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Georgian Downs celebrates the Ontario Sires Stakes program on Saturday evening with seven divisions of Grassroots action for the two-year-old trotting fillies, the "Be A Winner" contest and "Wanna Drive" program. The freshman trotting fillies kick things off at 7:15 pm and compete in the first seven races on the program. Among the hopefuls is

Deweylovernleaver eked out a second straight Gold Series victory by less than a length at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening. The two-year-old trotting colt and driver Trevor Henry hit the wire one-quarter length ahead of Dewey Dont Cheat and Zlatan in the second of three $70,000 Gold Series divisions. The fan favourites controlled the tempo

Ontario's two-year-old trotting colts kicked off the second half of their Grassroots season at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening with six impressive performances. "There were some good miles out there," said Thornton, ON resident Steve Byron. "They're getting their second or third start and they're starting to figure it out, a lot of them, and

Ontario's elite trotting fillies continued to impress fans as they battled in their third Gold Series event at Mohawk Racetrack on Tuesday evening. More than half of the fillies entered in the trio of $70,000 Gold divisions were sired by Kadabra and when the evening was over, all three trophies had been awarded to daughters

Rural Guelph residents Gregg and Doug McNair had another outstanding afternoon during their local oval's annual showcase of harness racing. The father-son duo — the top trainer and driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program in 2014 — took four horses to Grand River Raceway on Monday for the 25th Industry Day program and went

In front of an enthusiastic Dream Of Glory night crowd, local reinsman Bruce Richardson piloted a pair of three-year-old pacing fillies to Grassroots victory on Saturday evening. "It's just like playing for the Leafs," quipped Richardson from the Hanover Raceway winner's circle. "A jam-packed house." The Arthur, ON resident made his first visit to the

Driver Randy Waples captured a pair of three-year-old pacing colt Grassroots events at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening with horses trained by one of his harness racing heroes. "Growing up in this business, he's the guy that everybody always wants to drive for, so when you find yourself lucky enough to be driving for him

On Thursday evening the two-year-old trotting fillies hit the halfway point in their Grassroots season and Toss It Back edged out to a narrow lead in the division point standings with her second straight win. Lining up at Post 8 on the Mohawk Racetrack starting gate, driver Phil Hudon sent Toss It Back straight to

After having his early season derailed by allergies, two-year-old trotting colt Willyorwonthe finally found his way to the Ontario Sires Stakes winner's circle at Mohawk Racetrack on Tuesday evening. The colt and driver Mike Saftic of Campbellville, ON fired away from Post 8 in the last $18,000 Grassroots division and reeled off fractions of :28.2,

Even before his three-year-old pacing geldings Robert Hill and J Js Delivery swept the Gold Series divisions at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday, trainer Dave Menary was having a pretty amazing weekend. �I'm pretty pumped. I wasn't at the races tonight myself. I was watching them at home on TV, because yesterday morning I had a