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2012-06-27T00:00:00-04:00June 27, 2012|

Moiseyev crafts pair of winning trips in Gold Elimination action

DUNDAS, ON — Moffat resident Jack Moiseyev piloted two young trotting colts to Gold Elimination victory at Flamboro Downs on Wednesday afternoon. The veteran reinsman picked up a catch drive aboard Majestized in the first $40,000 elimination and piloted the fan favourite to a confident front-end victory in 2:03.1. Majestized finished two and one-half lengths

2012-06-27T00:00:00-04:00June 27, 2012|

Christopher enjoying his new role as Standardbred owner

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Less than two years after he bought a share in his first racehorse, Acton resident Leonard Christopher will be rearranging his Canada Day weekend plans to catch freshman pacing fillies Mach Star and Bluebird Creek in action on Sunday evening at Mohawk Racetrack. "I've got to go to the cottage I haven't

2012-06-27T00:00:00-04:00June 27, 2012|

Sophomores take first steps on path to the Gold Rush Saturday

INNISFIL, ON — Georgian Downs fans will get their first glimpse of Gold this Saturday as the province's top three-year-old competitors descend on the Innisfil oval in hopes of earning a return invitation to next week's exciting Gold Rush event. Three-year-old trotting colt Il Mago is among the favourites to capture a Gold Elimination trophy

2012-06-26T00:00:00-04:00June 26, 2012|

Plan hatched five years ago begins to bear fruit for Gillis Friday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Following Santanna Blue Chip's stellar freshman campaign in 2007, Jeff Gillis began to assemble a group of broodmares he felt would pair well with the son of Art Major when the time came for the pacer to retire. This Friday, Gillis will see his plan come to fruition as two-year-old pacing gelding

2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25, 2012|

Fierce filly hopes for Gold Series success at Mohawk Thursday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — If Jeremeyes Jewel brings as much fight to her Ontario Sires Stakes debut at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday as she does to her daily training regimen, the two-year-old pacing filly should be a shoo-in for a share of the $40,000 Gold Elimination purse. "She's cranky. To this day you cannot put a

2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25, 2012|

Trio of Bax trainees headline Gold Series opener Thursday

FRASERVILLE, ON — John Bax will make the short drive from his Peterborough farm to Kawartha Downs on Thursday evening for the Gold Series debut of his 2012 crop of two-year-old trotting fillies. The season opener will see 28 fillies compete in four $40,000 Gold Eliminations, meaning a top two finish will be required to

2012-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23, 2012|

Records fall for second week in Sudbury

SUDBURY, ON — Fiesty Flyer impressed Sudbury Downs fans on Saturday evening as the three-year-old pacing gelding scored his second straight Grassroots victory in track record time. Starting from Post 4 with driver Jonathan Drury subbing for regular reinsman Scott Zeron, Fiesty Flyer went straight to the front and rolled through fractions of :27.4, :55,

2012-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23, 2012|

Trotting colts open freshman season at Flamboro Wednesday

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans will be treated to the eagerly anticipated start of the two-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes campaign this Wednesday, June 27 as the Dundas oval plays host to a trio of freshman trotting colt Gold Eliminations. Nineteen colts will vie for one of nine spots on the starting gate in next

2012-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23, 2012|

Four local fillies take home Grassroots hardware from Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — A quartet of local fillies was victorious in Grassroots action at Flamboro Downs on Saturday afternoon as the Dundas oval hosted an all-female card of racing. Serving as a prelude to the $221,000 final of the Ellamony Classic for aged pacing mares, the province's three-year-old trotting fillies battled in 11 Grassroots divisions,

2012-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20, 2012|

Casimir Longshot steps up to the big leagues at Sudbury Downs this Saturday

SUDBURY, ON — In the eyes of handicappers, Casimir Longshot is predicted to live up to his name in this Saturday's Grassroots contest at Sudbury Downs, but trainer-driver Mario Rivest is hoping the three-year-old pacing gelding proves them wrong. "I think we get a good trip, I think we'll be right there with them," says