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ELORA, ON — On July 21 Lovely Vacation captured the Canadian Breeders Championship with a gritty front end effort, and that is the last time this summer that the three-year-old trotting filly raced. "We had the vet come in and do a hock injection and unfortunately it got infected. She spent three weeks at the

INNISFIL, ON — Cool Victory landed Post 1 for the Tuesday, Oct. 2 Gold Final at Georgian Downs and trainer John Kopas figures the two-year-old trotting gelding is going to need all the assistance his inside post can provide. "We need it. That's a heck of a nice colt of Ben's (Baillargeon)," says Kopas, referring

ELORA, ON — When David Menary and Robert Shepherd swept the two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots Semifinals last week it put driver Shepherd in the difficult position of having to choose which talented young pacer to drive in this Saturday's $100,000 Grassroots Championship. The Cambridge resident opted for Panongahela from Post 7, leaving Panpero Firpo for

ELORA, ON — Trainer Gregg McNair sent four horses into the Grassroots Semifinal fray at Grand River Raceway last week and all four delivered top three finishes to secure a second trip to the Elora oval for this Saturday's $800,000 Grassroots Championship. On Wednesday, Sept. 19 the three-year-olds arrived at Grand River Raceway for their

INNISFIL, ON — Ontario's exciting two-year-old trotting colts put on an impressive show for Georgian Downs fans in two $40,000 Gold Eliminations on Tuesday evening. In the opening split two-time Gold Final winner Murmur Hanover and driver Mario Baillargeon fired away from Post 7 to reach the opening quarter in a sharp :27.4. Baillargeon eased

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Three of the 10 starters in Friday night's $130,000 Gold Final will hail from the Dave Menary stable — two of them former Gold Final champions — so the Cheltenham resident is feeling fairly hopeful that one of his two-year-old pacing colts can reach the Mohawk Racetrack finish line first. "I'm pretty

ELORA, ON — Rockwood resident Benoit Baillargeon heads back to Grand River Raceway for Saturday night's Grassroots Championships with a pair of trotting fillies that have provided him more than an average dose of aggravation this season. On May 1 three-year-old trotting filly Cool Creek Breeze reared up and struck the trainer in the face

DUNDAS, ON — Kims Royal Day has captured three Gold Elimination trophies and currently leads the two-year-old pacing filly division with 212 points, but so far a Gold Final victory has eluded her. On Friday evening at Flamboro Downs Kims Royal Day will line up at Post 1 for the fourth $130,000 Gold Final on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack fans roared as Warrawee Needy rocketed around the Campbellville oval to an Ontario Sires Stakes record on Saturday night, but the sound made by the three-year-old pacing colt's connections was more like a sigh of relief. The winner of nine of 12 starts last season, feted with Ontario Sires Stakes

DUNDAS, ON — Front end control proved an effective strategy for freshman pacing fillies Its No Secret and Kims Royal Day as they cruised to victory in their respective Gold Eliminations at Flamboro Downs on Friday evening. Heavy favourites Its No Secret and driver Anthony MacDonald powered out to the front from Post 4 in