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2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00May 18, 2009|

Mystic River proves to be the sleeper in Gold Final

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

2009-05-14T00:00:00-04:00May 14, 2009|

O’Reilly points pair of gifted trotters toward Gold Sunday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — The Campbellville sky will be awash with a pyrotechnic glow this Sunday, but the on-track fireworks get under way well before dark as thirty-seven of the most talented sophomore trotters in Ontario clash in three $40,000 Gold Eliminations and a $130,000 Gold Final. Two of the three-year-old fillies making final preparations for

2009-05-10T00:00:00-04:00May 10, 2009|

Cumin First lands in winner’s circle with impressive debut

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Long winter months of work and anticipation paid off for the connections of Ontario's most gifted three-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday evening, as Mohawk Racetrack raised the curtain on the 2009 Ontario Sires Stakes season. A two-time Gold Final winner at two, Cumin First proved she lost none of her step over

2009-05-06T00:00:00-04:00May 6, 2009|

Cumin First returns to action in OSS opener Sunday

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Bringing a freshman Gold Series champion back to form for their sophomore campaign is an inexact science, but trainer Frank O'Reilly feels he has done all he can to prepare a trio of three-year-old trotting fillies for the Sunday, May 10 Ontario Sires Stakes opener at Mohawk Racetrack. "I'm really pleased with

2008-11-30T00:00:00-05:00November 30, 2008|

Youre Still Theone repeats in Trillium Series

WINDSOR, ON — The freshman trotting fillies wrapped up their provincial season over a sloppy oval at Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening, but the connections of Youre Still Theone and Ldees Creditreport were smiling in spite of the rain. In the first $35,097 Trillium split, trainer Wayne Henry engineered a four and a half length

2008-11-29T00:00:00-05:00November 29, 2008|

St Lads Popcorn, Free N Easy repeat in Trillium

FRASERVILLE, ON — Free N Easy and St Lads Popcorn scored their second straight victories in Trillium Series action on Saturday evening at Kawartha Downs, wrapping up the two-year-old pacing filly provincial stakes campaign. Regular reinsman Scott Zeron fired Free N Easy away from Post 1 and the Western Ideal daughter hit the quarter pole

2008-11-26T00:00:00-05:00November 26, 2008|

Pacing fillies wrap up season at Kawartha Saturday

FRASERVILLE, ON — Kawartha Downs fans will witness the final Trillium Series contest for the two-year-old pacing fillies this Saturday evening, with 11 talented youngsters poised to battle around the Fraserville oval for a total of $78,500. Kawartha regular Gord Brown will pilot one filly in each Trillium Series split, and the Brighton resident is

2008-11-26T00:00:00-05:00November 26, 2008|

Henry will harness a third of the field in Windsor Sunday

WINDSOR, ON — Twelve two-year-old trotting fillies will travel to Windsor Raceway this Sunday for the last Trillium Series event of the season, and four of them will arrive in a trailer driven by Wayne Henry. The Arthur resident will harness two fillies in each Trillium split, and the two-time winner of the Ontario Sires

2008-11-23T00:00:00-05:00November 23, 2008|

Amigo Hall fillies claim two of three Trilliums in London

LONDON, ON — Amigo Hall fillies captured two of three Trillium Series events at Western Fair Raceway on Saturday night, battling their way over a snow soaked surface rated three seconds slower than normal. Daylon Mystique claimed her fifth win of the season with a 2:07.3 victory in the first $23,378 Trillium split. Starting from

2008-11-22T00:00:00-05:00November 22, 2008|

St Lads Popcorn cruises to Trillium victory at Flamboro

DUNDAS, ON — Four months after she emerged onto the provincial scene with an Ontario Sires Stakes record performance in the first Gold Final of the season, two-year-old pacing filly St Lads Popcorn returned to Flamboro Downs with an impressive performance in Friday's Trillium Series contest. With 10 wins from 13 starts, including an outstanding

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