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CLINTON, ON — On Sunday, Clinton Raceway fans enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of harness racing during the track's biennial salute to harness racing's legendary drivers. The afternoon's highlights included eight divisions of two-year-old trotting fillies battling in Grassroots action and a narrow victory by William "Bud" Fritz in the Legends Trot. Fritz was not the

SUDBURY, ON — I Am Irish not only scored a win in Saturday's Grassroots event at Sudbury Downs, the local colt did it in fine style, clocking the fastest time of four $25,383 divisions. Leaving from Post 2 with trainer Wayne MacLean in the race bike, the three-year-old trotting colt dropped onto the rail behind

WINDSOR, ON — When Bert's Casey rolls up behind the starting gate for his Gold Elimination at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening, trainer Joe Nantais is hoping the three-year-old pacer's streak of bad luck in added money events comes to a screeching halt. With a record of six wins, one second and one third through

CLINTON, ON — On Sunday afternoon Clinton Raceway will salute some of harness racing's legendary drivers and provide a venue for some of its future stars. The track's biennial Legend's Day features Hall of Fame drivers Keith Waples, Bud Fritz, Ron Waples, Jim Doherty, John Campbell, Ray Remmen, Clint Galbraith and Bill O'Donnell, who will

GLOUCESTER, ON — For the sixth time in his brief career, Distant Memories has landed a less than ideal post position. Through six starts the two-year-old trotter has started from the outer half of the starting gate on five occasions, and in Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final at Rideau Carleton Raceway he will line up from

GLOUCESTER, ON — Maleficent surprised Rideau Carleton Raceway fans on Thursday evening, employing her trademark come-from-behind style to score an upset in the second of two Gold Series Eliminations. Sent off as the fifth choice in the field of three-year-old trotting fillies, Maleficent and trainer-driver Tom Durand got away last from Post 3 and sat

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Two-year-old trotting filly Pure Ivory has visited the winner's circle after all of her starts this season, but driver Steve Condren is not sure the filly can maintain that pace starting from Post 9 in Monday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack. "I'm not overly happy with it," says the Milton

WINDSOR, ON — Bob McIntosh sent four starters to the post in Wednesday's three-year-old trotting filly Grassroots event at Windsor Raceway and hauled two winners and a runner-up back to his LaSalle facility at the end of the evening. Hologram Hanover kicked off the successful evening for the veteran horseman, touring the Windsor oval in

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Pure Ivory delivered another impressive performance Tuesday evening at Mohawk Racetrack to extend her unbeaten streak to four and claim her first Gold Elimination trophy. Undaunted by Post 8, the two-year-old trotting simply cruised off the starting gate into fourth spot on the rail. Still fourth as the field swept by the

INNISFIL, ON — Local reinsman Dan Clements rang up an Ontario Sires Stakes hat trick at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening, capturing three of seven Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old pacing fillies. Using a classic stalking technique, Clements scored his first victory in Race 1 with Beechwood Duchess. The pair tucked in behind pacesetter Easy