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2002-07-10T00:00:00-04:00July 10, 2002|

Trotting fillies invade Hiawatha Horse Park Saturday

SARNIA, ON — Ontario's top three-year-old trotting fillies make their way to Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday night for the second of six Grassroots events on their 2002 schedule. Six divisions of fillies will compete for almost $94,000 in Ontario Sires Stakes purse money and trainer Wayne Bloomfield hopes that Slabtown Boots can acquire a

2002-07-09T00:00:00-04:00July 9, 2002|

Local filly may forfeit home field advantage

WOODSTOCK, ON — Trainers often regard it as an advantage when an Ontario Sires Stakes event comes to the racetrack where they stable, but Stephen Gillard is not sure that will be the case for his two-year-old pacing filly Rhiannon O Rhye when Woodstock Raceway hosts the Trillium Series on Saturday. Rhiannon O Rhye finished

2002-07-09T00:00:00-04:00July 9, 2002|

Paquette will start two at Kawartha Saturday

FRASERVILLE, ON — Port Hope resident Ray Paquette is hoping that Saturday night's Gold Series Eliminations at Kawartha Downs will mark the second coming of Kawartha Snoopy. Once a demon on the Fraserville oval, Kawartha Snoopy has made a late transition to the stallion ranks and will see his first sons compete in the two-year-old

2002-07-08T00:00:00-04:00July 8, 2002|

Sir Luck primed for round two of Gold Series

REXDALE, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing colts head for Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday, fresh off an impressive 1:53 performance in their first Gold Series Final last week. Sir Luck comes into the event as the reigning champion and trainer Bill Budd says the Camluck colt recovered perfectly from the blistering mile he delivered at

2002-07-08T00:00:00-04:00July 8, 2002|

Armbro Warranty guarantees his future in OSS

DUNDAS, ON — The hot, humid weather may have abated in southern Ontario, but the province's racetracks continue to sizzle with exciting Ontario Sires Stakes action. On Sunday evening Armbro Warranty served notice that there is another major player on the three-year-old pacing colt scene when he captured his first Gold Series Final. The Village

2002-07-08T00:00:00-04:00July 8, 2002|

Win is sweet music for filly’s new owners

REXDALE, ON — Northern Harmony declared herself the diva of the Ontario-sired two-year-old pacing filly ranks when she captured the $130,000 Gold Series Final at Woodbine Racetrack on Monday. With Randy Waples opting to drive the favoured Town Jiffy, Paul MacDonell handled the lines on Northern Harmony and employed a new tactic to earn the

2002-07-07T00:00:00-04:00July 7, 2002|

Mikestory delivers Gold Elimination win at Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — On a night of upsets by the two-year-old trotting fillies, Mikestory was the only favourite to deliver a Gold Elimination win to her Flamboro Downs fans. The Eager Seelster daughter and William Megens fired to the front from Post 7 and finished the remainder of the 2:03.3 mile all alone, crossing the

2002-07-07T00:00:00-04:00July 7, 2002|

Priceless Gem is a diamond at Windsor Sunday

WINDSOR, ON — Priceless Gem proved he is the real deal on Sunday evening at Windsor Raceway when he captured his first Gold Series Final and equalled the track and Ontario Sires Stakes record for the second week in a row. The Mr Lavec son and driver Ray Schnittker fired straight to the front from

2002-07-07T00:00:00-04:00July 7, 2002|

Fifteen and counting for Precious Delight

INNISFIL, ON — The way things are going for three-year-old pacing filly Precious Delight, her owner Peter Heffering may never have an opportunity to see her race live. Heffering missed the filly's first few races last season and as the wins started to pile up the Port Perry resident was overtaken by a nudge of

2002-07-06T00:00:00-04:00July 6, 2002|

Maddy Girl captures second Grassroots victory

SUDBURY, ON — Three-year-old pacing filly Maddy Girl impressed fans at Sudbury Downs on Friday night when she cam within one-fifth of a second of equalling a 14-year-old track record held by great Ontario Sires Stakes competitor Silver Reign. Maddy Girl delivered an effort worthy of a champion in the fifth race, spending most of