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2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00August 14, 2015|

Henry wins five on OSS Fan Celebration Night at Grand River Raceway

Grand River Raceway hosted Ontario Sires Stakes Fan Celebration Night on Friday and fans that placed their trust in driver Trevor Henry did a whole lot of celebrating. The Arthur, ON resident won a pair of two-year-old trotting colt Gold Series divisions, finished second in the other Gold division, and won three overnight races on

2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00August 14, 2015|

Filion pads his lead atop driver’s standings

Heading into Friday night's three-year-old pacing filly Grassroots event at Mohawk Racetrack Sylvain Filion had a 22 point lead on Trevor Henry in the Ontario Sires Stakes driver standings. Early in the evening Henry looked to have gained ground with a pair of wins in Gold Series action at Grand River Raceway, but Filion scored

2015-08-13T00:00:00-04:00August 13, 2015|

McNair wins one Grassroots and one Gold in Ottawa

Rideau Carleton Raceway fans were treated to six outstanding battles by the two-year-old pacing colts on Thursday as the province's best Grassroots and Gold Series competitors brought their "A" game to the Ottawa oval. The Grassroots colts kicked things off in Race 3 and Sporty Mercedes set the tone for the evening, ringing up a

2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12, 2015|

Condren wins two, sends freshman trotters to top of the charts

AUGUST 11, 2015 � Hall of Fame driver Steve Condren proved again Tuesday night at Mohawk Racetrack why he's a popular choice to drive young horses. The Milton, ON resident drove two of the six division winners in the $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots event for two-year-old trotting colts, including Georgies Pockets in race one.

2015-08-10T00:00:00-04:00August 10, 2015|

Judy The Beauty and Renegade Magic take over top spot

Heading into Monday night's Grassroots test at Mohawk Racetrack, Judy The Beauty and Renegade Magic were tied for third in the sophomore trotting filly standings with 100 points. At night's end the fillies were still tied, but instead of sitting third they were the new division leaders. Judy The Beauty led off the changing of

2015-08-09T00:00:00-04:00August 9, 2015|

Bourbon Seelster sets track record; Menary fillies win three divisions

Nine divisions of two-year-old pacing fillies invaded Clinton Raceway on Sunday afternoon and in the eighth Grassroots split Bourbon Seelster rewrote the half-mile oval's history books. Starting from Post 5, driver Mike Saftic of Campbellville, ON sent Bourbon Seelster straight to the front and rang up evenly-rated early fractions of :30.1 and 1:00.2. Heading for

2015-08-08T00:00:00-04:00August 8, 2015|

Magical Steph maintains her flawless Grassroots record

Magical Steph scored her third straight win in Grassroots action during Georgian Downs' celebration of the Ontario Sires Stakes program on Saturday evening. The two-year-old trotting filly and driver Steve Byron of Thornton, ON powered away from Post 7 and sat third through fractions of :28 and :59, then moved to take command of the

2015-08-07T00:00:00-04:00August 7, 2015|

Georgian Downs celebrates the Ontario Sires Stakes Saturday

Georgian Downs celebrates the Ontario Sires Stakes program on Saturday evening with seven divisions of Grassroots action for the two-year-old trotting fillies, the "Be A Winner" contest and "Wanna Drive" program. The freshman trotting fillies kick things off at 7:15 pm and compete in the first seven races on the program. Among the hopefuls is

2015-08-07T00:00:00-04:00August 7, 2015|

Deweylovernleaver wins a second squeaker for local owners

Deweylovernleaver eked out a second straight Gold Series victory by less than a length at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening. The two-year-old trotting colt and driver Trevor Henry hit the wire one-quarter length ahead of Dewey Dont Cheat and Zlatan in the second of three $70,000 Gold Series divisions. The fan favourites controlled the tempo

2015-08-04T00:00:00-04:00August 4, 2015|

Byron guides inattentive colt to Grassroots victory

Ontario's two-year-old trotting colts kicked off the second half of their Grassroots season at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening with six impressive performances. "There were some good miles out there," said Thornton, ON resident Steve Byron. "They're getting their second or third start and they're starting to figure it out, a lot of them, and