SARNIA, ON — Trotting specialist Trevor Ritchie picked up the catch drive on Red Hot Survivor in Thursday night's Grassroots event at Hiawatha Horse Park and piloted the three-year-old trotting colt to a lifetime best mark just three-fifths of a second off the track record. Leaving from Post 4 in the second race, Ritchie settled

DUNDAS, ON — Famous Seelster extended his win streak to three with an Ontario Sires Stakes record equalling performance in Gold Elimination action at Flamboro Downs on Friday afternoon. The Bill Budd trainee delivered a classic come-from-behind effort to score the 1:52.1 win, matching the three-year-old pacing colt OSS record set at Flamboro by Pacific

REXDALE, ON — When the two-year-old fillies line up behind the starting gate for their first $130,000 Gold Final at Woodbine Racetrack on Monday evening, trainer Ian Downey will be feeling less pressure than many of his peers. When Downey's filly Josee Rocket won her $44,414 elimination last week she repaid her $5,500 purchase price,

WINDSOR, ON — If JM Vangogh can pull off a victory in the $130,000 Gold Final at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening it will put the icing on the three-year-old trotting colt's remarkable come back from a devastating fall last October. Trainer-driver Ron Waples is still unsure why the trotter fell in the freshman Gold

GLOUCESTER, ON — In the days leading up to Thursday evening's Gold Final at Rideau Carleton Raceway trainer Bill Budd was confident that Duke Of Luck was the nicest two-year-old pacing colt in his Carlisle barn. And through the early stages of the race there was no indication that the veteran trainer's assessment was anything

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway kicks off an action-packed Ontario Sires Stakes schedule on Saturday evening with three Trillium Series divisions for the talented three-year-old pacing fillies. Open to any filly owned by an Ontario resident, regardless of where she was bred, Saturday's Trillium Series is dominated by Ontario-sired fillies. Among the regular Ontario Sires

DUNDAS, ON — Wake Up And Drive stepped off the sharpest mile of four Gold Series Eliminations at Flamboro Downs on Wednesday afternoon. The two-year-old trotting colt performed like a seasoned veteran, firing to the front from Post 5 and rolling steadily through fractions of :30, 1:02.3 and 1:32.4 en route to the 2:03.2 victory.

INNISFIL, ON — Ontario's two-year-old pacing colts opened their Grassroots season at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening with a remarkable display of talent that saw four of seven divisions go faster than 1:57. Grin Tin Tin and driver Michael Langdon claimed the fastest mile of the evening with their 1:56 score in the second race.

FRASERVILLE, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes excitement arrives at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night with an impressive line up of three-year-old trotting fillies competing in three $36,407 Gold Eliminations. With reigning Gold Final champ For The Luva Moni sidelined due to illness, the door is open for one of the 21 contestants in Saturday's event

ELMIRA, ON — Elmira Raceway hosted a record number of three-year-old pacing colts on Monday evening and Emersons Aah Jewel recorded the fastest victory of the 12 Grassroots divisions with a 1:56.1 score in the seventh race. In rein to Reg Gassien, Emersons Aah Jewel tailed pacesetter Au Rumba through fractions of :29, :58.4 and