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ELORA, ON — Faye Antoniou has always enjoyed attending Grand River Raceway's Industry Day, but this Monday's festivities will be especially memorable for the Fergus native. Nine days ago Antoniou acquired her first horse, and two-year-old trotting colt Hitithard is among the favourites for Monday's $120,000 Gold Final at Grand River after winning his July

GLOUCESTER, ON — On Sunday's flight to Ottawa, Jason Brewer will be recognizable by his white knuckles and pale face, but the young reinsman is prepared to deal with his fears so he can get to the nation's capital and drive two-year-old pacing filly St Lads Popcorn in the $140,000 Gold Final. "I'm not much

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Only seven sophomore pacing colts signed up to play in the sandbox with Somebeachsomewhere on Sunday night, so Ontario Sires Stakes fans will have to wait another week to see the colt make his Gold Series debut at Mohawk Racetrack. With no need for an elimination, all eight colts will move directly

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — One month ago Georgia Peach arrived in Darren McCall's barn as a Grassroots starter, but on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack the Cambridge resident hopes the three-year-old pacing filly can transform into a Gold Series player. "She's been quite a surprise really," says McCall, who conditions the filly for her former trainer

SUDBURY, ON — Senorita Conchnita is the first two-year-old Stephen Scrannage has ever paid into the Ontario Sires Stakes program, and the young trotter will make her provincial debut over her hometown oval this Sunday afternoon when the Grassroots circuit makes its second stop at Sudbury Downs. "She's the first one I ever paid up,

ELORA, ON — Controlling the pace from the front end worked for the winners of all three Gold Eliminations at Grand River Raceway on Tuesday evening. Mopey Corey kicked off the two-year-old trotting colt battles with a gate-to-wire performance from Post 3, cruising under the wire a commanding three lengths ahead of the competition in

DUNDAS, ON — After stepping up to tackle the top colts in the province last month, Amillionpennies returns to Grassroots action at Flamboro Downs this Friday, Aug. 1 in search of a few more pennies to add to an already successful season. The three-year-old pacing colt was second in the Grassroots season opener at Grand

WOODSTOCK, ON — Dorchester residents Merv and Darlene Smith will be chauffeuring their grandchildren this Saturday, as the family heads to Woodstock Raceway to watch the three-year-old pacing filly whose name grew out of an earlier car trip. "Slomotion ended up with a name from the back seat of the car, from our grandson," explains

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Pat Hunt has always believed that Summerhill Abra belonged with the province's top three-year-old trotting fillies, and the novice trotter will finally have an opportunity to prove him right when she makes her Gold Series debut in the first of three $40,000 Eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday. "I've been saying all

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park opens its 2008 Ontario Sires Stakes season on Thursday, July 31 with an exceptional line up of two-year-old pacing fillies competing for a total of $140,000 in seven Grassroots divisions. Classic Sakuri will make her Ontario Sires Stakes debut from Post 4 in the last Grassroots division, and owner