Stormy skies greeted the two-year-old trotting fillies as they gathered at Flamboro Downs for their last regular season Grassroots contest on Tuesday, Sept. 21, but the weather did not put a damper on their performances. Clockwork Orange delivered the sharpest effort in the last $21,450 division, over a track that had been downgraded from ‘fast’

Woodbine Mohawk Park hosted five Grassroots divisions on Monday, Sept. 20 and there were not many surprises as the two-year-old pacing fillies and three-year-old trotting colts wrapped up their regular season. Trainer Murray Brethour had a successful night, as Better Catch Girl and Crème Delight finished first and second in the opening $22,850 pacing filly

For the second time this season the province’s best  two-year-old trotting fillies have rewritten a track, Ontario Sires Stakes and Canadian speed record, with Dabra Day etching her name into the Flamboro Downs record books with a sizzling 1:56.1 effort on Sunday, Sept. 19. In rein to Louis-Philippe Roy in the second $99,000 Gold division,

Star Power Hanover staged an upset in the lone $159,600 two-year-old trotting colt Gold Series division at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night, giving driver Bob McClure and trainer Luc Blais back-to-back appearances in the winner’s circle on another stakes-rich evening at the Campbellville oval. Sent off the fifth choice from Post 6 in the

Ontario’s talented three-year-old pacing fillies kicked off an exciting night of stakes action at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, Sept. 17 with a dead heat finish in the first $22,150 Grassroots division. Favourites Cyclone Sister and James MacDonald left smartly from Post 9 and led the field to a :27.3 opening quarter before yielding to

The regular season came to a close on Thursday night (Sept. 16) for the two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots competitors and a trio of top ranked youngsters padded their point totals and polished their skills heading into the post season. In spite of lining up at Post 10 on the Woodbine Mohawk Park starting gate, Dynomites

Desperate Man’s popular all-Canadian victory in the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup resonates with the eternal harness racing themes of hope, small-town families and the ability of a single great horse to be the ultimate equalizer. But to John and Kathy Cecchin, it’s about holding on to those things to which they hold dear.

Driver Doug McNair had the keys to the Grassroots winner’s circle at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday, Sept. 14, guiding three-year-old pacing geldings Mustang Beach and Stonebridge Rex to victory. “It’s nice any time you win two races, especially with these types of horses,” said McNair, the 2014 winner of the Lampman Cup as the

The race for a berth in the two-year-old trotting filly Grassroots post season remains wide open as three new faces graced the winner’s circle at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday, Sept. 13. Both Needa Little Magic and Lovin Julie took advantage of a move from the Gold to the Grassroots level to secure their first

Grand River Raceway hosted the regular season finale for the two-year-old trotting colts on Monday, Sept. 13 and Armstead Cole delivered the win he needed to land a berth in the Grassroots Semi-Final. “I wasn’t coming into it brimming with confidence, because it’s a new track for him and for him, half-mile I wasn’t worried