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2004-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27, 2004|

Impressive line up for Trillium Series Monday

ELORA, ON — Grand River Raceway wraps ups its exciting weekend of Ontario Sires Stakes action with three Trillium Series divisions for the sophomore pacing fillies on Monday evening. Top Grassroots and Gold Series fillies will be joined by their American-sired peers for the $73,014 event and Mike Foerster hopes Hangin By A Moment can

2004-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27, 2004|

Owners hope Starjest plays it straight Tuesday

FRASERVILLE, ON — Kawartha Downs wraps up its three-week run of Ontario Sires Stakes excitement on Tuesday with seven Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting fillies. Among the youngsters looking to further their education in the third Grassroots event of their season is Starjest, owned and trained by Kendra Casselman of Peterborough. The Angus Hall

2004-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27, 2004|

Mill Work triumphs in Ottawa Gold Final

GLOUCESTER, ON — Mill Work captured his second straight Gold Final title with a 2:01.1 effort at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Friday evening. With trainer Rick Zeron in the race bike the two-year-old trotter eased out of Post 3 and landed in third, content to sit behind leaders Monsieur Kan Due and Sam McCord. On

2004-08-26T00:00:00-04:00August 26, 2004|

EL Leonard achieves Grassroots victory in Sarnia

SARNIA, ON — EL Leonard kicked off an impressive display by the two-year-old trotting colts with a 2:00.2 victory in the first of six Grassroots divisions at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday. Leaving from Post 7, the Sugarcane Leonard son and driver Randy Fritz settled comfortably on the rail in fourth through the early going,

2004-08-26T00:00:00-04:00August 26, 2004|

Peaceful Way makes triumphant return to Ontario

GLOUCESTER, ON — Rideau Carleton Raceway fans got a glimpse of what is in store for them next week when the brilliant three-year-old trotting fillies tested their skills over the five-eighths mile oval on Thursday. The track record fell not once, but two times as both Gold Eliminations surpassed the former 1:56.3 mark set by

2004-08-25T00:00:00-04:00August 25, 2004|

Surprise victors in Windsor Gold Eliminations

WINDSOR, ON — Next week's two-year-old trotting filly Gold Final will feature a host of new faces as upsets were the name of the game in elimination action at Windsor Raceway on Wednesday evening. In the first of two $49,145 splits Meadowviewprincess got a textbook steer from Patrick Lachance to score her first lifetime victory.

2004-08-25T00:00:00-04:00August 25, 2004|

Local owner, trainer earn pair of Grassroots trophies

FRASERVILLE, ON — Richard Webb and Paul Jackson added two Grassroots trophies to their hardware collection when two-year-old pacing colts SA Cheerokee Chief and Armbro Cougar came up with victories in Ontario Sires Stakes action at Kawartha Downs on Tuesday evening. SA Cheerokee Chief led off the successful evening for the two men in Race

2004-08-24T00:00:00-04:00August 24, 2004|

Brazen aims for win number five Friday

GLOUCESTER, ON — Rideau Carleton Raceway delivers a second impressive line-up of Ontario trotting stars on Friday evening when the talented two-year-old colts compete in their $130,000 Gold Final. Following up on the sophomore filly Gold Eliminations on Thursday, the colts star in the seventh race on Rideau's Friday evening program with elimination winner Brazen

2004-08-23T00:00:00-04:00August 23, 2004|

Zooka, Samuel Oaks capture Gold Finals at Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans were treated to a pair of outstanding Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Finals on Sunday night leading up to the $567,000 Confederation Cup. Milton resident Ben Wallace kick started a successful evening when two-year-old pacing colt Zooka stepped off a convincing victory in the first $130,000 Gold Final. With regular

2004-08-23T00:00:00-04:00August 23, 2004|

Creighton looks for home court advantage in Sarnia

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park concludes its August series of Ontario Sires Stakes racing on Thursday evening with six Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting colts. Trainer Dan Creighton of Strathroy heads to the Sarnia oval with a pair of Balanced Image colts, including $150,000 yearling purchase Extreme Image who has already posted one