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FRASERVILLE, ON — After a less than impressive two-year-old campaign and a lacklustre start to his three-year-old season, Doug Brown and Richard Thomas had pretty much given up on pacing colt Northern Edge. However, a 1:56.1 mile in a June 11 event at Kawartha Downs marked the start of a transformation that has been just

DUNDAS, ON — Local favourite Lady Dillinger rolls into Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening riding a three race win streak, but Gaetan Hebert is a bit uneasy about sending the three-year-old pacer out in the second of three $39,606 Gold Eliminations. "I don't even want to go there because her mother broke down there," says

GLOUCESTER, ON — Rideau Carleton Raceway fans were witness to a masterful piece of driving Thursday night as trotting specialist Trevor Ritchie teamed Birminghim to a record setting Gold Final victory. As he did in her first three starts, driver Mike Saftic sent fan favourite Lisa's Mission to the front as soon as the starting

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack presents a double bill of Ontario Sires Stakes action on Monday when the two-year-old pacing fillies return to the Campbellville oval for their $130,000 Gold Final and the three-year-old pacing colts arrive for a pair of $63,000 Gold Eliminations. Reigning champion To Helen Back will start from Post 2 in

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Sun N Sand scorched around Mohawk Racetrack on Monday evening to her first Gold Series victory, stopping the clock in an eye catching 1:53.3. Sent off as the sixth choice in the last of four Gold Eliminations, Sun N Sand got a masterful drive from Paul MacDonell. Leaving from Post 2 MacDonell

BELLEVILLE, ON — Terry Fritz guided two-year-old pacing filly Luck Out to victory in the fastest of five Grassroots events on Quinte Exhibition Raceway's Civic Holiday Monday program. Fritz sent the lightly rated filly straight to the front from Post 3 and churned out fractions of :30.4, 1:02.4 and 1:32.4 before being challenged by fan

ELORA, ON — A beautiful August afternoon and a field of talented two-year-old trotting colts resulted in another track record at Grand River Raceway on Monday as Majestic Son annihilated the 2:03.1 mark set by competitor Pass And Strike in last week's Gold Series Eliminations. Paul MacDonell picked up the lines behind Majestic Son for

DRESDEN, ON — Ross Battin boosted his chances of scoring an unprecedented seventh Lampman Cup victory as the leading driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program with a trio of victories in Grassroots action at Dresden Raceway on Monday. The Monkton resident kicked off his successful afternoon with an impressive come from behind score with

GLOUCESTER, ON — After starting from the outside half of the gate for the last four weeks, two-year-old trotting filly Patsy's Point will finally have an opportunity to test her skills from a spot closer to the rail on Thursday evening at Rideau Carleton Raceway. "We got lucky in the draw, she got Post 4.

HANOVER, ON — Local horsemen put on a clinic for their peers at Hanover Raceway on Saturday night, capturing four of eight sophomore trotting colt Grassroots divisions. Owen Sound resident Paul Walker set the stage for the local show with a 2:01.3 triumph with Wolfman Hall in Race 2. Sent off from Post 4 as