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2020-07-15T00:36:57-04:00July 15, 2020|

Mach My Kiss goes to head of the class with Grassroots win

Mach My Kiss was the only three-year-old pacing filly able to replicate her opening round performance as the sophomore lasses returned to Woodbine Mohawk Park for their second Grassroots Leg on Tuesday, July 14. Starting from Post 2, driver Doug McNair settled Mach My Kiss briefly in third before moving the filly to the lead

2020-07-13T23:53:16-04:00July 13, 2020|

Novice fillies show off pro-level skills in Grassroots debut

A quartet of $23,000 Grassroots divisions for two-year-old trotting fillies was featured at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday, July 13 and all four winners delivered the kind of professional performance typically seen in far older horses. You Will Be Queen took the opening division with a 1:59 effort that saw her leave well from Post

2020-07-12T22:29:00-04:00July 12, 2020|

Fruit-loving filly captures Gold Series opener in Innisfil

Mark Etsell’s two-year-old trotting fillies opened their Ontario Sires Stakes careers on a positive note Sunday night at Georgian Downs with Midnight Miracle scoring a win in her $72,267 Gold Series division and Meadowview Lilly finishing third. Midnight Miracle got a picture-perfect second-over trip from driver Bob McClure in the evening’s first Gold Series battle.

2020-07-11T23:58:16-04:00July 11, 2020|

Local favourite Master Grand cruises to Grassroots victory

Georgian Downs hosted a trio of $22,450 Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting colts on Saturday night, and it was local youngster Master Grand who delivered the fastest mile of the Ontario Sires Stakes battles. Master Grand and trainer-driver Aaron Byron left with confidence from Post 5 and had established command by the :31 opening

2020-07-11T00:08:13-04:00July 11, 2020|

Rain unable to dampen fillies Grassroots debut

Rain caused a brief delay in Friday night’s program at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but it did nothing to dampen the efforts put forward by the two-year-old pacing fillies in their Grassroots debut. Five $22,000 divisions went postward Friday and Sportsfire delivered the quickest result in the first split. The daughter of Sportswriter and driver Bob

2020-07-10T00:06:06-04:00July 10, 2020|

Tokyo Seelster cruises in freshman trotting colt Gold opener

It was debut night for the two-year-old trotting colts on Thursday and the 25 youngsters put on an impressive show for Woodbine Mohawk Park fans in a trio of $73,000 Gold Series divisions. Tokyo Seelster went off as the heavy favourite in the first division and the Kadabra son delivered a commanding front end performance

2020-07-08T00:00:56-04:00July 8, 2020|

Beaton’s hunch proven correct as Bet On Becky takes Gold

Heading into Tuesday’s Gold Series opener for the two-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park, trainer Tony Beaton had a feeling that Bet On Becky might be exceptional. “She’s just been one of them special fillies you know,” said the trainer. “We were kind of talking the other day and we were saying, like we

2020-07-07T00:31:59-04:00July 7, 2020|

Filion pilots trio of freshman pacers to Grassroots victory

Two-year-old pacing colts invaded Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday evening, starring in six $23,000 Grassroots divisions and No Better Joy kicked off the provincial campaign in style with an impressive 1:52.1 victory. Starting from the outside Post 9, driver Bob McClure settled No Better Joy in fourth as Flash Cube took the field to a

2020-07-05T18:42:21-04:00July 5, 2020|

Trotting fillies rewrite Clinton Raceway record books

Forty-eight sophomore trotting fillies descended on Clinton Raceway Sunday afternoon and the track record at the half-mile oval fell not once, but twice as the fillies battled in six $22,800 Grassroots divisions. As the program got underway the three-year-old trotting filly track record stood at 1:59.3, set by Gotta Pay To Play in a July

2020-07-04T23:25:36-04:00July 4, 2020|

Sophomore pacing colts set and re-set Canadian speed mark

A fluke accident cost Beaumond Hanover a shot at Ontario Sires Stakes glory last season, but trainer Jack Darling was always confident the pacing colt was Gold Series calibre and that faith was rewarded at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday. Starting from Post 7, driver Jody Jamieson had Beaumond Hanover on the move early and