Eight Grassroots champions were crowned at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday evening and fan favourites delivered impressive victories in seven of the $50,000 Finals. Heavy favourite Anikadabra opened the festivities with a commanding three and one-quarter length victory over Stritch and Late Shift in the two-year-old trotting filly division. In rein to Rick Zeron of Oakville,

Trainer Jack Darling shipped five pacing colts to Mohawk Racetrack for the Grassroots Semi-finals last week and all five will return to the Campbellville oval on Saturday, Sept. 24 for the $400,000 Grassroots Championships. "I just trained all five of them this morning (Wednesday) and they all trained as good as they can," said Darling

Trevor Henry returned to his former stomping grounds at Grand River Raceway on Monday night and reminded fans just how efficient he can be on a half-mile racetrack. The Arthur, ON resident guided five of his nine mounts to victory, including wins in three of four $105,000 Gold Series divisions. Both the two-year-old pacing colts

Mark Steacy went into Friday's Grassroots Semi-finals with a 22 point lead in the Ontario Sires Stakes trainer standings, and went home with a little bigger cushion between himself and eight-time Johnston Cup winner Bob McIntosh and three-time winner Gregg McNair. "There's a lot of guys that can win a lot of races, so I

There were few surprises at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening as the two-year-old trotters and pacers kicked off the Grassroots post season. Favourites won five of the eight Semi-finals and only one division point leader, two-year-old trotting filly Inner Drive, failed to advance through to the Sept. 24 Grassroots Championships. Trotting filly Anikadabra set the

Carl Jamieson has decades of experience preparing horses for the Ontario Sires Stakes post season and the trainer says three-year-old pacing filly Noone To Depend On is in peak form heading into Friday's Grassroots Semi-final at Mohawk Racetrack. "She should be shaping up real good," said Jamieson. "She's ready to rock and roll." Noone To

Thursday's Grassroots Semi-finals at Mohawk Racetrack will mark a rare first for brothers Sean and John Mehlenbacher. Members of a harness racing family that stretches back four generations, the Mehlenbachers will send out their first Ontario Sires Stakes post season contender on Thursday's program. Two-year-old pacing filly Daenerys Hanover heads into the $20,000 Semi-final ranked

Grassroots regular season action came to a close at Flamboro Downs on Thursday evening and driver Billy Davis Jr. finished up the campaign with a Grassroots double on a night he piloted four of his five mounts to victory. Both the two-year-old pacing colts and pacing fillies were in action on Thursday, and Davis was

Facing the end of his Ontario Sires Stakes career, three-year-old trotting gelding Windsun Missile came up with his first Grassroots win of the season at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday evening. Starting from Post 5, trainer-driver Per Henriksen dropped Windsun Missile onto the rail in fourth as fan favourite Wildwild Men stepped out to a

Two-year-old trotting fillies were the stars of Mohawk Racetrack's Tuesday evening program, with the winners of all three Grassroots divisions delivering personal best efforts in the regular season finale. Jilona opened the evening's festivities with a confident steer from Trevor Henry that saw her blast off the starting gate from Post 9 to a :29