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CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes fans will be heading to Mohawk Racetrack on Monday, Aug. 26 to see whether three-year-old pacing colt Champagne Phil can extend his Grassroots win streak to five. The Shanghai Phil gelding and driver Chris Christoforou of Campbellville will line up at Post 7 in the first $18,000 Grassroots division,

ELORA, ON — Trainer Jeff Gillis will harness one sophomore pacing filly in each of the $70,000 Gold Series divisions at Grand River Raceway on Monday, Aug. 26. First off the gate for Team Gillis will be Seaside Rory, and the Hillsburgh resident and his partners will be hoping the filly can reprise the winning

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Campbellville resident Chris Christoforou landed a pair of favourites in the Grassroots winner's circle at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening. The reinsman opened the evening aboard heavy favourite Flanagan Memory, who was making his Grassroots debut after dominating the Gold Series program this season. Starting from Post 1 the Kadabra colt made

INNISFIL, ON — All 16 contestants in Saturday's Gold Series event at Georgian Downs expelled a sigh of relief when they learned division superstar Bee A Magician would sit this round out. The three-year-old trotting fillies will wage two $105,000 Gold Series divisions without the division heavyweight, who is undefeated in 10 sophomore starts and

FRASERVILLE, ON — As the two-year-old pacing colts hit the halfway mark in their season, Twomickeytrip is making the move from the Gold to the Grassroots Series and hoping to hit the board when the provincial program stops at his hometown oval on Saturday, Aug. 24. Twomickeytrip and trainer-driver Rick Fife will line up behind

INNISFIL, ON — Freshman Grassroots champion Cams Macharena picked up her second victory on the three-year-old pacing filly provincial circuit with a 1:53.1 personal best at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening. The Mach Three filly and driver Doug McNair employed a sharp finishing kick to reel in the leaders through the stretch and claim the

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — After enduring a winless freshman season, Pounce Hanover finally found his way to the victor's circle on July 20, in his second sophomore start, and the trotting gelding seemed to find the experience to his liking. Since that 1:57.4 score at Georgian Downs, Pounce Hanover has added two more to his resume,

ELORA, ON — Grand River Raceway hosts a pair of $105,000 Gold Series divisions for the three-year-old trotting colts on Friday, Aug. 23 and the second division features a showdown between the top two colts in the division. Buddy Hally and Thankyoukessel share top spot in the point standings, having accumulated one win and one

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Dave Menary trainees swept both three-year-old pacing colt Gold Series divisions at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday evening. In the first $105,000 split, fan favourite Windsong Jack took control heading for the halfway marker and cruised home to a two length victory in a personal best 1:49.4. Cambridge resident Billy Davis Jr. engineered

CLINTON, ON — Fans packed Clinton Raceway on Sunday for the half-mile oval's popular Legends Day program and the two-year-old trotting colts did their part to entertain the masses in five Grassroots divisions. Solar Son and trotting specialist Trevor Ritchie clocked the fastest Grassroots mile, halting the Clinton teletimer at 2:03 in the seventh race.