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ELORA, ON — Ontario's top three-year-old trotters and pacers squared off at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday evening and delivered outstanding performances in all eight Grassroots Semifinals, capped off by a sophomore pacing filly track record for locally owned Jet Speed. Recently purchased by Bryan Lawrence of Hanover and Mike Foerster of Elmira, Jet Speed

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Warrawee Needy captured nine of 12 starts as a freshman and capped off his season with Ontario Sires Stakes and Canadian honours, but the 2012 campaign has not been as smooth for the pacing colt. The son of E Dees Cam found the winner's circle in his tenth start, an overnight event

ELORA, ON — Round two of the Grassroots Semifinal battles takes place at Grand River Raceway on Friday evening as the province's top two-year-olds make their bid for a berth in the season ending championship. Trainer Carl Jamieson will send Senorita Santanna after a top four finish in the second $30,000 Grassroots Semifinal and the

DUNDAS, ON — In The Wheelhouse gets a promotion to the Gold Series on Friday evening as the two-year-old pacing fillies bring their high speed show to Flamboro Downs. The Stonebridge Regal daughter made four starts in the Grassroots program earlier in the season, with her best effort a third-place result at Woodstock Raceway on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Oakville resident Rick Zeron will pilot two Ontario Sires Stakes heavyweights in Gold Final action at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening. The Campbellville oval will host the province's toughest three-year-old trotting fillies and pacing fillies and Zeron will be aboard division point leader Miss Paris in the trotting filly contest. Miss Paris

DUNDAS, ON — As owner Denis Breton predicted, it was Windsong Jack's quick turn of speed that propelled him to Gold Final glory at Flamboro Downs on Saturday evening. The two-year-old pacing colt and driver Scott Zeron lined up at Post 2 in the $130,000 Gold Final and when fan favourite Mach Pride rocketed away

ELORA, ON — After settling for the runner-up role in her first two stakes finals, two-year-old pacing filly Its No Secret finally found her way to the winner's circle with a gate-to-wire effort at Grand River Raceway on Friday evening. Starting from Post 3 in the $130,000 Gold Final, driver Anthony MacDonald had Its No

OTTAWA, ON — Two local fillies found their way to the winner's circle in Grassroots action at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Friday evening. Princess Lilly led off for the local team in Race 3, laying down an impressive 2:01.3 mile that saw her hit the wire eight and one-quarter lengths ahead of two other locally

ELORA, ON — Post season action gets under way at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday, Sept. 19 with eight $30,000 Grassroots Semifinals for the province's top three-year-old trotters and pacers. After picking up a pair of seconds in the last two regular season events, Jet Speed moved into eighth spot in the sophomore pacing filly

DUNDAS, ON — Sylvain Filion has a slight edge over rival Trevor Henry in the Ontario Sires Stakes driver's standings and the Milton resident added two more Grassroots wins to his point tally on Friday evening at Flamboro Downs. Taking his place in the race bike behind fan favourite Sprite Flight in the sixth race,