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HANOVER, ON — Seven divisions of future Ontario Sires Stakes stars invade Hanover Raceway on Saturday night, along with a group of young people destined to be stars of the local equine and agricultural community. Members of the area 4-H Horse Club will be at Hanover on Saturday night touring the backstretch and grandstand and

INNISFIL, ON — For the past two seasons, while owner Peter Heffering has been making himself noticeably absent from the racetrack when Precious Delight races, trainer Duane Marfisi has barely left her side. The Guelph resident calls the undefeated filly a once in a lifetime horse and he is determined to enjoy every second of

SARNIA, ON — Ontario's top three-year-old trotting fillies make their way to Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday night for the second of six Grassroots events on their 2002 schedule. Six divisions of fillies will compete for almost $94,000 in Ontario Sires Stakes purse money and trainer Wayne Bloomfield hopes that Slabtown Boots can acquire a

WOODSTOCK, ON — Trainers often regard it as an advantage when an Ontario Sires Stakes event comes to the racetrack where they stable, but Stephen Gillard is not sure that will be the case for his two-year-old pacing filly Rhiannon O Rhye when Woodstock Raceway hosts the Trillium Series on Saturday. Rhiannon O Rhye finished

FRASERVILLE, ON — Port Hope resident Ray Paquette is hoping that Saturday night's Gold Series Eliminations at Kawartha Downs will mark the second coming of Kawartha Snoopy. Once a demon on the Fraserville oval, Kawartha Snoopy has made a late transition to the stallion ranks and will see his first sons compete in the two-year-old

REXDALE, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing colts head for Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday, fresh off an impressive 1:53 performance in their first Gold Series Final last week. Sir Luck comes into the event as the reigning champion and trainer Bill Budd says the Camluck colt recovered perfectly from the blistering mile he delivered at

DUNDAS, ON — The hot, humid weather may have abated in southern Ontario, but the province's racetracks continue to sizzle with exciting Ontario Sires Stakes action. On Sunday evening Armbro Warranty served notice that there is another major player on the three-year-old pacing colt scene when he captured his first Gold Series Final. The Village

REXDALE, ON — Northern Harmony declared herself the diva of the Ontario-sired two-year-old pacing filly ranks when she captured the $130,000 Gold Series Final at Woodbine Racetrack on Monday. With Randy Waples opting to drive the favoured Town Jiffy, Paul MacDonell handled the lines on Northern Harmony and employed a new tactic to earn the

DUNDAS, ON — On a night of upsets by the two-year-old trotting fillies, Mikestory was the only favourite to deliver a Gold Elimination win to her Flamboro Downs fans. The Eager Seelster daughter and William Megens fired to the front from Post 7 and finished the remainder of the 2:03.3 mile all alone, crossing the

WINDSOR, ON — Priceless Gem proved he is the real deal on Sunday evening at Windsor Raceway when he captured his first Gold Series Final and equalled the track and Ontario Sires Stakes record for the second week in a row. The Mr Lavec son and driver Ray Schnittker fired straight to the front from