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FRASERVILLE, ON — A winner by a neck in last week's Gold Elimination, Legzy's margin of victory shrank further on Thursday night at Kawartha Downs, but the tough minded freshman trotting filly still got the job done. Starting from Post 2 in the $130,000 Gold Final, driver Sylvain Filion floated Legzy off the starting gate

INNISFIL, ON — Arpad Szabo's relationship with Georgian Downs is not as old as the Wild West, but the Bradford resident was a regular at the facility long before it moved from Barrie to Innisfil, so having a contender on this Saturday's $1 million Gold Rush program is cause for celebration. "We were there last

DUNDAS, ON — Hamilton resident Dave Van Camp enjoyed a golden afternoon at Flamboro Downs on Wednesday as two-year-old trotting gelding Musclescorleone captured the first Gold Final trophy of the freshman season. Starting from Post 5, with Puslinch resident Paul Mackenzie in the bike for a second straight week, Musclescorleone delivered an impressive effort to

CLINTON, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes action returns to Clinton Raceway on Sunday afternoon with the first Grassroots event for the two-year-old trotting colts. Parkhill resident Daniel McCann will see two of his young trotters make their debut over the Clinton half-mile and the longtime owner is hoping both Charlie Muscle and Random Dynasty can

OTTAWA, ON — Three-year-old trotting filly Springtimeinalaska is one of those horses that make trainers abandon their craft in favour of more soothing pursuits. In spite of showing brilliance on the training track at Kevin Davidson and Catherine Stewart's farm in Carp, the filly has been reluctant to share her gifts with harness racing fans

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ontario-sired two-year-old talent is front and centre at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening as the Campbellville oval plays host to $130,000 Gold Finals for both the pacing colts and fillies. Cheltenham resident David Menary will harness two starters in the pacing colt contest, both sons of Badlands Hanover who won their eliminations

FRASERVILLE, ON — Up until June 1, Gold Final hopeful Legzy was officially known as Legs Go On Forever. The name seemed appropriate when the filly was born at Ted Wilson's Seagrave farm two years ago; the newborn daughter of Amigo Hall and Sahalee had legs so long the horseman wondered if she would even

ELORA, ON — Rockwood resident Rob Fellows loaded two sophomore trotting colt Grassroots trophies into his trailer at the conclusion of Grand River Raceway's Monday evening program. The trainer partnered with driver Billy Davis Jr. for the first victory, which saw Hero Of My Dreams stalk pacesetter Hallucination before shaking loose in the lane to

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Two-year-old pacing filly Mach Star made a drive home from the cottage worthwhile for her local connections, capturing the first of five $24,000 Grassroots divisions at Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening. In rein to Milton resident Steve Condren, Mach Star sat fourth through the early going, watching Foolish Mind and More Than

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs offers an action-packed afternoon of Ontario Sires Stakes racing on Wednesday, July 4, playing host to the first $130,000 Gold Final of the two-year-old trotting colt season and eight Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old pacing colts. Rez Rampage captured a non-winners of one race contest at Flamboro on June 24,