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FRASERVILLE, ON — Ontario's exceptionally talented three-year-old pacing colts converge on Kawartha Downs this Saturday, Aug. 22 for the fourth Grassroots event of their season, and trainer Paul Hutchinson is viewing the first $24,000 division as a testing ground for Cashedout. "It's a testing station for him," says the Peterborough resident. "It's close enough to

WOODSTOCK, ON — Greenlight Special makes the leap into the Ontario Sires Stakes fray this Saturday afternoon at Woodstock Raceway, and trainer Rusty Morgan is hoping the two-year-old pacing filly can hold her own in the field of Grassroots veterans. "She's shown that she might be something," says the Norwich resident, who shares ownership on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Just hours after her big brother captured his Confederation Cup Elimination and finished third in the final, two-year-old pacing filly Bay Girl delivered an outstanding come from behind effort to capture the $130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack. Starting from Post 4 with Mario Baillargeon in the race bike,

DUNDAS, ON — When the call to the post came for the first race of Flamboro Downs' Confederation Cup program on Sunday, a ripple of excitement ran through the grandstand and fans knew they were in for an afternoon of exceptional harness racing. Five races later Ontario's gifted two-year-old trotting colts delivered the first history

SUDBURY, ON — Balmy summer weather brought high speed performances to Sudbury Downs on Saturday night, as all three two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots divisions were clocked faster than 2:00. Each successive $24,000 division rang up a faster clocking, until Lil Bit Lil Bit rewrote the track's freshman pacing colt record in the final division with

SARNIA, ON — Terry Kerr picked up a catch drive aboard two-year-old trotting filly Oaklea Samantha on Thursday evening, and the Sarnia resident engineered a perfect tour of the Hiawatha Horse Park oval for the youngster. Starting from Post 1, Oaklea Samantha accelerated away from the starting gate to a :28.1 opening quarter, before fan

DUNDAS, ON — Harness racing fans across Ontario are headed to Flamboro Downs this Sunday for the Dundas oval's signature event, the $560,000 Confederation Cup. "It should be a nice card of racing, and the weather is supposed to cooperate," says trainer John Kopas, who will harness three colts during the $1 million matinee program.

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Rene Laarman will harness a pair of two-year-old pacing fillies in this Sunday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, one coming off six days of rest, and the other off five. Euphrosini logged her fifth-place result in the only Ontario Sires Stakes event contested last Sunday before a fierce electrical storm swept

HANOVER, ON — After getting rained out on Saturday evening, Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing fillies had perfect weather for their rescheduled Grassroots event at Hanover Raceway on Wednesday afternoon, and the clear skies and warm temperatures produced an impressive track record in the second $24,000 division. Rolling up behind the Hanover starting gate from Post

SUDBURY, ON — Oaklea Rico got a classic pocket trip in the first $24,000 Grassroots division at Sudbury Downs on Wednesday evening to score a convincing victory for the home team. Starting from Post 2 with Sudbury resident Wayne MacLean in the race bike, Oaklea Rico settled in behind pacesetter Rambos Buddy as that colt