Driver Stephen Byron and trainer John Bax teamed up for one win and one second in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots opener for the two-year-old trotting colts at Georgian Downs on Saturday evening. The pair captured the second $18,450 Grassroots division with Delcrest Holiday, who toured the Innisfil oval in 2:03.1. Starting from Post 4

Sons of Ontario sire Sportswriter put on a show at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening in the first Gold Series event for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings. A total of 10 Sportswriter offspring went postward in two $97,200 Gold Series divisions and it was Dancin Doug who emerged from the first battle with a Gold

Mohawk Racetrack hosted the first two-year-old event of the Ontario Sires Stakes season on Thursday, July 6 and 32 freshman trotting fillies invaded the Campbellville oval for two Grassroots and two Gold Series divisions. Local filly Kadabra Queen kicked off the trotting fillies Gold Series season with a 1:59 victory over fan favourite Illusioneesta and

The upsets continued in Ontario Sires Stakes Gold action on Sunday evening as the three-year-old trotting fillies battled in two divisions at Georgian Downs. After a mid-card deluge that saw the track downgraded from �fast' to �sloppy', the fillies squared up for the first division in the seventh race. Fans had established Magic Presto, a

When Mark Steacy loaded the horse trailer bound for Dresden Raceway's Canada Day program he was hoping the five three-year-old trotting fillies on board would have a successful afternoon, but his imagination never stretched to the level of success the quintet actually delivered. "Obviously, when they left the barn this morning I never would have

Dr. Ian Moore has been clinging to the roller coaster that is Classic Pro for a month and, in spite of Saturday's Gold Series win at Mohawk Racetrack, the ride is showing no signs of levelling off. Starting from Post 7 in the last of three Gold divisions on the Campbellville oval's Canada Day program,

Trainer Rene Allard and driver Michael Whelan teamed up to win a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions on Hiawatha Horse Park's Canada Day program Saturday. Three Grassroots trophies were up for grabs and Allard and Whelan captured the first and last divisions with Rose Run Speedster and Clarion Call, both sons of Windsong

Driver Louis-Philippe Roy piloted two Ontario Sires Stakes winners at Mohawk Racetrack on Tuesday evening during a sophomore trotting colt contest that saw all three winners collect their first-ever Gold Series trophy. Roy's first victory came in the second $67,200 Gold division with LMC Mass Gem, who survived a tough trip to secure his second

James MacDonald climbed onto the race bike behind Future Headlines for the first time at Grand River Raceway on Monday evening and piloted the three-year-old pacing filly to her first victory of the year in a personal best 1:54.1. Starting from Post 2 in the first of two $95,600 Gold Series divisions, MacDonald was able

Thursday, June 22 was an emotional day for harness racing driver Sylvain Filion. In the early morning hours the Milton, ON resident learned that his uncle, the legendary horseman Herve Filion, had passed away after a prolonged illness. Hours later Sylvain Filion was at Mohawk Racetrack, where he was scheduled to drive in nine of