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CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mark Austin expects that Briar Goes West will need a new strategy to vie for a Gold Final title at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday night. The two-year-old pacing filly heads into the $120,000 Gold Final off an impressive come from behind victory in last week's elimination round, but the Fergus resident does

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Chancey Lady will be looking to defend her Gold Final title at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night, but trainer John Pentland says the three-year-old pacing filly might still be a week or two short of her best effort after missing five weeks due to sickness. "She was sick, she was really sick,"

FRASERVILLE, ON — Rock Rico burst onto the Ontario Sires Stakes scene with an impressive 1:56.4 victory in Grassroots action at Kawartha Downs on Tuesday evening. The three-year-old trotting colt and driver Bill O'Donnell fired off the starting gate from Post 4 and carved fractions of :29.1, :58.1 and 1:27.1, then dug in down the

DUNDAS, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing fillies are headed to Flamboro Downs on Thursday, Sept. 18 for their second last regular season Grassroots event, and the competition will be fierce as the distaffers battle for the right to return to the Dundas oval in October. With 50 points earned through her first two Grassroots

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Rain did not take any of the sparkle off the performances of Ontario's top three-year-old pacing fillies at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday evening. In the first $40,000 Gold Elimination, Im Just Special and driver Tim Tetrick rolled off the starting gate to a :27.1 opening quarter and kept one eye peeled for

WOODSTOCK, ON — Rain soaked the Woodstock Raceway oval on Saturday afternoon, but the talented two-year-old pacing colts still delivered lightning fast performances in seven $20,000 Grassroots divisions. Thunderfist delivered the flashiest effort of the seven, rocketing around a track rated two seconds slower than normal to a 1:58.3 triumph. Starting from Post 2, driver

ELORA, ON — Wayne Henry picked up two more Ontario Sires Stakes trophies to add to his collection at Grand River Raceway on Friday evening, capturing Grassroots divisions with freshman trotting fillies Town Hall Babe and Girlsruleboyslose. The Arthur resident guided Town Hall Babe to an effortless two length victory in the second $20,000 Grassroots

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Making their debuts in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, two-year-old Western Terror daughters Briar Goes West and Shacked Up swept to victory in their $40,000 Gold Eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening. In the first elimination Briar Goes West emerged triumphant from a thrilling stampede down the stretch that saw the

DUNDAS, ON — The absence of five of the top 10 point earners has left the door ajar in Wednesday's three-year-old trotting filly Gold Eliminations at Flamboro Downs, and trainer Bob Young is hoping Condi Lane is ready to sneak through into next week's Gold Final and maybe even the season ending Super Final. "They

GLOUCESTER, ON — John Bax trainees swept the top two spots in the quickest of three $23,000 Trillium Series divisions at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday evening, with Valley Courtney clocking the 1:58.3 victory over stablemate Gaelic Mistress. The pair were sent off as the favourites in Race 9, and through the early going Steven