SARNIA, ON — Terry Kerr picked up a catch drive aboard two-year-old trotting filly Oaklea Samantha on Thursday evening, and the Sarnia resident engineered a perfect tour of the Hiawatha Horse Park oval for the youngster. Starting from Post 1, Oaklea Samantha accelerated away from the starting gate to a :28.1 opening quarter, before fan

DUNDAS, ON — Harness racing fans across Ontario are headed to Flamboro Downs this Sunday for the Dundas oval's signature event, the $560,000 Confederation Cup. "It should be a nice card of racing, and the weather is supposed to cooperate," says trainer John Kopas, who will harness three colts during the $1 million matinee program.

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Rene Laarman will harness a pair of two-year-old pacing fillies in this Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, one coming off six days of rest, and the other off five. Euphrosini logged her fifth-place result in the only Ontario Sires Stakes event contested last Sunday before a fierce electrical storm swept

HANOVER, ON — After getting rained out on Saturday evening, Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing fillies had perfect weather for their rescheduled Grassroots event at Hanover Raceway on Wednesday afternoon, and the clear skies and warm temperatures produced an impressive track record in the second $24,000 division. Rolling up behind the Hanover starting gate from Post

SUDBURY, ON — Oaklea Rico got a classic pocket trip in the first $24,000 Grassroots division at Sudbury Downs on Wednesday evening to score a convincing victory for the home team. Starting from Post 2 with Sudbury resident Wayne MacLean in the race bike, Oaklea Rico settled in behind pacesetter Rambos Buddy as that colt

SUDBURY, ON — Brusiers Brother has picked up a cheque in all of his stake eliminations this summer, then floundered in the finals, so trainer Louie Eftimiadis changed his strategy and entered the two-year-old pacing colt in Saturday's Grassroots event at Sudbury Downs. "I'm putting him in there because he didn't really race that good

SARNIA, ON — Dan Diebold knows that two-year-old trotters don't always figure things out on their first try, so the Sarnia resident was delighted that Hasty R qualified in time for Thursday's Grassroots event at Hiawatha Horse Park. The freshman trotting filly delivered a steady 2:05.2 effort over the Hiawatha oval on Aug. 6 to

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Just after Western Silk captured her first Gold Elimination victory in the fifth race, Mohawk Racetrack fans were treated to a display of lightning that rivaled the track's annual fireworks demonstration. As a result of the electrical storm the racing program was cancelled, and the second two-year-old pacing filly Gold Elimination and

DUNDAS, ON — Reach Higher earned his second Gold Elimination trophy with a 2:00.1 victory at Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening. The two-year-old trotting colt and driver Steve Condren cruised along behind pacesetter Protege Seelster through fractions of :28.4, :59.1 and 1:30.1, then stepped out in the stretch and accelerated away to a two length

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Harness racing fans who made the effort to get to Mohawk Racetrack early on Monday witnessed the fastest mile in the thirty-six year history of the Ontario Sires Stakes program. Thwarted in their efforts to compete on Sunday night by an electrical storm, the three-year-old pacing colts lined up behind the Mohawk