Georgian Downs rolled out the red carpet on Saturday night for the three-year-old colt and gelding pacers of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series Division with five $18,000 dashes going behind the gate. When the dust had cleared, it was Shadios who shined brightest, turning in a career-best 1:50.3 clocking in the fourth Grassroots flight.

The glamour boy division of the Ontario Sires Stakes, the three-year-old pacing colts, will contest their third Grassroots contest tomorrow night at Georgian Downs in five $18,000 divisions. Only two colts have been victorious in the first two Grassroots tests, both at Mohawk Racetrack, but they both won't be able to keep their OSS winning

Three-year-old pacing fillies lined up in five $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series divisions on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack, and it was a host of fillies who had yet to taste Ontario Sires Stakes success in 2014 emerging with victories. Mea Lilley Mark (Mike Saftic), who hadn't been to the winner's circle since last

Joanne Colville of Moffat, Ontario, wears several hats in the Ontario harness racing industry. She's the Program Co-ordinator for the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society, the agency charged with finding new homes for retired Standardbreds. Joanne also operates a breeding farm and is an accomplished rider serving as outrider at racetracks. Tomorrow night at Mohawk she'll

A pair of two-year-old trotting fillies recently acquired by Frank Bellino and Sons Stable of Bronxville, New York, will make their way to Grand River Raceway tomorrow for the second Ontario Sires Stakes Gold event of the season for this group. The youngsters will compete in two of the three $70,000 divisions with the final

Three of the two-year-old trotting fillies competing in tonight's third $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division at Grand River Raceway came into the contest riding two race winning streaks. Danielle Hall and Juanitas Fury had both won a division of the first Gold event for this group of the 2014 season while newcomer Muscle Baby

Two-year-old trotting fillies trained by John Bax and driven by Steve Byron captured two of the six $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions tonight at Georgian Downs. In the sixth and fastest division Byron worked out a perfect two hole trip for his charge Railee Priti behind pacesetter National Trace who trotted through fractions of

As the Ontario Sires Stakes Program celebrates its 40th anniversary this season, one of the ways to monitor its influence and success is the fact that many breeders and owners who were participating at the beginning are still active today. Such is the case with Mary and Dave Lemon who operate Daylon Farms of Komoka,

Hemi Seelster, a colt from the first crop of Holiday Road, refused to lose in the third of six $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions for two-year-old trotting colts tonight at Mohawk Racetrack. Another Seelster Farms-bred colt, Grandprix Seelster, used different tactics to capture his division. In the third division Benvenuti was first off the

The two-year-old pacing and trotting colts will make their second Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots appearance tonight at two different Ontario racetracks. The pacers will headline Grand River's card while Mohawk features the trotters. Both groups have one Grassroots test under their harnesses and this is usually when you see movement between the Gold and Grassroots