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CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — With reigning Gold Final champion Elusive Desire carrying the Ontario flag to New Jersey this weekend, a number of Grassroots fillies have opted to make the leap into Gold Series competition at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday. Ted MacDonnell is taking full advantage of the division heavyweight's absence, securing her regular driver Paul

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ja El Express added a Gold Final trophy to his collection at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday night, capturing his third straight win and budging trainer Jeff Gillis's excitement level a little higher than the cautious label he assigned it at the start of the Gold Series. After using a front end strategy

INNISFIL, ON — Scotty Doesnt Know cruised to the fastest win of six Grassroots divisions at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening, reaching the finish five lengths ahead of his two-year-old trotting colt peers in 2:00.3. Starting from Post 4 with Hall of Fame horseman Ron Waples in the bike, Scotty Doesnt Know followed L M

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Young reinsman Doug McNair reached another milestone in his driving career on Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack, claiming a Gold Final victory with two-year-old pacing filly Tiz To Dream. The youthful pair started from Post 2 in the $130,000 Gold Final and had clear sailing to the front when fan favourite Windsong

ELORA, ON — Acton resident Trevor Ritchie is counting his lucky stars this evening that the finish line at Grand River Raceway came sooner, rather than later. The veteran reinsman was aboard fan favourite Sooner Than Later in the two-year-old trotting filly Gold Final at the Elora oval on Monday, and had been sailing along

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Ontario's talented two-year-old trotting colts return to Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday for the first $130,000 Gold Final of their career, and trainer John Bax is hoping Sombrero Hall can deliver the kind of well mannered performance that helped him navigate through the elimination round. "I was real happy with him. I was

CLINTON, ON — Canada Cool stepped off an impressive victory in the two-year-old trotting filly Grassroots season opener at Clinton Raceway on Sunday. The Angus Hall miss and trainer Mark Steacy fired out of Post 5 in the third $24,000 Grassroots event, and led the field through fractions of :30.4, 1:01.4 and 1:33 on their

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack fans who made a special effort to get back to the Campbellville oval for Sunday's $130,000 two-year-old pacing colt Gold Final were not disappointed, as Ontario's talented freshman put on another exceptional display. After battling a fever earlier in the week, Future Million quickly demonstrated he was back to good

FRASERVILLE, ON — When Deliciouslynaughty paced across the finish line a Grassroots winner at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night, the two-year-old pacing filly won more than a Grassroots trophy and the lion's share of $24,000. With a commanding performance that saw her post the fastest mile of the entire evening, not just the Grassroots events,

INNISFIL, ON — Sharon resident John Hayes has owned enough two-year-old trotters to realize that anything could happen at Georgian Downs on Tuesday, July 21 when the freshman trotting colts make their Grassroots debut. Hayes owns a share of Baylon De Vie, who makes his second career start from Post 8 in the fifth $24,000