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2004-11-05T00:00:00-05:00November 5, 2004|

Trillium Series wraps up OSS season at Flamboro Sunday

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs wraps up its 2004 Ontario Sires Stakes season with a pair of Trillium Series divisions for the three-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday evening. Cohenikova heads into the Trillium event, worth a total of $73,664, off a 1:55.4 victory over the Flamboro oval and trainer Scott McEneny hopes the Gold Series

2004-11-04T00:00:00-05:00November 4, 2004|

Freshmen fired up for Grassroots Finals on Saturday

SARNIA, ON — With $400,000 and four Grassroots Championships on the line, Hiawatha Horse Park fans are in for an outstanding evening of racing this Saturday compliments of 32 of the finest two-year-olds in Ontario. Leading off the lucrative evening are the freshman trotting fillies and while most trainers will spend the next four days

2004-11-04T00:00:00-05:00November 4, 2004|

Speed records on the line at Windsor Saturday

WINDSOR, ON — With a little cooperation from Mother Nature, a pair of Windsor Raceway track records could be in jeopardy when the two-year-old pacing fillies and three-year-old pacing colts return to the border oval on Saturday evening. In last weekend's elimination round Lady Dillinger tied the pacing filly track record in spite of a

2004-11-02T00:00:00-05:00November 2, 2004|

Elimination winners start shoulder to shoulder in Final

LONDON, ON — Western Fair Raceway welcomes back Ontario's top two-year-old trotting fillies on Friday evening for the last Gold Final of their freshman campaign. Leading the field of talented youngsters are elimination winners Elena and Real Live Woman, who will start from Posts 1 and 2 in the $130,000 Final. "I'm actually very happy

2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00November 1, 2004|

Mill Work sets his sights on trio of Gold Final trophies

DUNDAS, ON — Two-year-old trotting colt Mill Work could complete a Gold Final hat trick with a victory in the eighth race at Flamboro Downs this Friday. Trainer-driver Rick Zeron and the Mr Lavec son have already claimed Gold Final victories at Windsor Raceway (Aug. 11) and Rideau Carleton Raceway (Aug. 27) and prepped for

2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00November 1, 2004|

Rideau Carleton hosts final pacing colt match up

GLOUCESTER, ON — Fresh off a track record in last week's elimination, and with the advantage of Post 1 for Thursday's Gold Final, Isle Of Patmos is the hands down favourite in Rideau Carleton Raceway's last Ontario Sires Stakes event of the season. "The rail is never a disadvantage," says driver Luc Ouellette. "He's got

2004-10-31T00:00:00-04:00October 31, 2004|

No shortage of drama in sophomore Grassroots Finals

INNISFIL, ON — Georgian Downs fans were treated to an outstanding evening of racing Saturday as Ontario's top three-year-olds squared off in four $100,000 Grassroots Championships. In the first season finale the trotting fillies crammed a speed show, a tight finish and an upset into their two minutes of fame, and when the dust settled

2004-10-31T00:00:00-04:00October 31, 2004|

Lady Dillinger scorches to victory at Windsor Raceway

WINDSOR, ON — After a rainy afternoon Windsor Raceway's surface was rated one second slower than normal on Saturday night, but that did not stop two-year-old pacing filly Lady Dillinger from equalling the track record with a scorching 1:53.3 victory in her Gold Elimination. With Mario Baillargeon in the race bike, Lady Dillinger allowed favourite

2004-10-31T00:00:00-04:00October 31, 2004|

Zorgwijk Emani and Peaceful Way flawless in eliminations

WINDSOR, ON — Zorgwijk Emani and Peaceful Way delivered dominant performances to capture their Gold Eliminations at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening. In the first $49,681 elimination Zorgwijk Emani and Windsor resident Kevin Wallis fired to a :27.4 opening quarter from Post 4 and then laid down steady fractions of :57.1 and 1:27.2 on their

2004-10-30T00:00:00-04:00October 30, 2004|

Isle Of Patmos roars to an OSS record in Ottawa

GLOUCESTER, ON — Freshman pacing colt Isle Of Patmos became the second horse to set an Ontario Sires Stakes record at Rideau Carleton Raceway this season when he scorched around the five-eighths mile oval in 1:52.3 on Friday evening. Leaving from Post 5 the Astreos son powered away from the starting gate and was two