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HANOVER, ON — Walkerton native Gregg McNair teamed up with driver Stuart Sowerby to capture two Grassroots divisions at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening. McNair handed the lines of division leader Momara over to Sowerby in the fifth race and the reinsman gunned the two-year-old pacing filly away from Post 7 to a :29 opening

INNISFIL, ON — Saturday evening's Ontario Sires Stakes event at Georgian Downs saw all five divisions captured by freshman trotting colts who had never won a Gold Series contest. After struggling through the first two legs of the Gold Series Deweykeepumnwhy dropped down to the Grassroots in late July and picked up a pair of

INNISFIL, ON — Betit To Getit cashed a winning ticket in her last Grassroots start, and the filly will be looking to make it two in a row when the three-year-old pacing lasses arrive in Innisfil on Tuesday, Aug. 20 for the fourth stop on their provincial tour. The No Pan Intended daughter, owned by

ELORA, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts brought their high speed show to Grand River Raceway on Friday evening and tore up the Elora oval's record books. In the first $18,000 division fan favourite Champagne Phil extended his flawless Grassroots record to four and wrote his name in the Grand River history books with

OTTAWA, ON — Riveting Rosie took over top spot in the two-year-old trotting filly standings with her third straight Gold Series victory on Thursday evening, touring the Rideau Carleton Raceway oval in 1:59.2. Regular reinsman Paul MacDonell of Guelph piloted Riveting Rosie to the win for trainer John Bax of Peterborough and his partners Don

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack's Monday, Aug. 19 program is loaded with Ontario Sires Stakes talent as the three-year-old trotting fillies arrive at the Campbellville oval for their fourth Grassroots event and the three-year-old pacing colts square off in their fourth Gold Series test. Muscle Magic and Twin B Alibi sit atop the three-year-old trotting

ELORA, ON — Erin Hall and Valencia Sol took full advantage of the opportunity presented to them at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday evening. With the top five fillies in the point standings on the sidelines for the fifth Grassroots event, both Erin Hall and Valencia Sol scored convincing victories that moved them up the

INNISFIL, ON — When Deweykeepumnwhy failed to qualify for the Mid-Summer Challenge, trainer Ronald Parsons dropped the two-year-old trotting colt down to the Grassroots level for two starts. The move proved to be a wise one as Deweykeepumnwhy picked up two straight victories, touring Georgian Downs in 1:57.4 on July 30 and Mohawk Racetrack in

CLINTON, ON — Legends Day at Clinton Raceway always features a group of harness racing's most revered drivers and trainers, but fans attending this year's edition on Sunday, Aug. 18 may also catch a glimpse of several former stars from the National Hockey League. Brothers Dave, Dale and Mark Hunter, best known for their careers

INNISFIL, ON — Olly Warrawee jumped into the top three in the sophomore trotting colt standings with a Grassroots victory at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening. The Kadabra gelding closed out the Grassroots action with a commanding two and three-quarter length score in 2:00.2. Sylvain Filion engineered the win for trainer Richard Moreau and owners