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HANOVER, ON — Fillies will dominate the Hanover Raceway program on Saturday night as the half-mile oval plays host to the three-year-old pacing filly Grassroots season opener. A total of 73 fillies will square off in 10 Grassroots divisions, each worth $24,000. Among the hopefuls are two local fillies hoping to match or better the

LONDON, ON — For the second straight week, Il Mago made winning look easy over The Raceway at Western Fair District, sailing around the London oval to claim the first Gold Final trophy of the 2012 Ontario Sires Stakes season. With regular reinsman Trevor Ritchie in the race bike, the sophomore trotting colt took full

LONDON, ON — Sending Ballykeel Ulysses out in last week's Gold Elimination over The Raceway at Western Fair District was a strategic move by owner Cam McKnight which paid off in spades when the three-year-old trotter earned a berth in this Friday's $130,000 Gold Final. A solid second in his $40,000 Gold Elimination last week,

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Three-year-old trotting gelding Mikey Hanover celebrated Victoria Day with an impressive victory in the Grassroots season opener at Mohawk Racetrack. Piloted by trainer Mark Steacy, Mikey Hanover took control of the race before the halfway marker and fought hard down the stretch to claim a neck victory in a personal best 1:55.1,

LONDON, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old trotting colts and geldings raised the curtain on the 2012 Ontario Sires Stakes program with three sparkling Gold Eliminations over the half-mile oval at The Raceway at Western Fair District on Friday evening. Posting the quickest clocking of the three $40,000 eliminations was Cold Certified, who carved out fractions

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack will celebrate the first long weekend of summer this Monday with six divisions of Grassroots action for Ontario's talented three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Monday's event kicks off the Ontario Sires Stakes program's Grassroots season, and local horse Coe Leader is hoping to use the developmental program as a springboard

LONDON, ON — The Raceway at Western Fair District is the fitting host for the 2012 Ontario Sires Stakes season opener, which goes postward on Friday night with a trio of Gold Series Eliminations for the three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. On hand for the evening's festivities, and the subject of a special tribute during

TORONTO, ON — As expected, the 2011 Super Finals delivered outstanding battles, surprising upsets and well-deserved championships as the top two and three-year-old trotters and pacers in Ontario battled over the Woodbine Racetrack oval for a total of $2.4 million on Saturday evening. Leading off the talent laden season finale was the two-year-old pacing colt

TORONTO, ON — With the reality of her Breeders Crown victory still replaying through owner Mac Nichol's dreams, sophomore pacing filly Monkey On My Wheel returns to Woodbine Racetrack this Saturday hoping to seal her outstanding season with a Super Final trophy. "To win the Breeders Crown; I'm still on top of the world from

TORONTO, ON — Milton residents Ben Wallace and Mario Baillargeon will team up in Saturday's two-year-old pacing filly Super Final, hoping to land Classy Lane Rose in the Woodbine Racetrack winner's circle for the second straight week. "She raced great her last start, out of the nine-hole," says trainer Wallace. "She struggled mid-summer, but she