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2004-11-11T00:00:00-05:00November 11, 2004|

Jamieson’s $1.2 million season culminates Saturday

REXDALE, ON — Carl Jamieson will harness five horses in Saturday's $2.4 million Super Final Championship at Woodbine Racetrack to put the cap on another outstanding season in the Ontario Sires Stakes program. A fixture on the Ontario Sires Stakes leading trainers list, the Princeton resident is having a banner year in 2004. In the

2004-11-11T00:00:00-05:00November 11, 2004|

Trotting stars ready to shine in Super Finals Saturday

REXDALE, ON — Driver Chris Christoforou calls her a freak of nature, owner Joe Myers says he never imagined she would be so successful and the other eight contestants in Saturday's three-year-old trotting filly Super Final have found her unbeatable for the last two years. Her name is Peaceful Way and she is the highest

2004-11-10T00:00:00-05:00November 10, 2004|

Dream vacation on the line in trotting colt Super Final

REXDALE, ON — With $300,000 up for grabs and division titles to be decided, there is a lot riding on each competitor in the $2.4 million Super Finals at Woodbine Racetrack Saturday. And when trotting colt Mill Work steps up behind the gate, the two-year-old will be carrying some additional weight on his shoulders. "If

2004-11-08T00:00:00-05:00November 8, 2004|

Illusionist extends streak to five with Trillium win

DUNDAS, ON — Ontario's top three-year-old pacing fillies wrapped up their Trillium Series season at Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening, with Grassroots Champion Illusionist recording a victory in the first of two divisions. Firing out of Post 5, fan favourites Illusionist and driver Jody Jamieson tucked in behind Cohenikova through opening fractions of :26.3 and

2004-11-07T00:00:00-05:00November 7, 2004|

Peaceful Way wraps up regular season with perfect record

WINDSOR, ON — Peaceful Way maintained her undefeated streak in Ontario Sires Stakes action with a 1:56.4 victory at Windsor Raceway on Sunday. The Angus Hall daughter and regular reinsman Chris Christoforou allowed Zorgwijk Emani and Kevin Wallis to lead the field of nine three-year-old trotting fillies to a :29 first quarter and then took

2004-11-07T00:00:00-05:00November 7, 2004|

Geartogear shatters track and OSS record at Windsor

WINDSOR, ON — Windsor Raceway suffered an assault on its record books for a second straight week Saturday, but this time it was three-year-old pacing colt Geartogear who earned himself a place in the track's history books with a tremendous 1:50.1 Gold Final victory. With Windsor resident Kevin Wallis in the race bike, Geartogear floated

2004-11-07T00:00:00-05:00November 7, 2004|

Grassroots champions deliver gritty efforts

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park fans got more than their money's worth of excitement on Saturday night with four outstanding battles in the two-year-old Grassroots Championships. "Mr. OSS" Dave Wall and trotting filly Soxy Kosmos set the tone for the evening when they powered three-wide around the final turn to reel in the leaders

2004-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6, 2004|

Feeling Frazzled stress free after Gold Final triumph

DUNDAS, ON — Feeling Frazzled scored his second straight victory at Flamboro Downs on Friday afternoon to claim victory in the last $130,000 Gold Final of the two-year-old trotting colt season. Leaving from Post 1, Feeling Frazzled dropped into third on the rail behind pacesetter Stonebridge Diablo and favourite Classic Lavec. As the leader rolled

2004-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6, 2004|

THE SCORE to air Grassroots Championships Monday

SARNIA, NOV. 5 — THE SCORE Sports Network will rebroadcast the two-year-old Grassroots Championships from Hiawatha Horse Park on its Monday, Nov. 8 harness racing program at 7:30 pm. Four Championships will be decided at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday evening with the winner taking home the lion's share of $100,000. Among the horses hoping

2004-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6, 2004|

Trotting filly casts a spell over Western Fair fans

LONDON, ON — Two-year-old trotting filly Maleficent achieved the near impossible at Western Fair Raceway on Friday evening, coming from the outside Post 8 to capture her first $130,000 Gold Final. With trainer-driver Tom Durand in the race bike, Maleficent landed in fifth place through the early stages of a race that saw Heartful Image