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LONDON, ON — Sometimes virtue is rewarded, but at Western Fair Raceway on Friday night, Mark MacDonald's integrity cost him the lion's share of $130,000. The Cambridge resident piloted the winners of both three-year-old pacing filly Gold Eliminations last weekend, and chose Arts Star as his mount for Friday's lucrative final based on a commitment

GLOUCESTER, ON — Jack Darling has worked with a number of exceptional horses during his career, but the Cambridge resident admits that three-year-old pacing colt Stonebridge Terror is edging toward favoured status in spite of his relatively unheralded race record. "He might be my favourite horse of all time," muses Darling, who will harness Stonebridge

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway plays host to the 2009 Grassroots season opener this Saturday evening, welcoming 63 talented pacing fillies to the sophomore ranks. With Grassroots purses guaranteed at $24,000 per division this season, a total of $192,000 is on the line at Hanover on Saturday, and Larry Hall is hoping to keep a

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Acton resident Trevor Ritchie coaxed a few impressive moves out of I Won't Dance at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday night, urging the three-year-old trotting gelding down the stretch to claim victory in the $130,000 Gold Final. Starting alongside the rail at Post 1, trotting specialist Ritchie hustled I Won't Dance away from

LONDON, ON — Not Enough made it a tough decision, but Mark MacDonald is a man of his word, so the Cambridge resident will be sitting behind Arts Star in Friday night's $130,000 Gold Final for three-year-old pacing fillies. "It was a tough decision. They are two very comparable fillies," admits MacDonald, who piloted both

WINDSOR, ON — After an untimely miscue cost her a Gold Final title seven days ago, three-year-old trotting filly Butana arrived at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening looking to redeem herself with a strong showing in the Trillium Series season opener. Windsor fans opted to overlook last week's error and sent Butana off as their

LONDON, ON — Mark MacDonald engineered a pair of impressive victories in the three-year-old pacing filly Gold Series season opener at Western Fair Raceway on Friday evening. In the first $40,000 Gold Elimination, the Cambridge resident teamed up with Casie Coleman trainee Arts Star and gave the fan favourite a classic pocket steer to reach

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Elimination winner Parlay may be saddled with Post 10 in Monday's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, but trainer Ricky MacPhee does not expect the outside post will diminish the enthusiasm the three-year-old trotting colt brings to his work, or the joy he brings to his owners. "He's become a nice horse.

WINDSOR, ON — Windsor Raceway plays host to the first Trillium Series event of the 2009 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Sunday, May 24, sending 10 sophomore trotting fillies after a lucrative $70,007 purse. Trotting specialist John Bax will harness two fillies in the contest, Lunar Stream from Post 7 and Parkhill Fantasia from the

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Kevin O'Reilly's statement that Mystic River could be a sleeper in this season's three-year-old trotting filly division proved prophetic Sunday night, as the Kadabra daughter swept down the Mohawk Racetrack stretch to claim the first $130,000 Gold Final of the 2009 campaign. Second in her elimination last weekend, Mystic River started from