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SARNIA, ON — Nasty Dream delivered an outstanding effort at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday night to claim the fastest of six $16,572 Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting colts. In spite of being handicapped by the outside Post 9 and a track rated two seconds slower than normal, Nasty Dream roared home to a

DUNDAS, ON — This week the trainers of 64 of the province's top three-year-old pacers and trotters will be applying their considerable skills to the inexact science of bringing a horse to peak performance in preparation for Friday's Grassroots Semifinals at Flamboro Downs. "We raced three in the Sires Stakes and they all managed to

DUNDAS, ON — Early Renegade trotted her way into the Grassroots post season with a 2:01.2 score at Flamboro Downs on Saturday. The CR Renegade daughter and trainer-driver Kelly Sheppard circled the Dundas oval on the front end and hit the wire two and three-quarter lengths ahead of the competition in the second of eight

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — With his trademark late dash, two-year-old trotting colt Laddie scored his fourth straight victory at Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening, capturing the third of three $34,270 Gold Eliminations. Leaving from Post 4, driver Paul MacDonell eased Laddie away from the starting gate into seventh spot as Snazzy Hot Rod zipped out to

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Rain may have dampened the racing surface at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening, but it did nothing to diminish the sparkle of performances by Gold Final winners Pure Ivory and Luck Of Michelle. Making her bid for a second Gold Final title from Post 9, Pure Ivory landed a beautiful steer from

FRASERVILLE, ON — Indiana Hall returned to Grassroots action at Kawartha Downs on Thursday evening and roared around the Peterborough oval to a 1:56.3 triumph in the fourth of five $19,467 divisions. After battling the Gold Series colts through the month of August, Indiana Hall made short work of his Grassroots peers Thursday, cruising to

DELAWARE, OH — Mr Feelgood and driver Mark MacDonald paced into history on Thursday afternoon, capturing the Little Brown Jug in straight heats on a beautiful afternoon in Delaware, OH. The Grinfromeartoear colt emerged as a favourite to claim the historic Little Brown Jug trophy when he paced to a world record win in the

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans will get an advance preview of the top two-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday afternoon as they wrap up their Grassroots regular season at the Dundas half-mile. The top 16 point earners from the regular season will return to Flamboro on Sept. 30 for a pair of $30,000 Semifinals and

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Fresh off her second straight victory in the William Wellwood Memorial, a race that honours her late father, trainer Paula Wellwood will return to Mohawk Racetrack on Sunday evening with two of the best two-year-old trotting colts in the Ontario Sires Stakes program. Wellwood Memorial winner Laddie and former Gold Final winner

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack extends a star studded weekend of stakes action with a trio of Gold Series Eliminations for the two-year-old trotting fillies on Monday. Among the fillies hoping to shine on the provincial stage before their regular season comes to a close next weekend is Whitesand Electra, who heads into the third