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INNISFIL, ON — Wingandaprayer surprised Georgian Downs fans on Saturday night, overcoming the outside Post 7 to score his second Grassroots victory in a personal best 1:58.3. With Terry Fritz in the race bike, the Grinfromeartoear son eased off the starting gate and sat last as favourite So Hot led the field of two-year-old pacing

SARNIA, ON — Teacher Supreme scored her third straight Grassroots victory in front of a hometown crowd at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday evening. The two-year-old pacing filly and driver Reg Gassien wowed local supporters by flying out of Post 9 and claiming the early lead with a :27.1 opening quarter. Gassien cooled things off

INNISFIL, ON — Ontario's top two-year-old pacing colts will get an advance preview of the Georgian Downs surface on Saturday night as they compete in eight Grassroots divisions, the second last event on their road to the Oct. 8 Semifinals at the Innisfil oval. Only the top 16 point earners from the regular season will

SARNIA, ON — Jim Ainsworth will start a trio of fillies in Grassroots action at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday evening, and while they all share the �Supreme' suffix the two-year-old pacers have little else in common. First out of the Ainsworth barn will be two-time Grassroots winner Teacher Supreme and her trainer says the

DRESDEN, ON — It took Ontario's finest three-year-old pacing colts less than two minutes to erase Dresden Raceway's all age track record on Sunday afternoon. Sixty-two colts were spotlighted in eight Grassroots divisions and Caviarandsoftmusic stripped four-fifths of a second off the half-mile oval's track record in the very first $15,000 division. Parked on the

BELLEVILLE, SEPT. 9, 2005 — Ross Battin piloted two-year-old trotting colt The Orient Express to the fastest win in five Grassroots divisions at Quinte Exhibition Raceway on Friday night. Leaving from Post 5 the pair got away fourth, but were moving up the outside before the field reached the halfway marker. Second by a length

WINDSOR, ON — Killingly Funny scored one for the local side on Wednesday evening, delivering an impressive come from behind victory in the first of six Grassroots divisions at Windsor Raceway. Owned by Dennis and Janet Fairall of Windsor and Kelvin Sivyer of Tillsonburg, Killingly Funny started from Post 8 and spent most of the

DRESDEN, ON — Coming off a smart third-place finish in the Little Saratoga Final and with the first inside post he has seen in Grassroots competition this season, three-year-old pacing colt Summerhill Chris is poised for a solid effort at Dresden Raceway on Sunday afternoon. "He should be able to get away with the pack,

WINDSOR, ON — Sophomore pacing colt Astronomical stormed around Windsor Raceway on Sunday evening to claim his second straight Gold Final victory and take a commanding lead atop the division standings with just one Gold Series event remaining in the regular season. Astronomical and driver Mark MacDonald fired out of Post 7 on Sunday and

DRESDEN, ON — Cotton Briefs turned in the fastest mile of seven Grassroots divisions at Dresden Raceway on Monday to capture her first lifetime victory. Saddled with Post 6, the two-year-old trotting filly and trainer-driver Lyle MacArthur eased off the gate and were sitting last as favourite St Lads Calcium took the fillies to the