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BELLEVILLE, ON — Belleville and area harness racing fans will get one last dose of Ontario Sires Stakes excitement this Friday as Quinte Exhibition Raceway hosts Grassroots competition for the two-year-old trotting colts. Five divisions of young trotters will compete for a total of $97,000 in Friday's event and Charles Barker is hoping that Stockdale

WOODSTOCK, ON — Snap Out Of It scored his third straight Grassroots victory and equalled the track record in Ontario Sires Stakes action at Woodstock Raceway on Saturday. The Camluck colt and driver Reg Gassien eased out of Post 6 and landed fourth as Goforyourgrins and favourite Clean Cut Kid let the field of two-year-old

HANOVER, ON — Ross Henry picked up a pair of wins in Grassroots action at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening, sending three-year-old trotting fillies Lookit and Praha to victory. Lookit and Wayne Henry were the first to appear in the winner's circle, going gate to wire in the fourth race to score a three-quarter length

WINDSOR, ON — Heading into her fourth Grassroots start on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at Windsor Raceway, E Business has a solid record of three wins, three seconds and one third through 10 starts this season, but in the eyes of her owners the three-year-old pacing filly's race record is not her most notable accomplishment. "I

GLOUCESTER, ON — Sent off as the second longest shot in the race, Whispering Girl swept past pacesetter Whatthehecklavec to earn her first Gold Final title at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday evening. Driver Bjarte Torresdal gave Whispering Girl the perfect steer, trailing Whatthehecklavec off the starting gate from Post 4 and sitting tight on

WINDSOR, ON — When the three-year-old pacing colts line up behind Windsor Raceway's starting gate on Sunday evening, Dr. Ian Moore expects Astronomical will have a battle on his hands to secure a second straight Gold Final title. "He drew not so good there on Sunday. It will be interesting," notes Moore. "A couple of

DRESDEN, ON — When the two-year-old trotting fillies square off in their fourth Grassroots event at Dresden Raceway on Monday afternoon, owner John Cowan would like to see all eight starters in the eleventh race take their eyes off the $15,000 purse. "I think if everybody drove a trotter like it was a qualifying race,

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway will be the testing ground for Allan Breadner's newest acquisition when the three-year-old trotting fillies arrive at the Grey County oval for Grassroots competition on Saturday. The Markdale resident purchased Allraes Super Girl on Monday and Breadner admits he was not aware she had an Ontario Sires Stakes event coming

WOODSTOCK, ON — Woodstock Raceway wraps up its 2005 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Saturday, with nine Grassroots divisions for the talented two-year-old pacing colts. Hoping to earn some of the $135,000 up for grabs is local horseman Scott McNiven, who will start Shadowwavekillean from Post 7 in the first division and Lotto Killean from

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — The key to winning your triactor play in Monday night's $130,000 Gold Final for two-year-old trotting fillies at Mohawk Racetrack was stunningly simple — select the top three money earners by red hot sire Striking Sahbra and hand over your money. Birminghim and driver Trevor Ritchie led a parade of Striking Sahbra