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DUNDAS, ON — Heavy favourite Must Be Matt delivered the sharpest of three Gold Series Eliminations at Flamboro Downs on Saturday afternoon. The Barnett Hanover son and driver Jason Gale powered around the half-mile oval in an effortless 1:54.1. Leaving from Post 4 Gale had Must Be Matt two lengths in front of the field

SARNIA, ON — She's Almost Famous achieved her moment in the sun with a 1:55.2 victory in the $130,000 Gold Final at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday. The freshman daughter of Apaches Fame and driver Randy Waples swept out three-wide around the three-quarter mile marker and then powered home to the one and three-quarter length

FRASERVILLE, ON — One month after their last Ontario Sires Stakes start the three-year-old pacing fillies return to Grassroots action Tuesday evening at Kawartha Downs. All of the division leaders will be on hand to defend their spot in the lucrative post season and Jeff Goreski is hoping that Kiss For Luck is poised to

DUNDAS, ON — McCall Magic continues to steamroll over her three-year-old trotting filly peers, capturing Friday's $130,000 Gold Final at Flamboro Downs by four and a half lengths. In atypical fashion, driver Steve Condren put the Angus Hall filly on the front end just after the :29.4 opening quarter and the pair extended their lead

BELLEVILLE, ON — In spite of the wet weather and a track that started off the night rated one second slower than normal, four two-year-old pacing colts circled the Quinte Exhibition Raceway in 2:01.3 on Friday evening. Windsong Bratt kicked off the Grassroots speed parade in Race 6, going wire-to-wire from Post 1 for driver

REXDALE, ON — Woodbine Racetrack wraps up its summer season of Ontario Sires Stakes action with an impressive line-up of three-year-old pacing colts competing for $130,000 in Monday night's Gold Final. Elimination winners Armbro Balmoral and Freedom Hanover lead the talented colts into the rich event from Posts 7 and 10, and trainer Kyle Reibeling

DUNDAS, ON — When the three-year-old trotting colts line up behind the gate at Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening, Brantford resident Lowell Brown expects Trudel to deliver the kind of steady performance that has landed him in three of four stake finals this season. "He's been pretty steady all year," says Brown. "I don't know

WINDSOR, ON — Two-year-old trotting colt Mill Work scored an upset in the $130,000 Gold Final at Windsor Raceway on Wednesday evening, taking advantage of a hot early pace to score the come from behind victory in 2:00.2. With trainer-driver Rick Zeron in the race bike, Mill Work sat well off the pace in seventh

HANOVER, ON — Freshman trotting colt Reception Hall stepped off the fastest mile of six Grassroots divisions at Hanover Raceway on Wednesday, stopping the clock at 2:05 on the cool August evening. With Stephen Byron in the race bike, the Angus Hall son powered off the starting gate from Post 4 and had established a

DUNDAS, ON — Flamboro Downs fans will get their first look at the exciting two-year-old pacing colts on Saturday when the precocious youngsters square off in three Gold Series Eliminations. With division leader Banner Yankee opting out of the third Gold event, his stablemate Lincoln Parke leads the field of 23 colts into the elimination