HANOVER, ON — The key to capturing a Grassroots trophy at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening was employing someone with the last name Fritz to drive your horse. Of the five Grassroots divisions contested at Hanover on Saturday, Fritz's captured four, with Randy taking the first two and Terry claiming the last pair. Randy Fritz

INNISFIL, ON — Lucks Mistress proved that she is still a force to be reckoned with in the three-year-old pacing filly division with a classy 1:54 Gold Elimination win at Georgian Downs on Saturday. Leaving from Post 1 with trainer Carl Jamieson in the race bike, the Camluck daughter sat comfortably behind pacesetter and fan

WINDSOR, ON — Fans playing the longshot game at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening went home with a pocketful of cash when longshot Elena sprinted down the stretch to claim a 1:58.4 victory in the three-year-old trotting filly Gold Final. Heavy favourite Honour Way led the fillies through fractions of :28.2, :57.2 and 1:27.3 and

SARNIA, ON — Secret's Nephew made his Gold Series debut a winning one with an impressive wire-to-wire effort in the first $64,442 Gold Elimination at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday evening. In rein to trainer Lyle MacArthur, the Camluck colt went directly to the front of the 10 horse field from Post 2 and never

DUNDAS, ON — For a moment during last week's two-year-old pacing filly Gold Eliminations at Flamboro Downs, Patrick Keetch was not sure which horse he should be cheering for. The Hamilton resident selected and developed both Imagine Freedom and Draconian Promise, and they were neck and neck heading for the wire. Fortunately for Keetch the

ELORA, ON — Canada Day marked the end of the heat wave in Southwestern Ontario, but things were anything but cool at Grand River Raceway on Friday night as a trio of three-year-old fillies trotted into the half-mile oval's history books. Gaelic was the first to lower the former speed mark for sophomore trotting lasses,

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — While the pacesetters in Friday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack battled hard through crisp early fractions, Chris Christoforou and King La Conch were biding their time in sixth. The pair sat sixth through the :27.3 opening quarter, sixth at the :56 half and sixth as the leaders swept by the

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — July marks the start of the two-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes season and Mohawk Racetrack fans will get their first glimpse of the freshman trotting fillies in Gold Elimination action on Tuesday evening. Four divisions of young trotters will vie for a total of $109,324 and trainer Scott McEneny hopes Blueridge Yankee can

INNISFIL, ON — Georgian Downs fans will catch a glimpse of tomorrow's stars on Tuesday evening when 33 two-year-old trotting colts make their way to the Innisfil oval for four Gold Series Eliminations. Midhurst resident Keith Jones will start two Gold Series hopefuls, Sovereign Way from Post 5 in the eighth race and Worthy Lavec

CLINTON, ON — Local trainer Paul Taylor helped kick off Clinton Raceway's 2005 season when fan favourite Putnam President claimed the fourth of 13 Grassroots divisions Friday evening. Leaving from Post 3 with regular driver Trevor Henry in the race bike, Putnam President fired to the front and led the field of three-year-old pacing colts