FRASERVILLE, ON — Driver Robert Shepherd brought the winning touch to Kawartha Downs on Saturday evening, capturing two Grassroots events and the Kawartha Downs 38th Anniversary Pace. Shepherd opened his productive evening in the second $24,000 Grassroots division, piloting three-year-old pacing filly Heavenly Ash to her third straight provincial victory. Starting from Post 5, Shepherd

DUNDAS, ON — As in the fable of the tortoise and the hare, sometimes steady is what you need to win the race, and steady is what two-year-old trotting filly Extraordinaire delivered at Flamboro Downs on Friday evening in $130,000 Gold Final action. Starting from Post 2 with trainer-driver Wayne Henry in the race bike,

ELORA, ON — Geoff Maltby does not expect two-year-old trotter Wedgewood to be among the favourites in his $40,000 Gold Elimination at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday, July 28, but the trainer does expect the diminutive gelding to look like he belongs in the big leagues. "If we want to tackle the Gold colts, this

FRASERVILLE, ON — Kawartha Downs presents a full card of stakes races on Saturday night, playing host to 10 Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old pacing fillies as well as the Kawartha Downs 38th Anniversary Pace. Local filly Lets Go Get Em will make her Ontario Sires Stakes debut at the Fraserville oval on Saturday, and

DUNDAS, ON — In an online poll conducted in March, only 6 per cent of respondents said they were looking forward to seeing Here Comes Herbie's first crop appear on racetracks this summer, so it is fair to say that the trotting stallion far exceeded expectations when three of his daughters qualified for Friday night's

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Luck of the draw landed last week's elimination winners on the outer half of the Mohawk Racetrack starting gate for Monday's $130,000 Gold Final, but the two-year-old trotting colts proved bad luck can be overcome by talent and hard work. Elimination winners Holy Kadabra, Buckhams Bay and Plato lined up at Posts

CLINTON, ON — Three weeks ago Bruce Gilkinson's girlfriend thought he had gone slightly crazy, purchasing a horse he had never seen off the internet, but on Sunday afternoon when two-year-old pacing colt Just Asign To Me captured a $24,000 Grassroots division at Clinton Raceway, crazy started to look an awful lot like smart. "In

HANOVER, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts set the Hanover Raceway surface ablaze on Saturday night with a host of lightning fast Grassroots divisions, three of them engineered by Arthur, ON resident Trevor Henry. A two-time winner of the Lampman Cup as the leading driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, Henry kicked off

DUNDAS, ON — Peach Martini delivered a commanding performance at Flamboro Downs on Friday night to kick off the two-year-old trotting fillies' Gold Series season. With Oakville, ON resident Rick Zeron in the race bike, Peach Martini eased away from Post 2 into fifth spot as Some Like It Hot led the Gold Elimination field

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes fans were expecting speed during Thursday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, and the two-year-old pacing colts did not disappoint. With a 1:52.3 clocking in his elimination victory, Mohawk fans sent Lyons Elite off as their top choice from Post 1. From Post 3, 1:53.4 elimination winner Bullet Speed