GLOUCESTER, ON — Sophomores take centre stage at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday evening, as 64 of the top trotters and pacers in Ontario square off in eight $30,000 Grassroots Semifinals. The top four from each Semifinal will advance to their respective $100,000 Grassroots Final on Nov. 1, and Woodlawn resident John Smith is hoping

GLOUCESTER, ON — Ontario's harness racing stars flock to Rideau Carleton Raceway this weekend as the Ottawa oval plays host to eight two-year-old Grassroots Semifinals on Friday and eight three-year-old Grassroots Semifinals on Sunday. Trainer Mark Steacy will be a fixture at Rideau Carleton on both nights as his powerful Lansdowne stable attempts to qualify

LONDON, ON — Jason Brewer scored a Grassroots double at Western Fair Raceway on Saturday evening, piloting three-year-old pacing colts My Gift To You and Lexis Star to victory in the first two $24,000 divisions. In the opening race of the evening, Brewer and My Gift To You led the field from start to finish,

INNISFIL, ON — Grassroots division leader Stonebridge Diva fought her way to a flawless record in regular season action with a narrow victory at Georgian Downs on Friday evening. The three-year-old trotting filly and driver Kevin Wallis charged off the Georgian Downs starting gate from Post 8 and reached the opening quarter in :28.3. The

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans were treated to five outstanding performances from the two-year-old pacing fillies in their last regular season Grassroots event on Wednesday afternoon. Four of the five $24,000 divisions were decided by less than one length, starting with the lightly rated EL Miss Aces, who got a neck in front of

FRASERVILLE, ON — Northern Kitti delivered the sharpest effort of the four two-year-old trotting filly Grassroots divisions hosted by Kawartha Downs on Tuesday afternoon. The Dan Creighton trainee controlled the fourth $24,000 division from start to finish, accelerating away from Post 2 to a :29.3 opening quarter and carrying on through a 1:00 half, a

INNISFIL, ON — Friday night's three-year-old trotting filly Grassroots event at Georgian Downs is a make or break affair for a number of youngsters hoping to make a last minute leap into the post season. Among the hopefuls is local filly Windsong Felicity, who is ranked twenty-third in the division standings with a total of

LONDON, ON — Little Man has not enjoyed a great deal of luck in the Grassroots program this season, but that has not prevented Brian Lee from enjoying the experience of campaigning his first Ontario Sires Stakes starter. "He's the first horse I've ever had that was able to race in the OSS," says the

LONDON, ON — Good Bad Lucky wrapped up the Grassroots regular season with a perfect record, scoring his third win in three starts at Western Fair Raceway on Monday afternoon. The two-year-old pacing colt and Woodstock resident Brad Forward cruised away from the starting gate into fourth spot on the rail as High Net Worth

FRASERVILLE, ON — Kawartha Downs fans decided to overlook last week's runner-up effort and place their faith squarely on Elusive Desire on Saturday, and the three-year-old trotting filly did not disappoint, touring unchallenged around the Fraserville oval to her second Gold Final victory. With Oshawa native Paul MacDonell in the race bike, Elusive Desire trotted