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REXDALE, ON — Woodbine Racetrack celebrates Canada Day with a clear sign that summer is arrived, the first Gold Series event for the two-year-old pacing fillies. Starting their Ontario Sires Stakes season one and a half months after the three-year-olds gives the freshman extra time to grow and develop before beginning their racing careers. Most

INNISFIL, ON — The hot weather was not the only thing to come roaring into Ontario this week. On Tuesday night at Georgian Downs the two-year-old pacing fillies awed fans with their early season speed and raised the level of excitement for the Ontario Sires Stakes remaining on their schedule this summer. The fillies got

HANOVER, ON — Hanover Raceway fans will get their money's worth of Ontario Sires Stakes excitement on Saturday night when ten Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old pacing colts roll in behind the starting gate. Joining the colts who competed in the Grassroots season opener at Elmira Raceway on May 20 are some newcomers to the

SUDBURY, ON — A sure sign of summer is the advent of the two-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes season and Sudbury Downs will kick off the first long summer weekend on Saturday night with three Trillium Series divisions for the freshman trotting fillies. Open to fillies bred and raised in Ontario and those bred elsewhere but

BELLEVILLE, ON — Quinte Raceway wraps up an exciting weekend of Ontario Sires Stakes action on Canada Day with five Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old pacing colts. The colts are making their provincial debut and many of them will arrive for Monday's contest fresh out of an early season qualifier. Among the youngsters with a

WINDSOR, on — Buying yearlings may be a chancy business, but a pedigree chart and yearling sale price were all the tools you needed to handicap the two-year-old pacing colt Gold Series Eliminations at Windsor Raceway on Wednesday night. The two highest priced colts entered captured their eliminations and a pair of youngsters from gifted

DRESDEN, ON — There is a whole lot for fans to get excited about at Dresden Raceway on Canada Day. In addition to six Grassroots divisions for the exciting three-year-old trotting colts, there is $500,000 on the line in the track's Pick 9 contest. While the sophomore trotters provide the entertainment in Races 1 through

BELLEVILLE, ON — Quinte Raceway kicks off a busy weekend of Ontario Sires Stakes racing on Friday night with three Trillium Series divisions for the sophomore trotting fillies. The Belleville half-mile will then celebrate Canada Day with the first Grassroots event of the season for the two-year-old pacing colts. Joining her Ontario-bred peers for the

REXDALE, ON — There was not much superstition in the air at Woodbine Racetrack on Monday night as fans overwhelmingly endorsed three-year-old pacing filly Precious Delight's bid for a 13th straight victory. And, as she has done throughout her career, the filly came up with a big effort in the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final

SARNIA, ON — Last fall Don McElroy clinched his first Lampman Cup victory with a trio of wins in the sophomore Grassroots Championship at Hiawatha Horse Park. Back in Sarnia on Saturday night, the veteran reinsman established himself as contender for a second Ontario Sires Stakes driving championship with wins in four of seven Grassroots