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2014-09-21T00:00:00-04:00September 21, 2014|

Riveting Rosie Fastest In Gold

Riveting Rosie and Kate Smith captured the two $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies contested over a track rated Good tonight at Flamboro Downs. Riveting Rosie was the dominant performer in the first division, as she never relinquished her pole position and led through splits of :27.4, :58.3 and 1:27.4 and

2014-09-20T00:00:00-04:00September 20, 2014|

Sophomores’ Turn In Grassroots Semifinals

Three-year-olds of both sexes and gaits set the fields for their $50,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series Finals with eight $20,000 Semifinals Saturday (September 20) at Mohawk Racetrack. The top five horses in each Semifinal moved on to next week's Finals. Pacing Males High Flier (J. Harris) left out fast from his post nine starting

2014-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2014|

Two-Year-Olds Clash In Grassroots Semifinals

Rookie pacers and trotters of both sexes competed in eight $20,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Semifinals on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The top five finishers from each Semifinal will return for the $50,000 Grassroots finals next Saturday night at Mohawk. Pacing Males The first Semifinal for this group saw Star Cover (Jody Jamieson) in

2014-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19, 2014|

Bax & Rosie On The Move

This weekend may not be as exciting as the last one for Peterborough, Ontario, trainer John Bax who enjoyed a huge night at Mohawk this past Saturday when his two-year-old trotting fillies finished one-two-three in the $380,000 Peaceful Way final and his champion from last year, Riveting Rosie, was an impressive second in the $409,000

2014-09-18T00:00:00-04:00September 18, 2014|

Grassroots Galore This Weekend At Mohawk

The best performers in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots this year, pacers and trotters, colts and fillies, will be on display at Mohawk Racetrack Friday and Saturday night. Two $20,000 Semi-Finals will be raced for each division to determine the starters for next week's $50,000 Grassroots finals. The horses earned their way into the Semi-Finals

2014-09-16T00:00:00-04:00September 16, 2014|

Ontario-Sired Horses In Jug & Jugette

The Little Brown Jug for three-year-old pacing colts and its filly companion race, the Jugette, are highly coveted races to win and this year Guelph, Ontario-based trainer Gregg McNair has a shot in each. Both of his Ontario-sired horses are regulars on the Ontario Sires Stakes circuit. His filly, Lady Shadow, is the favourite in

2014-09-16T00:00:00-04:00September 16, 2014|

Jamieson Family Doubles Up In Gold Series

The father-son team of trainer Carl Jamieson and driver Jody Jamieson won two of the three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series contests for rookie colt and gelding pacers on Tuesday night (September 16) at Mohawk Racetrack. The Jamiesons' first victory came in the second division with Sporting The Look, who now leads the point

2014-09-15T00:00:00-04:00September 15, 2014|

Dancin Caroll & Sports Chic Grab Gold

Dancin Caroll and Sports Chic, who are both half-sisters to famous performers, are making themselves known as well after winning the pair of $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series contests for two-year-old pacing fillies on Monday night (September 15) at Mohawk Racetrack. Both races were conducted over a racetrack rated good and two seconds off

2014-09-14T00:00:00-04:00September 14, 2014|

Emma’s Joy Is Cowboy Tough

Not many 12 year-olds own stakes winning horses, but given Emma Christoforou's family tree, it would be rather surprising if she didn't have an interest in horses having been around them from birth. The grade seven student from Moffat, Ontario, owns a number of Standardbreds, including Cowgirl Tough, a starter in Monday night's Ontario Sires

2014-09-12T00:00:00-04:00September 12, 2014|

Her Own Land Impressive In Grassroots

Her Own Land concluded the regular season Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots season atop the leader board in points with a convincing seven length victory this afternoon at Grand River Raceway in the first of four $18,000 divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies. These races were slated to be raced last Wednesday evening but when the card