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ELORA, ON — Acton resident Trevor Ritchie is counting his lucky stars this evening that the finish line at Grand River Raceway came sooner, rather than later. The veteran reinsman was aboard fan favourite Sooner Than Later in the two-year-old trotting filly Gold Final at the Elora oval on Monday, and had been sailing along

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old trotting colts return to Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday for the first $130,000 Gold Final of their career, and trainer John Bax is hoping Sombrero Hall can deliver the kind of well mannered performance that helped him navigate through the elimination round. "I was real happy with him. I was

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Young reinsman Doug McNair reached another milestone in his driving career on Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack, claiming a Gold Final victory with two-year-old pacing filly Tiz To Dream. The youthful pair started from Post 2 in the $130,000 Gold Final and had clear sailing to the front when fan favourite Windsong

CLINTON, ON — Canada Cool stepped off an impressive victory in the two-year-old trotting filly Grassroots season opener at Clinton Raceway on Sunday. The Angus Hall miss and trainer Mark Steacy fired out of Post 5 in the third $24,000 Grassroots event, and led the field through fractions of :30.4, 1:01.4 and 1:33 on their

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack fans who made a special effort to get back to the Campbellville oval for Sunday's $130,000 two-year-old pacing colt Gold Final were not disappointed, as Ontario's talented freshman put on another exceptional display. After battling a fever earlier in the week, Future Million quickly demonstrated he was back to good

FRASERVILLE, ON — When Deliciouslynaughty paced across the finish line a Grassroots winner at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night, the two-year-old pacing filly won more than a Grassroots trophy and the lion's share of $24,000. With a commanding performance that saw her post the fastest mile of the entire evening, not just the Grassroots events,

INNISFIL, ON — Sharon resident John Hayes has owned enough two-year-old trotters to realize that anything could happen at Georgian Downs on Tuesday, July 21 when the freshman trotting colts make their Grassroots debut. Hayes owns a share of Baylon De Vie, who makes his second career start from Post 8 in the fifth $24,000

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs looked a little like an exclusive country club on Friday evening as, four of the five Grassroots divisions went to freshman pacing colts with very impressive pedigrees. Businessorpleasure was the first of the well bred winners, circling the Dundas oval in 1:58.1 for driver Brad Forward, one quarter length ahead

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — As fans expected, Ja El Express delivered a victory in his $40,000 Gold Elimination at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening, however that was the last two-year-old trotting colt contest that evolved in predictable fashion. Stepping onto the racetrack as the prohibitive favourite, Ja El Express and Cambridge resident Jody Jamieson stepped off

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Heading into Monday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, trainer John Kopas and driver Jack Moiseyev are in complete agreement about their race strategy with two-year-old pacing filly Windsong Grand Ave. "Our intention is not to hurry her out of there, just to get her settled," explains Milton resident Kopas. "If she's