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TORONTO, ON — Five of the starters in Saturday's three-year-old pacing filly Super Final hail from the Tracy Brainard barn, and while the New York native is expecting strong efforts from all five, she admits to being a little biased toward division point leader Shacked Up. "She's one of my favourite fillies," admits Brainard, who

TORONTO, ON — The size of the crowd standing by the rail at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday evening will swell by more than 200 people when the two-year-old pacing colts make their way onto the racing surface for their $300,000 Super Final. "Denis Breton has 50 people coming from Welland; Phil Silvestri, it's his daughter's

TORONTO, ON — Two and a half months after capturing his first Gold Elimination victory, freshman trotting colt Zorgwijk Kingpin finally landed a Gold Final title with a 1:56.1 performance on Friday evening at Woodbine Racetrack. The Southwind Lustre son and driver Trevor Ritchie started from Post 6 and found themselves sitting on the outside

TORONTO, ON — Balmy temperatures had the two-year-old pacing fillies stepping lively at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday evening, as they battled in their last regular season Gold Series contest. With V C Asteroid and Exotic Pleasure scratched, only eight fillies went in behind the gate for the $170,000 Gold Final, and the fillies starting furthest

LONDON, ON — Consistent two-year-old trotting filly Wilsonator found her way to the Gold Final winner's circle at Western Fair Raceway on Saturday evening with a commanding front end effort. Starting from Post 3 with Sylvain Filion in the race bike, Wilsonator leapt out to a two and one-half length lead before the :29.4 quarter

TORONTO, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old trotting colts wrap up their regular season at Woodbine Racetrack on Friday evening, and trainer Ron MacLean is putting the finishing touches on the plan he designed for Zorgwijk Kingpin before the gelding made his debut in August. "We didn't have him ready early, we missed a few, but

LONDON, ON — Western Fair Raceway hosts an outstanding night of harness racing this Saturday, featuring Ontario's top two-year-old trotting fillies and two-year-old pacing colts in a pair of $130,000 Gold Finals, and four $48,000-plus Finals for the Middlesex County Pacing Series'. After making an early break in the elimination round and storming back to

TORONTO, ON — After an extra week of vacation, Ontario's top two-year-old pacing fillies return to Gold Series action at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday evening, competing for $170,000 in the last Gold Final of their campaign. With only 10 fillies entering for the last Gold Series contest, no eliminations were necessary and all 10 fillies

LONDON, ON — Defending Gold Final champion Random Destiny pushed her win streak to three with a 2:01.1 victory in Gold Elimination action at Western Fair Raceway on Saturday evening. Trainer-driver Riina Rekila settled the two-year-old trotting filly in third spot from Post 3, watching as Rebelious Royalty trotted out to a :29.1 opening quarter.

GLOUCESTER, ON — Rideau Carleton Raceway fans were treated to eight outstanding battles by the province's top trotters and pacers on Sunday evening, as the Ottawa oval hosted the $800,000 Grassroots Championship. For the second straight week, the two-year-old trotting fillies set a lofty performance standard, as Ipromisenottotell equalled the track record set by Canada