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2004-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20, 2004|

Young horseman hoping to visit winner’s circle Saturday

WOODSTOCK, ON — Woodstock Raceway wraps up its 2004 Ontario Sires Stakes season on Saturday with seven divisions of two-year-old pacing fillies competing for $105,000 in Grassroots action. The freshman fillies made their provincial debut on July 3 at Hanover Raceway and Ross and Marjorie Masters' homebred Pacific Sprinkles was the runner-up in the fastest

2004-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20, 2004|

Banner Yankee earns gold flag at Georgian Downs

INNISFIL, ON — Freshman pacing colt Banner Yankee delivered a convincing victory to capture the Gold Final crown at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening. Young reinsman Jody Jamieson gave the colt a flawless front end steer, gunning off the gate from Post 8 to reach the lead with a :27.3 opening quarter and then pacing

2004-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20, 2004|

Lucks Mistress extends Gold streak to two

FRASERVILLE, ON — Reigning Gold Final champion Lucks Mistress delivered her second straight 1:55.2 mile when she captured her Gold Series Elimination at Kawartha Downs on Tuesday evening. The Camluck daughter and driver Jody Jamieson led through all stations in the fourth race, laying down fractions of :28.3, :57.2 and 1:25.4 on their way to

2004-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19, 2004|

Impressive line up of fillies looking for Gold in Elora

ELORA, ON — Grand River Raceway fans will be treated to a performance by 40 of the best and brightest two-year-old trotting fillies on Friday evening. Competition will be fierce as only the top two finishers from each of five Gold Series Eliminations will return to the Elora oval for the $130,000 Gold Final on

2004-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19, 2004|

Jamiesons add to Johnston and Lampman point totals

CLINTON, ON — Carl and Jody Jamieson added to their impressive 2004 Ontario Sires Stakes statistics with multiple wins in two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots action at Clinton Raceway on Sunday afternoon. The father and son team, who currently lead the Johnston and Lampman Cup races, scored a pair of wins together and Jody Jamieson also

2004-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19, 2004|

Brazen captures the gold at Woodbine

REXDALE, ON — Brazen delivered a commanding performance at Woodbine Racetrack on Monday evening to capture the first Gold Final of the season for the two-year-old trotting colts. In rein to trotting specialist Trevor Ritchie, the Balanced Image son landed in fourth spot as the colts powered away from the start to a :28.1 opening

2004-07-18T00:00:00-04:00July 18, 2004|

Fritz on fire in Grassroots action at Hanover

HANOVER, ON — Randy Fritz served up a platter of victories for the hometown crowd at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening. The Walkerton native piloted four three-year-old pacing fillies to victory on the action-packed Grassroots program. Fritz kicked off his impressive run in the second race with the first of three Bob McIntosh trainees he

2004-07-18T00:00:00-04:00July 18, 2004|

Pacing colts electrify Sudbury Downs crowd

SUDBURY, ON — For the third straight week Sudbury Downs fans were treated to outstanding Ontario Sires Stakes action on Saturday evening. The provincial program's marquee division, the three-year-old pacing colts, fired around the half-mile oval with Sunny Supreme stepping off the fastest mile of the seven divisions. In rein to Reg Gassien, Sunny Supreme

2004-07-17T00:00:00-04:00July 17, 2004|

Samuel Oaks delivers solid victory in Gold Final

FRASERVILLE, ON — Samuel Oaks proved there is another three-year-old trotting colt to be reckoned with this season when he captured the $130,000 Gold Final at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night with an impressive come from behind effort over the rain-soaked track. With trainer-driver Paul Walker in the race bike, Samuel Oaks eased out of

2004-07-16T00:00:00-04:00July 16, 2004|

Brown trainee debuts in Gold Series Tuesday

FRASERVILLE, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing fillies head to Kawartha Downs on Tuesday afternoon for their second round of Gold Series action. The fillies, led by reigning Gold Final champion Lucks Mistress, will compete for a total of $114,959 in three Gold Eliminations in an effort to advance to the lucrative $130,000 Gold Final