SARNIA, NOV. 1, 2001 — Veteran reinsman Don McElroy captured three of four sophomore Grassroots Championships at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday night, missing a sweep by just three lengths. The victories propelled the Ingersoll resident to the top of the Ontario Sires Stakes driver standings and, with just one weekend remaining in the 2001

WINDSOR, OCT. 31, 2001 — After winning a pair of Grassroots Semifinals at Windsor Raceway last weekend, Doug McIntosh believes his two-year-old trotting colts are peaking just in time for the $100,000 Championship on Saturday night. Heading into the Semifinal the Wheatley resident expected Ryan Hall and Semper Fi Hall to deliver solid efforts, but

DUNDAS, OCT. 31, 2001 — The competition will be fierce at Flamboro Downs this Saturday, Nov. 3 when the tough and talented three-year-old pacing colts battle for top prize in their Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Final. Gunning for a big slice of the OSS pie will be Tyler A, owned by Thomas Rankin, Elizabeth

WINDSOR, OCT. 30, 2001 — Ontario's top two-year-old trotting fillies wrap up their regular season at Windsor Raceway Friday night in their last Gold Series Final. Among the fillies vying for the lion's share of the $100,000 purse and the last Super Final points is Cheridan Star, owned by Daniel Johnson of Wallaceburg. The King

CAMPBELLVILLE, OCT. 30, 2001 — The Liberty Balance fan club has grown so large that owner Thomas Rankin feels like he ought to charter a bus to Mohawk Racetrack for the remainder of the three-year-old trotter's starts. It seems that no matter where he goes in and around St. Catharines everyone has been following Liberty

LONDON, OCT. 30, 2001 — London's Western Fair Raceway brings its 2001 Ontario Sires Stakes racing season to a close with a rich night of racing this Friday, Nov. 2. Starting at 7:30 pm the half-mile oval will showcase two OSS Gold Series Finals worth $100,000 each. The first battle for Gold Series glory will

SARNIA, OCT. 29, 2001 — Dale Hunter likens the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championship to the Stanley Cup of harness racing, and the former NHL star is hoping to find himself in the Hiawatha Horse Park winner's circle hoisting a crystal trophy over his head after the fourth race on Thursday night. Hunter's filly Lady

CAMPBELLVILLE, OCT. 26, 2001 — In spite of a rain soaked track rated three second slower than normal, three-year-old trotting colt Liberty Balance made short work of a field of his Ontario-sired peers on Friday night. Regular driver Randy Waples sent the Breeder's Crown champion to the front from Post 7 and sailed around the

CAMPBELLVILLE, OCT. 27, 2001 — The final pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Eliminations for three-year-old pacing fillies provided two surprise winners for OSS race fans at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night. Always exciting this season, the sophomore pacing fillies did not disappoint at the Campbellville oval as a total of sixteen starters vied

LONDON, OCT. 27, 2001 — The two-year-old trotting colts added some spice to an October Saturday night as they took to the track at London's Western Fair Raceway for a pair of $44,534 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Elimination races. Races 5 and 9 on London's busy Saturday evening program, the OSS Eliminations featured a