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2014-09-08T00:00:00-04:00September 8, 2014|

Shadow Play Girls Grab Gold

Daughters of Shadow Play captured both $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies tonight at Mohawk. It was a wire to wire performance by Lady Shadow in the first split as Doug McNair had that Shadow Play filly on top well before the :26.2 opening quarter and dictated the tempo the rest

2014-09-07T00:00:00-04:00September 7, 2014|

Public Choices Deliver in Grassroots at Rideau Carleton

A trio of $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series dashes for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers were the marquee races on Sunday evening (September 7) at Rideau Carleton Raceway, and heavily favoured Shadowbriand, Titus Seelster, and Shadow Place did not disappoint their legions of backers in their respective divisions. In the first Grassroots split it

2014-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6, 2014|

Henry Strikes Five Times in Grassroots at Hanover

Driver Trevor Henry was the star of the show on Saturday night at Hanover Raceway as he won five of the six $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series events for two-year-old male trotters that were staged and added an overnight victory to give him a total of six triumphs on the ten-race program. Henry teamed

2014-09-05T00:00:00-04:00September 5, 2014|

Hometown Colt Vies For Grassroots Glory At Hanover

Charlie Ward isn't sure if his two-year-old trotting colt, Secret Muscle, will be the hometown hero when he competes tomorrow night at his home track of Hanover Raceway "but he's my hero," says Ward of Hanover, Ontario, who is quite pleased with his youngster's progress to date. Secret Muscle has post two in the fourth

2014-09-02T00:00:00-04:00September 2, 2014|

OSS Fillies Headline Flamboro’s Fall Meet Opener

Flamboro Downs will kick off its fall meet tonight and four divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for two-year-old pacing fillies will highlight the card. Fans will find lots of action early as the first division, race one, sees a match up of the top two fillies in this division, Chase The Shadows and

2014-09-02T00:00:00-04:00September 2, 2014|

Torches Star Shines Again in Grassroots

Torches Star picked up her third consecutive victory and added to her lead atop the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots standings in the three-year-old filly trot group with a 1:57.2 victory in the last of five $18,000 splits on Tuesday night (September 2) at Mohawk Racetrack. With Hall of Fame driver Steve Condren in the bike,

2014-09-02T00:00:00-04:00September 2, 2014|

Henry Hat Trick In OSS At Flamboro

Trevor Henry, consistently one of the leading drivers in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, captured three of the four $18,000 Grassroots events for two-year-old trotting fillies on the opening night of Flamboro Downs' fall meet this evening. All of the fields were reduced by at least one filly with a few having to be scratched

2014-09-01T00:00:00-04:00September 1, 2014|

Final Grassroots Rescheduled To Tuesday

The fourth and final Grassroots division for three-year-old trotting colts at Mohawk was not contested tonight as racing was cancelled after the ninth race due to safety concerns. The wet track impeded the starting gate in the ninth race leading to that decision. The race will take place tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. and will

2014-09-01T00:00:00-04:00September 1, 2014|

Sixth Straight For Warrawee Promesse

A driving rain did little to deter Warrawee Promesse from scoring his sixth consecutive victory in the third of four $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots events for three-year-old trotting colts tonight at Mohawk. That division saw Passed Dat Point on point early and by the opening marker in :27.4. Warrawee Promesse popped out from second

2014-08-31T00:00:00-04:00August 31, 2014|

Clinton Track Record Lowered In Grassroots Action

The 2014 racing season at Clinton Raceway came to a close on Sunday afternoon (August 31), and six $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions were contested on the program. The star of those races was Thinkofagameplan, who moved into sole possession of the top spot in the Grassroots point standings with a 1:57 track record