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

DUNDAS, ON — Ontario's two-year-old pacing fillies wrap up their Grassroots season at Flamboro Downs on Wednesday afternoon, and trainer Lowell Brown is hoping Jenna Casimir has better luck over her local oval than she did in her first Grassroots test. "I tried her in the Grassroots at Woodstock," recalls the Brantford resident. "She had

TORONTO, ON — Driver Luc Ouellette was confident that Shacked Up could deliver her second Gold Final title at Woodbine Racetrack on Friday night, and the diminutive pacer did not disappoint Ouellette or the fans who sent her off their top choice in the $130,000 skirmish. In spite of sloppy conditions that left the racing

LONDON, ON — After finishing in the runner-up position in his last three starts, sophomore trotting colt Equity reclaimed his place in the victor's chair with a Gold Final triumph at Western Fair Raceway on Friday evening. Equity and regular reinsman Jack Moiseyev lined up at Post 4 in the $130,000 contest and were in

DUNDAS, ON — Campbellville resident Larry Small piloted three-year-old trotting colt Burnt Stew to an impressive 1:59.2 victory in the last $24,000 Grassroots division at Flamboro Downs on Thursday. Starting from Post 2, Small eased the gelding away from the gate and was sitting fifth on the rail when Mopey Corey reached the opening quarter

FRASERVILLE, ON — Kawartha Downs wraps up its 2009 Ontario Sires Stakes season next Tuesday with four $24,000 Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting fillies. Among the fillies hoping to add a few more points to their tally in the last regular season event is Pondo Mazey, who will start from Post 6 in the

WINDSOR, ON — Western Silk scooped up her third straight victory with an effortless 1:53.1 mile in Gold Final action at Windsor Raceway on Wednesday evening. The talented two-year-old pacing filly and driver Mark MacDonald eased away from Post 6 and were sitting fifth on the rail when early pacesetter FBs Terror reached the opening

LONDON, ON — OK Canada will be hampered by the outside Post 7 in his effort to score a third Grassroots victory on Monday afternoon at Western Fair Raceway, but owner Dan MacIntyre is not complaining. "He has been fortunate up to now. He has been good and lucky at drawing posts," says the London

FRASERVILLE, ON — Blair Burgess is not making any predictions about Saturday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Kawartha Downs, but the horseman will say that three-year-old trotting filly Friendly Amigo is at the top of her game. "She's excellent right now," says Burgess. "Bruce Richardson said she was tugging on him most of the way."

TORONTO, ON — As the province's top three-year-old pacing fillies head back to Woodbine Racetrack this Friday for the last $130,000 Gold Final of their career, driver Luc Ouellette is crossing his fingers that Shacked Up can maintain her late season momentum. "She is really in her element right now, she's really, really good," says