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ELMIRA, ON — Ode To Earl captured his second straight Grassroots win in a nail biting finish at Elmira Raceway on Monday evening. The Keith Kurtz trainee and driver Jim McClure squeaked out a narrow 2:07 victory in the final strides after sitting fourth through most of the mile. C S Ruff Start and fan

DRESDEN, ON — Driver Randy Waples piloted four two-year-old pacing colts to victory in Grassroots action at Dresden Raceway on Monday afternoon. The leading reinsman scored with three colts trained by Hagersville resident Bill Robinson and one from the barn of New Jersey resident Gary Machiz. Waples kicked off his winning afternoon with Au Rumba

CLINTON, ON — For The Luva Moni earned the lion's share of the $17,857 purse in the third of five Grassroots divisions at Clinton Raceway on Sunday afternoon when she delivered an impressive 2:02.3 victory, the fastest mile recorded in the two-year-old trotting filly event. Driver Carman Hie settled the chestnut daughter of Balanced Image

WOODSTOCK, ON — Woodstock Raceway fans were treated to an exceptional afternoon of racing on Saturday when the three-year-old trotting fillies lambasted the track record in the second race and delivered one of the highest pay outs of the Ontario Sires Stakes season in the sixth. Grassroots division leader Zola Smiger made short work of

ELMIRA, ON — For the second time this summer a talented group of two-year-old trotting colts will gather at Elmira Raceway when the Waterloo County oval showcases six Grassroots divisions on Monday night. The Grassroots regulars will be joined in Elmira by a number of Gold Series competitors taking advantage of the event's wild card

BELLEVILLE, ON — Quinte Raceway wraps up its 2002 Ontario Sires Stakes schedule on Labour Day Monday with five Grassroots divisions for the exceptional three-year-old pacing fillies. Mingling with the Grassroots regulars in Belleville will be a handful of Gold Series fillies taking advantage of the event's wild card status, which allows them to drop

GLOUCESTER, ON — Independent Woman trotted her way to a second Gold Final victory on Wednesday night at Rideau Carleton Raceway. Hitting the wire three-quarters of a length ahead of the competition the Royal Strength daughter regained a commanding lead atop the two-year-old trotting filly division standings. Wayne Henry piloted Independent Woman to the 2:01.2

DRESDEN, ON — Dresden Raceway hosts its annual Appreciation Day on Monday and, next to the free corn on the cob, the hottest things on the program are eight divisions of Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing colts. The colts are competing in their fourth Grassroots contest, and will be joined by a handful of Gold Series

CLINTON, ON — Clinton Raceway kicks off its Ontario Sires Stakes season this Sunday with five divisions of Grassroots wild card action for the two-year-old trotting fillies. The fillies will highlight the track's popular Labour Day festivities, which also include the 21st annual Driver's Challenge, prize draws and a children's carnival. A handful of Gold

WOODSTOCK, ON — Frank O'Reilly will start a pair of three-year-old trotting fillies at Woodstock Raceway on Saturday afternoon and the veteran trainer says both Summertimedreams and Katie Brook are primed to face any Gold Series filly who has entered in the Grassroots wild card event. "In all honesty I wouldn't be afraid of the