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News - November 2004

2004-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6, 2004|

THE SCORE to air Grassroots Championships Monday

SARNIA, NOV. 5 — THE SCORE Sports Network will rebroadcast the two-year-old Grassroots Championships from Hiawatha Horse Park on its Monday, Nov. 8 harness racing program at 7:30 pm. Four Championships will be decided at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday evening with the winner taking home the lion's share of $100,000. Among the horses hoping

2004-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6, 2004|

Trotting filly casts a spell over Western Fair fans

LONDON, ON — Two-year-old trotting filly Maleficent achieved the near impossible at Western Fair Raceway on Friday evening, coming from the outside Post 8 to capture her first $130,000 Gold Final. With trainer-driver Tom Durand in the race bike, Maleficent landed in fifth place through the early stages of a race that saw Heartful Image

2004-11-05T00:00:00-05:00November 5, 2004|

Peaceful Way’s owners have tasted both bitter and sweet

WINDSOR, ON — In spite of a phenomenal season that has seen her win nine of 13 races, Peaceful Way's owners have learned to be cautious when going into stakes finals. So while the filly is favoured to win Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final at Windsor Raceway, Joseph Myers is simply hoping that the three-year-old trotter

2004-11-05T00:00:00-05:00November 5, 2004|

Trillium Series wraps up OSS season at Flamboro Sunday

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs wraps up its 2004 Ontario Sires Stakes season with a pair of Trillium Series divisions for the three-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday evening. Cohenikova heads into the Trillium event, worth a total of $73,664, off a 1:55.4 victory over the Flamboro oval and trainer Scott McEneny hopes the Gold Series

2004-11-05T00:00:00-05:00November 5, 2004|

Astreos sons capture top four spots in Gold Final

GLOUCESTER, ON — Over a track rated four second slower than normal, Isle Of Patmos led a parade of Astreos sons across the finish line in Gold Final action at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday evening. Starting from Post 1 as the heavy favourite, Luc Ouellette followed his preferred plan of attack and sent Isle

2004-11-04T00:00:00-05:00November 4, 2004|

Freshmen fired up for Grassroots Finals on Saturday

SARNIA, ON — With $400,000 and four Grassroots Championships on the line, Hiawatha Horse Park fans are in for an outstanding evening of racing this Saturday compliments of 32 of the finest two-year-olds in Ontario. Leading off the lucrative evening are the freshman trotting fillies and while most trainers will spend the next four days

2004-11-04T00:00:00-05:00November 4, 2004|

Speed records on the line at Windsor Saturday

WINDSOR, ON — With a little cooperation from Mother Nature, a pair of Windsor Raceway track records could be in jeopardy when the two-year-old pacing fillies and three-year-old pacing colts return to the border oval on Saturday evening. In last weekend's elimination round Lady Dillinger tied the pacing filly track record in spite of a

2004-11-02T00:00:00-05:00November 2, 2004|

Elimination winners start shoulder to shoulder in Final

LONDON, ON — Western Fair Raceway welcomes back Ontario's top two-year-old trotting fillies on Friday evening for the last Gold Final of their freshman campaign. Leading the field of talented youngsters are elimination winners Elena and Real Live Woman, who will start from Posts 1 and 2 in the $130,000 Final. "I'm actually very happy

2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00November 1, 2004|

Mill Work sets his sights on trio of Gold Final trophies

DUNDAS, ON — Two-year-old trotting colt Mill Work could complete a Gold Final hat trick with a victory in the eighth race at Flamboro Downs this Friday. Trainer-driver Rick Zeron and the Mr Lavec son have already claimed Gold Final victories at Windsor Raceway (Aug. 11) and Rideau Carleton Raceway (Aug. 27) and prepped for

2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00November 1, 2004|

Rideau Carleton hosts final pacing colt match up

GLOUCESTER, ON — Fresh off a track record in last week's elimination, and with the advantage of Post 1 for Thursday's Gold Final, Isle Of Patmos is the hands down favourite in Rideau Carleton Raceway's last Ontario Sires Stakes event of the season. "The rail is never a disadvantage," says driver Luc Ouellette. "He's got