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2002-08-14T00:00:00-04:00August 14, 2002|

Bax fillies ready for second round with Hiawatha record

SARNIA, ON — After winning their eliminations in track record time last weekend, stablemates Natashas Kiss and Pepi Lavec have been ranked the early favourites for the $130,000 Gold Final at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday night. The John Bax trainees dazzled Sarnia fans on Aug. 10 when Natashas Kiss lowered the three-year-old trotting filly

2002-08-14T00:00:00-04:00August 14, 2002|

Freshman pacing colts take over Kawartha Saturday

FRASERVILLE, ON — Ontario's exciting two-year-old pacing colts are back in action on Saturday night at Kawartha Downs, racing for a total of $135,000 in the third Grassroots event of their six-race season. A total of 74 colts will line up behind the Kawartha Downs starting gate in nine divisions and four of them will

2002-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12, 2002|

Sophomore fillies return to Grassroots action at Elmira

ELMIRA, ON — When the three-year-old trotting fillies parade onto Elmira Raceway's half-mile oval for the last of six Grassroots divisions on Friday night, trainer Budd Thorne hopes to find the old adage "slow and steady wins the race" applies to more than just tortoises. Thorne's filly Royal Waltz has not set any speed records

2002-08-11T00:00:00-04:00August 11, 2002|

Sir Luck shatters track and OSS record at Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — In a fitting finale to a remarkable weekend of Ontario Sires Stakes racing at Flamboro Downs, two-year-old pacing colt Sir Luck scorched around the half-mile oval Sunday night in a track and OSS record 1:53.4. After making a break in the first turn of the Battle of Waterloo Final last weekend driver

2002-08-11T00:00:00-04:00August 11, 2002|

Semper Fi Hall lowers track and OSS record at Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes competitors shattered track and provincial speed barriers for the second straight night at Flamboro Downs on Saturday. Competing in Gold Series Elimination action, three-year-old trotting colt Semper Fi Hall stopped the clock in 1:57.1 to shave one-fifth of a second off the former record set by Arva Crest Ago

2002-08-11T00:00:00-04:00August 11, 2002|

Bax fillies demolish track record twice in Sarnia

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park's three-year-old trotting filly track record fell victim to Ontario Sires Stakes competitors on Saturday night for the second time in the 2002 season. One month ago Crown Lavec trotted to a 1:58.1 record in Grassroots action and on Saturday night a pair of John Bax trained fillies lowered again

2002-08-11T00:00:00-04:00August 11, 2002|

Armbro Wallflower scores first Gold Final win

REXDALE, ON — Armbro Wallflower leapt up the three-year-old pacing filly division standings with a victory in the $130,000 Gold Final at Woodbine Racetrack on Friday evening. The Village Jasper daughter and driver Paul MacDonell scored the 1:51.3 victory using a radically different strategy than they did for last week's elimination win. Rather than laying

2002-08-11T00:00:00-04:00August 11, 2002|

Northern Harmony crushes track and OSS record

DUNDAS, ON — Northern Harmony reclaimed the two-year-old pacing filly crown with a stunning track and Ontario Sires Stakes record performance at Flamboro Downs on Friday night. The Run The Table daughter and regular driver Randy Waples fired off the wings from Post 5 and skirmished briefly at the front with The Patriot before dropping

2002-08-10T00:00:00-04:00August 10, 2002|

Ontario Sires Stakes record falls again at Woodbine

REXDALE, ON — Firstline Luck came up with a brilliant effort at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday night to post his second hard fought victory in a stakes final this summer. In rein to driver Rick Zeron, Firstline Luck paced off the wings into third-place in the $130,000 Gold Series Final and then sat patiently while

2002-08-09T00:00:00-04:00August 9, 2002|

Two-year-old pacing colts return to Gold action Sunday

DUNDAS, ON — When Carl Jamieson saw the post position draw for this Sunday's program at Flamboro Downs he was disappointed to find Village Blitz's name beside Post 8 in the second of two Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Eliminations. Village Blitz heads into Sunday's contest off a pair of impressive half-mile victories and before the