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CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Luck of the draw landed last week's elimination winners on the outer half of the Mohawk Racetrack starting gate for Monday's $130,000 Gold Final, but the two-year-old trotting colts proved bad luck can be overcome by talent and hard work. Elimination winners Holy Kadabra, Buckhams Bay and Plato lined up at Posts

CLINTON, ON — Three weeks ago Bruce Gilkinson's girlfriend thought he had gone slightly crazy, purchasing a horse he had never seen off the internet, but on Sunday afternoon when two-year-old pacing colt Just Asign To Me captured a $24,000 Grassroots division at Clinton Raceway, crazy started to look an awful lot like smart. "In

HANOVER, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts set the Hanover Raceway surface ablaze on Saturday night with a host of lightning fast Grassroots divisions, three of them engineered by Arthur, ON resident Trevor Henry. A two-time winner of the Lampman Cup as the leading driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, Henry kicked off

DUNDAS, ON — Peach Martini delivered a commanding performance at Flamboro Downs on Friday night to kick off the two-year-old trotting fillies' Gold Series season. With Oakville, ON resident Rick Zeron in the race bike, Peach Martini eased away from Post 2 into fifth spot as Some Like It Hot led the Gold Elimination field

ELORA, ON — Grand River Raceway fans witnessed a trio of commanding performances by two-year-old trotting fillies on Wednesday evening, as the winners of all three $24,000 Grassroots events controlled the race from start to finish. Kicking off the freshman trotting filly Grassroots season was Here Comes Jenny who started from Post 2 and laid

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ontario Sires Stakes fans were expecting speed during Thursday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, and the two-year-old pacing colts did not disappoint. With a 1:52.3 clocking in his elimination victory, Mohawk fans sent Lyons Elite off as their top choice from Post 1. From Post 3, 1:53.4 elimination winner Bullet Speed

SARNIA, ON — The path to the winner's circle at Hiawatha Horse Park was not smooth for two-year-old trotting colt Daylon Magician, but once he arrived the view was sparkling as the youngster recorded the fastest mile of four Grassroots divisions. Starting from Post 1 with veteran reinsman Dave "Mr. OSS" Wall in the race

DRESDEN, ON — Village Janus rocketed around the Dresden Raceway oval on Wednesday evening to the fastest clocking of the four $24,000 Grassroots divisions. In rein to Don Rankin Jr., the two-year-old pacing filly eased away from Post 5 and settled into fifth as Look Cheap and Pockets Of Gold vied for top spot heading

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Post 10 at Mohawk Racetrack is no trainer's idea of a picnic, but if that's where fate lands you, as it did two-year-old trotting colt Plato in Monday's $130,000 Gold Final, Trevor Ritchie is not a bad guy to have in the race bike. Ritchie has engineered more than one big event

CLINTON, ON — Tornado Touchdown's connections are hoping the two-year-old pacing colt delivers a credible performance in Grassroots action at Clinton Raceway on Sunday afternoon, but the advent of the stakes season will not impact the their overall approach to his education. "He's been a good colt, and the owner has been a lot of