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INNISFIL, ON — Among the most innovative racetracks in Ontario, Georgian Downs has crafted two nights of racing in the coming weeks that have fans buzzing. This Saturday, June 21 the best three-year-old trotters and pacers in Ontario will converge on the Innisfil oval for ten Gold Series Eliminations, with the top nine from each

GLOUCESTER, ON — A top 10 finisher in the freshman Grassroots program, Ernest V makes his return to provincial competition when the three-year-old trotting colts converge on Rideau Carleton Raceway this Sunday, June 15. Sunday's $20,000 Grassroots contest will mark Ernest V's sixth start of the season over his local oval, and Robert Carss is

LONDON, ON — It took them a couple of races to get up to speed, but once they did Stephen Byron and John Bax were riding an express train to the Grassroots winner's circle at Western Fair Raceway on Monday afternoon. Peterborough trainer Bax harnessed four sophomore trotting fillies in Monday's contest and Byron piloted

LONDON, ON — A Fiesty Affair rocketed around Western Fair Raceway on Friday evening, but her stablemate Chancey Affair breezed by in the stretch to claim the Gold Final title and a three-year-old pacing filly Ontario Sires Stakes record. Brad Forward fired A Fiesty Affair out of Post 5 in the $140,000 Gold Final, reaching

LONDON, ON — The three-year-old trotting fillies are the last Ontario Sires Stakes division to get their Grassroots season under way, but owner Karen Carroll thinks Monday, June 2 may be a week or two early for Race Car to deliver her best effort against the province's best. "She's a little green. She needs a

LONDON, ON — A pair of local three-year-old trotting colts earned Grassroots trophies at Western Fair Raceway on Tuesday afternoon, but Ballykeel Mike and Abe Linkin made their way to the winner's circle in very different fashion. In the third $20,000 Grassroots division, Ballykeel Mike made an early break, spotting the field more than nine

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — B Strike Three earned every inch of his Gold Final victory on Monday night, enduring a tough trip around the Mohawk Racetrack oval to claim the first three-year-old trotting crown of the season. The colt's arduous journey started when he landed Post 9 in the draw. Lining up behind the gate, driver

LONDON, ON — When Call Me Yours parades onto Western Fair Raceway this Friday in her first ever Gold Final, Stephen Gillard will be watching a scene he could envision from the moment he put a harness on the filly 18 months ago. "She is doing everything we expected her to do. She was a

WINDSOR, ON — Windsor Raceway fans put their faith in Yankee Pica's ability to find her way back to the winner's circle at her local oval, and the three-year-old pacing filly did not disappoint them, cruising to an effortless victory in the second of six Grassroots divisions on Sunday evening. Kingsville resident Jason Gale returned

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — When Mark MacDonald fired Lennon Blue Chip off the gate in Saturday night's $140,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, the Cambridge resident put the sophomore pacing colt on cruise control and sat back to enjoy the ride. Starting from Post 3 in the 10 strong field, Lennon Blue Chip stepped off a