WOODSTOCK, ON — Magical Debut revived her floundering sophomore career on Saturday afternoon with a 2:03.2 Grassroots victory over a soggy Woodstock Raceway oval rated one second slower than normal. Driver Paul Mackenzie eased the sophomore trotting filly away from the starting gate into fourth spot on the rail, but was soon taking aim on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Equity cruised to his eighth straight victory at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday evening, rolling around a sloppy oval rated one second slower than normal to a 1:55.2 Gold Final triumph. With Jack Moiseyev back in the race bike, Equity took control of the race heading for the halfway marker and never looked

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway cancelled its Saturday, Aug. 8 program due to the wet weather and poor track conditions. As a result, the eight Grassroots divisions originally scheduled for Hanover's Saturday evening program will now be contested as special card on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 4 pm. Post positions for the two-year-old pacing filly

SUDBURY, ON — When Oaklea Rico races, owner Jocelyne Menard likes to be in the grandstand, so the Chelmsford resident is delighted that the three-year-old trotter's second Grassroots start will occur on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Sudbury Downs. "I can't miss a race; it's not acceptable," says Menard with a laugh. For the gelding's July

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans are in for a treat on Sunday evening as 59 of the province's most talented freshman trotters and pacers converge on the Dundas oval for Gold Elimination action. A total of 22 pacing colts will battle in three $40,000 eliminations, with the top three finishers from each elimination advancing

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Monday's Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack will only be Wilsonator's fourth lifetime start, but the two-year-old trotting filly has already delivered a full season's worth of thrills to owner Ted Wilson. "It's just a dream come true to have something like her," says Wilson, who bought his first Standardbred in 1963. In

GLOUCESTER, ON — Brad Forward reunited with last year's Grassroots champion Tomorrowpan at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday evening, and engineered the first Ontario Sires Stakes win of the season for the three-year-old pacing filly. Starting from Post 7 in the second $24,000 Grassroots division, Forward put the No Pan Intended daughter on the front

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Casie Coleman's level of satisfaction with the eight-hole Primary Purpose drew for this Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final is a reflection of the rotten post position luck the three-year-old pacer has had in every final since mid-May. "The eight-hole is pretty good for him in a final. I was actually happy with it,"

HANOVER, ON — Mach Dismissal is a third generation product of Jeff and Lori Thomson's breeding program that the Chesley residents have liked since her first days in harness, and on Saturday evening the two-year-old pacing filly will make her career debut over their local oval in a $24,000 Grassroots division. "We've liked her from

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Windsong Filou will start from Post 8 in Saturday's $170,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, and trainer Carl Jamieson figures the outside post will prevent the filly from defending her Gold Final title in the hotly competitive three-year-old pacing filly division. "If they leave hard out of the eight-hole, it's a long