SARNIA, OCT. 22, 2001 — At stables across the province trainers are putting the final work into 64 of the finest racehorses ever bred in Ontario. On Thursday those 64 horses and their owners, trainers and drivers will travel to Hiawatha Horse Park to compete in the Semifinal round of the first ever Grassroots Championship.

CAMPBELLVILLE, OCT. 22, 2001 — Breeders Crown three-year-old trotting colt champion Liberty Balance returns to Ontario Sires Stakes action at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening. The Balanced Image son will put his championship form and his seven-race win streak on display from Post 7 in the first race at the Campbellville oval. After capturing two

LONDON, OCT. 20, 2001 — Jody Jamieson was on a hot streak at Western Fair Raceway on Saturday evening, scoring wins in three Grass Roots divisions for the second night in a row. The young driver, who captured the World Driving Championship on behalf of Canada in July, piloted two-year-old pacing fillies Trys Lucky Lady,

GLOUCESTER, OCT. 18, 2001 - Corona Grande continued his romp through the two-year-old pacing colt Grass Roots division with a 1:56.4 score at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday night. The Camluck colt and driver Greg Wright left from Post 1, took command of the race just past the quarter-mile marker and jogged past the finish

DUNDAS, OCT. 17, 2001 - Sophomore pacing filly Private Session established herself as the early favourite to take home the 2001 Grass Roots championship winniing the fastest of five divisions at Flamboro Downs on Thursday afternoon. The Dexter Nukes filly scorched around the Flamboro half-mile in 1:56.3 to record her fourth straight Grass Roots victory

LONDON, OCT. 16, 2001 - The battle for a berth in the two-year-old pacing filly Grass Roots post season comes to a climax on Saturday when the top fillies in the province go head-to-head at Western Fair Raceway. Leading the fillies into Saturday's final regular season event is Weather Channel, who starts from Post 2

WINDSOR, OCT. 16, 2001 - One field of three-year-old trotting fillies will compete in the final Trillium Series event of their career on Friday night at Windsor Raceway and among the starters is hometown favourite Sharise Seelster. While Sharise Seelster has not dominated her division this year as she did at two, she has still

LONDON, OCT. 16, 2001 - Kicking off the second weekend of a month long run of Ontario Sires Stakes events, the three-year-old pacing colts are set to impress Western Fair Raceway fans in six Grass Roots divisions on Friday night. Among the talented youngsters converging on Western Fair this weekend are division leader His Honor,

GLOUCESTER, OCT. 15, 2001 - Rideau Carleton Raceway wraps up its 2001 Ontario Sires Stakes season on Thursday with four Grass Roots divisions for the two-year-old pacing colts. The last of six regular season events on the colts' schedule, Thursday's contest will determine the starters in the Oct. 27 Grass Roots Semifinal. Competition for one

Trotting filly delivers impressive win over off track LONDON, OCT. 12, 2001 - Independent Dame made her second appearance in the Grass Roots on Friday evening and posted the fastest mile of five divisions on a wet night at Western Fair Raceway. The three-year-old trotting filly and driver Wayne Henry took control of the race