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DUNDAS, ON — Trainer Ben Wallace will harness a pair of three-year-old pacing geldings in Friday's Grassroots skirmish at Flamboro Downs, hoping Pointed Victory and Tara Micket turn in the sort of workmanlike effort that currently has them ranked among the top 20 point earners in the division. "They are both kind of blue collar

OTTAWA, ON — Rideau Carleton Raceway hosts the final regular season Grassroots event for the province's three-year-old trotting fillies on Friday evening, and Gerard Vaillancourt is using the event to test the skills of his newest acquisition. The Kemptville resident acquired SA Herbee in mid-August and has sent the filly behind the Rideau Carleton starting

DRESDEN, ON — Trainer David Menary sent out a trio of Grassroots winners at Dresden Raceway on Monday afternoon, as the half-mile oval showcased the province's best two-year-old pacing colts. Menary shipped four freshman colts to Dresden, and the first to carry the stable colours in front of the grandstand was Speed Addiction in Race

CLINTON, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing fillies impressed fans at Clinton Raceway's Legends Day program on Sunday afternoon, with Epoxy Queen delivering her third straight Grassroots victory in the fastest of six $24,000 divisions. Starting from Post 3 with reinsman Steve Byron in the race bike, the Camluck miss went straight to the front

SUDBURY, ON — Sudbury Downs wrapped up its 2011 Ontario Sires Stakes season with a track record performance by two-year-old trotting filly Majestic Taglet. Mario Charron had Majestic Taglet moving sharply away from Post 6 when the gates swung open, and the filly landed in third spot on the rail, watching Breewood Bella lead the

HANOVER, ON — Eat Me Up paced around the Hanover Raceway oval in a personal best 1:55 on Saturday evening, claiming the fastest victory of seven $24,000 Grassroots divisions and sole ownership of top spot in the two-year-old pacing filly point standings. Lining up from Post 6 in the sixth race, driver Tony Kerwood moved

ELORA, ON — Guelph resident Anthony MacDonald piloted a trio of three-year-old trotting fillies to Grassroots victory at Grand River Raceway on Friday night, including the quickest of the eight divisions aboard Honey Thorn. MacDonald fired Honey Thorn away from Post 7 and had the Here Comes Herbie daughter on top before the :28.3 quarter.

INNISFIL, ON — Ontario's two-year-old trotting colt crop descends on Georgian Downs on Tuesday night, and trainer Ted MacDonnell is hoping Magish can earn another top five finish in the second $24,000 Grassroots division. "On the track he's been all manners and all business, but he can be a handful in the barn," says MacDonnell

FRASERVILLE, ON — Prodigal Seelster shredded the Kawartha Downs track record on Thursday evening with a dominant victory in the third $130,000 Gold Final of the three-year-old pacing colt season. As the field of talented pacers fired away from the starting gate in Race 7, local colt Cam B Zipper, owned by W G James

DRESDEN, ON — Dresden Raceway wraps up an exciting 2011 Ontario Sires Stakes season on Monday, Sept. 5 with eight $24,000 Grassroots divisions for the impressive two-year-old pacing colts. Leading this year's crop of pacing colts to the Dresden half-mile is True To Mach, who sits atop the division standings with 175 points earned through