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OSS Stars Precious Delight, Duke Of York, Donven Promise, Liberty Balance win O'Brien Awards; Bax voted Canada's top trainer of 2001 Four stars of the rich Ontario Sires Stakes program in 2001 were front and center at the annual O'Brien Awards on Feb. 2. The O'Brien Awards are the highest honour harness racing bestows upon

MISSISSAUGA, NOV. 13, 2001 — After years of hard work, Don McElroy has earned his first Lampman Cup as the top driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program. A mainstay in the Ontario Sires Stakes driver colony for the last five seasons, McElroy says a combination of dumb luck and effort landed him the honour

CAMPBELLVILLE, NOV. 11, 2001 — John Bax raced four horses in three Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night and went home with three wins and one second. The Peterborough horseman opened the $2 million Gold Series Championship with a one-two finish in the two-year-old trotting filly event when Natashas Kiss

CAMPBELLVILLE, NOV. 7, 2001 — Two of North America's Breeder's Crown champions are Ontario born and bred and both colts will compete at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night in the Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final Championships. Duke Of York makes his first start since the Oct. 19 Breeder's Crown Final in the two-year-old trotting colt

CAMPBELLVILLE, NOV. 6, 2001 — A total of $2 million is on the line at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night when the top trotters and pacers from the Ontario Sires Stakes program go head-to-head in their season ending Super Finals. For the last six months some of the most talented Standardbreds ever to come out

CAMPBELLVILLE, NOV. 8, 2001 — Kevin McMaster flexed his muscles in the Ontario Sires Stakes program for the first time this season and the Woodbine Entertainment Group's leading trainer qualified a pair of three-year-old pacing fillies for Saturday's Super Final Championship. After delivering consistent performances all year Twin B Rosebud wrapped up the regular season

DUNDAS, NOV. 3, 2001 — It was an exciting finish to the 2001 Ontario Sires Stakes season at Flamboro Downs on Saturday afternoon when the three-year-old pacing colts strutted their stuff for the last time in Gold Final action. The $100,000 contest, Race 9 on Flamboro's 3 pm matinee program, saw the talented Ton of

WINDSOR, NOV. 3, 2001 — Windsor Raceway fans enjoyed an outstanding evening of racing on Saturday as the track hosted the two-year-old Grassroots Championships and a $100,000 Gold Final for the two-year-old pacing colts. The Gold colts opened the Ontario Sires Stakes program in the third race with an impressive track record perfomance by Pacific

WINDSOR, NOV. 2, 2001 — Richard McNeill and Meanstoyourdreams surprised Windsor Raceway fans when they posted a 2:01.2 victory in the two-year-old trotting filly Gold Final on Friday night. McNeill, who shares ownership on Meanstoyourdreams with Bentley Clark of Brantford and Mike Henowick of Hamilton, settled the Royal Strength filly in sixth through the early

LONDON, NOV. 2, 2001 — Carrland Buddy and Precious Delight established themselves as the early favourites for next weekend's $250,000 Super Final by posting wins in their respective Gold Final races at Western Fair Raceway on Friday night. In the two-year-old trotting colt contest Carrland Buddy and Jim McClure fired off the gate to the