News

ELORA, ON — Driver Brad Forward and trainer Gerard Demers teamed up to capture two Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots events at Grand River Raceway on Friday, July 19. The horsemen, both from Cambridge, kicked off their winning weekend with Tag Up And Go in the fourth $12,857 division. Forward tucked the three-year-old trotting colt in

ELORA, ON — Guelph residents Bjorn "Bernie" Noren and Garth Gordon are readying trotting colts Hope For Justice and Aggressive for an early season showdown at Grand River Raceway on Monday, July 22. Both colts were victorious in their divisions of the Gold Series season opener at Mohawk Racetrack on July 4 and would like

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Rockwood resident Barry Treen arrives at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday, July 22 with a pair of two-year-old pacing fillies that have been knocking at the door in the Grassroots Series. In her first two Grassroots starts Wishful Luck delivered a runner-up result. At Georgian Downs on July 2 the Eagle Luck daughter

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — During Shadow Play's exceptional racing career Dr. Ian Moore called the pacer one of the toughest horses he had ever worked with, so when the stallion's first crop of Ontario yearlings went on the auction block last fall the Guelph resident was willing to invest some money. Moore and his partners purchased

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ben Wallace watched Yoselin Seelster post a runner-up finish in the July 1 Gold Series season opener at Mohawk Racetrack and when the Milton resident heard the two-year-old pacing filly was for sale he stopped by Patrick Shepherd's barn to have a closer look. The filly passed Wallace's initial inspection and he

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway will be flooded with two-year-old pacing colts on Saturday, July 20 as the popular Grey County oval hosts 10 Grassroots divisions. Seawind Hercules makes just his second Grassroots start on Saturday, but comes into the race off an impressive runner-up finish in the July 6 event at Georgian Downs. Paisley

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — As temperatures climb across Ontario, so does anticipation for this Friday's $400,000 Mid-Summer Challenge at Mohawk Racetrack. Cambridge resident Jack Darling will start two youngsters in each of the freshman pacing filly and pacing colt Challenges and is looking forward to seeing how his prot�g�s stack up against the cream of the

FRASERVILLE, ON — With all but one of the division point leaders absent from Saturday's Grassroots contest at Kawartha Downs, the three-year-old trotting fillies currently tied for second will be looking to make hay while the sun shines. Fathers Amiga finished one-half length back of Swishnflick in the June 20 season opener at Mohawk Racetrack,

ELORA, ON — Grand River Raceway kicks off two action-packed weeks of stakes action this Friday, July 19 with seven Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old trotting colts. The three-year-old trotting colt contest is the first of three Ontario Sires Stakes events the Elora oval will host in the coming weeks, culminating with another Grassroots event

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Last year's Ontario Sires Stakes driving champion Sylvain Filion piloted a pair of two-year-old trotting colts to Grassroots victory at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday, July 15. The Milton resident made his first appearance in the winner's circle following the third Grassroots division, guiding Northern Idol to a surprising one and one-half length