Grassroots divisions over a soggy Rideau Carleton Raceway oval on Thursday evening. With regular reinsman Allan Cullen in the race bike, the three-year-old pacing colt fired to the front from Post 1 and never faced a challenge, cruising home one and a quarter

SARNIA, ON — One week after their last Grassroots event was cancelled due to poor track conditions at Hiawatha Horse Park, the three-year-old trotting colts wrapped up their regular season with six impressive performances by the top colts in the division. Heading the list of winners on Thursday night was Industrial Strenth, who jumped to

DUNDAS, ON — When Bob McIntosh saw the post position draw for Sunday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Flamboro Downs, the veteran trainer was delighted to see that Geisha Hall had finally landed a decent post for an Ontario Sires Stakes event. "Lately they've reserved the outside post for us, but they made a mistake

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — When B Cor Rennegade rolls up behind the gate for Monday night's Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, Jean Brechkow knows her family in Australia will be waiting anxiously to hear the results of the $130,000 contest. "I had my brother and sister-in-law over from Australia (this summer). And it worked out that