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SUDBURY, ON — Brusiers Brother has picked up a cheque in all of his stake eliminations this summer, then floundered in the finals, so trainer Louie Eftimiadis changed his strategy and entered the two-year-old pacing colt in Saturday's Grassroots event at Sudbury Downs. "I'm putting him in there because he didn't really race that good

SARNIA, ON — Dan Diebold knows that two-year-old trotters don't always figure things out on their first try, so the Sarnia resident was delighted that Hasty R qualified in time for Thursday's Grassroots event at Hiawatha Horse Park. The freshman trotting filly delivered a steady 2:05.2 effort over the Hiawatha oval on Aug. 6 to

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Just after Western Silk captured her first Gold Elimination victory in the fifth race, Mohawk Racetrack fans were treated to a display of lightning that rivaled the track's annual fireworks demonstration. As a result of the electrical storm the racing program was cancelled, and the second two-year-old pacing filly Gold Elimination and

DUNDAS, ON — Reach Higher earned his second Gold Elimination trophy with a 2:00.1 victory at Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening. The two-year-old trotting colt and driver Steve Condren cruised along behind pacesetter Protege Seelster through fractions of :28.4, :59.1 and 1:30.1, then stepped out in the stretch and accelerated away to a two length

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Harness racing fans who made the effort to get to Mohawk Racetrack early on Monday witnessed the fastest mile in the thirty-six year history of the Ontario Sires Stakes program. Thwarted in their efforts to compete on Sunday night by an electrical storm, the three-year-old pacing colts lined up behind the Mohawk

WOODSTOCK, ON — Magical Debut revived her floundering sophomore career on Saturday afternoon with a 2:03.2 Grassroots victory over a soggy Woodstock Raceway oval rated one second slower than normal. Driver Paul Mackenzie eased the sophomore trotting filly away from the starting gate into fourth spot on the rail, but was soon taking aim on

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Equity cruised to his eighth straight victory at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday evening, rolling around a sloppy oval rated one second slower than normal to a 1:55.2 Gold Final triumph. With Jack Moiseyev back in the race bike, Equity took control of the race heading for the halfway marker and never looked

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway cancelled its Saturday, Aug. 8 program due to the wet weather and poor track conditions. As a result, the eight Grassroots divisions originally scheduled for Hanover's Saturday evening program will now be contested as special card on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 4 pm. Post positions for the two-year-old pacing filly

SUDBURY, ON — When Oaklea Rico races, owner Jocelyne Menard likes to be in the grandstand, so the Chelmsford resident is delighted that the three-year-old trotter's second Grassroots start will occur on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Sudbury Downs. "I can't miss a race; it's not acceptable," says Menard with a laugh. For the gelding's July

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Monday's Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack will only be Wilsonator's fourth lifetime start, but the two-year-old trotting filly has already delivered a full season's worth of thrills to owner Ted Wilson. "It's just a dream come true to have something like her," says Wilson, who bought his first Standardbred in 1963. In