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SUDBURY, ON — Veteran reinsman Ross Battin captured a trio of Grassroots divisions at Sudbury Downs on Saturday evening. The reigning Lampman Cup winner as the Ontario Sires Stakes program's top driver, Battin scored his first victory with favourite P C Dreams in the ninth race. Leaving from Post 4, Battin sent the three-year-old trotting

FRASERVILLE, ON — Upsets were the name of the game at Kawartha Downs on Saturday evening when all three favourites in the three-year-old trotting colt Gold Series Eliminations went down in defeat. The biggest upset came in the first elimination when heavy favourite In Conchnito yielded to fifth-choice Its A Fact Jack in the stretch.

WINDSOR, ON — Windsor Raceway kicks off an action-packed Ontario Sires Stakes schedule on Wednesday with two Trillium Series divisions for the two-year-old pacing fillies. Sixteen fillies will vie for a total of $68,738, including local fillies St Lads Survivor and Benzie. St Lads Survivor makes her second start in the Trillium Series from Post

SARNIA, ON — Hall Of Fame horseman Ron Waples scored a pair of catch driving wins in Grassroots action at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday evening. The veteran trainer and driver piloted three-year-old trotting colts How Is That Fair and Leave It To Eager to impressive victories in the third and seventh of eight $15,000

DUNDAS, ON — Ontario's top three-year-old pacing fillies put on another display of speed and style at Flamboro Downs on Friday afternoon as they competed in a pair of $58,846 Gold Eliminations. The quickest elimination saw a battle between stablemates Special Magic and Los Angeles result in a 1:54 clocking, two-fifths of a second off

Mississauga, ON — The Harness Horse Youth Foundation (HHYF) Summer Camp drew to a rousing conclusion at Toronto's Woodbine Raceway on Thursday night, July 8. The twelve young people participating in the Camp competed in a trio of four-horse dashes which were raced at a half-mile distance. The amateur drivers used two-seated jog carts and

REXDALE, ON — McCall Magic proved that last week's elimination victory was no illusion with a commanding victory in Friday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Woodbine Racetrack. The three-year-old trotting filly and driver Steve Condren delivered an impressive performance, sitting on the outside through the last half of the mile and then drawing away in

INNISFIL, ON — Fresh off an impressive performance in their season opening Gold event at Woodbine Racetrack, the two-year-old pacing colts head to Georgian Downs on Tuesday for round two of their Gold Series campaign. Twenty-four talented Ontario-sired youngsters will compete for a total of $119,205 in three Gold Eliminations, with reigning Gold Final champion

REXDALE, ON — Two-year-old trotting filly Lookit demonstrated her toughness in last week's Gold Series Elimination at Woodbine Racetrack, and heading into Tuesday's $130,000 Gold Final trainer Ross Henry says determined is the only word that defines the Royal Strength daughter. "You can't boss her, you've just got to go along with her," says Henry.

REXDALE, ON — Jody Jamieson delivered a textbook come-from-behind steer to earn Lucks Mistress the hardware in the first Gold Series Final of the season for the two-year-old pacing fillies. "The game plan was to come from off-the-pace. We got to the rail pretty well," said the young driver after the race, "I was waiting