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DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs looked a little like an exclusive country club on Friday evening as, four of the five Grassroots divisions went to freshman pacing colts with very impressive pedigrees. Businessorpleasure was the first of the well bred winners, circling the Dundas oval in 1:58.1 for driver Brad Forward, one quarter length ahead

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — As fans expected, Ja El Express delivered a victory in his $40,000 Gold Elimination at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening, however that was the last two-year-old trotting colt contest that evolved in predictable fashion. Stepping onto the racetrack as the prohibitive favourite, Ja El Express and Cambridge resident Jody Jamieson stepped off

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Heading into Monday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, trainer John Kopas and driver Jack Moiseyev are in complete agreement about their race strategy with two-year-old pacing filly Windsong Grand Ave. "Our intention is not to hurry her out of there, just to get her settled," explains Milton resident Kopas. "If she's

ELORA, ON — Daylon Mission may not be the flashiest filly in Monday's $130,000 Gold Final, and her trip around the Grand River Raceway oval in last week's elimination may not have been the smoothest, but trainer Wayne Henry says the filly has one attribute that could carry her a long way in this year's

CLINTON, ON — Clinton Raceway fans will watch 30 freshman trotting fillies test the Ontario Sires Stakes waters on Sunday afternoon as the popular half-mile oval plays host to four $24,000 Grassroots divisions. Twin B Miss D will have an edge on the competition in the first Grassroots skirmish, having one qualifier and one race

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — While the top two-year-old pacing colts prepare to return to Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening for the first $130,000 Gold Final of their career, Donald Lowes is facing the prospect that the fastest colt he's ever driven may not get to participate. "He's the fastest thing I ever drove," says the Princeton

FRASERVILLE, ON — The Ontario Sires Stakes dreams of 58 owners will come to fruition at Kawartha Downs on Saturday evening when the Fraserville oval rolls out the red carpet for the two-year-old pacing fillies' Grassroots debut. David Snowden bred and owns Deliciouslynaughty, so the Bowmanville resident has had more than two years to imagine

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans get a second look at the province's two-year-old pacing colts this Friday evening when they kick off their Grassroots season with five $24,000 divisions. Many of the freshman pacing colts made their debut in the Bud Light Stakes at Flamboro on July 5, including Lyle MacArthur trainee Secretsothernephew. The

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — By the time Ja El Express heads in behind the starting gate for his $40,000 Gold Elimination at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening, the two-year-old trotting colt will have been in trainer Jeff Gillis's care for barely two weeks. "I haven't really got to know him yet," admits Guelph resident Gillis. "We

GLOUCESTER, ON — Driver Stephen Byron engineered a pair of sharp miles at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday evening to land three-year-old trotting colts Agusto and Yoho Kadabra in the Grassroots winner's circle. Both colts had the advantageous Post 1, and Byron wasted no time demonstrating who was in control of Sunday's game. With Agusto