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CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — After enduring a winless freshman season, Pounce Hanover finally found his way to the victor's circle on July 20, in his second sophomore start, and the trotting gelding seemed to find the experience to his liking. Since that 1:57.4 score at Georgian Downs, Pounce Hanover has added two more to his resume,

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Dave Menary trainees swept both three-year-old pacing colt Gold Series divisions at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday evening. In the first $105,000 split, fan favourite Windsong Jack took control heading for the halfway marker and cruised home to a two length victory in a personal best 1:49.4. Cambridge resident Billy Davis Jr. engineered

CLINTON, ON — Fans packed Clinton Raceway on Sunday for the half-mile oval's popular Legends Day program and the two-year-old trotting colts did their part to entertain the masses in five Grassroots divisions. Solar Son and trotting specialist Trevor Ritchie clocked the fastest Grassroots mile, halting the Clinton teletimer at 2:03 in the seventh race.

INNISFIL, ON — Saturday evening's Ontario Sires Stakes event at Georgian Downs saw all five divisions captured by freshman trotting colts who had never won a Gold Series contest. After struggling through the first two legs of the Gold Series Deweykeepumnwhy dropped down to the Grassroots in late July and picked up a pair of

HANOVER, ON — Walkerton native Gregg McNair teamed up with driver Stuart Sowerby to capture two Grassroots divisions at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening. McNair handed the lines of division leader Momara over to Sowerby in the fifth race and the reinsman gunned the two-year-old pacing filly away from Post 7 to a :29 opening

INNISFIL, ON — Betit To Getit cashed a winning ticket in her last Grassroots start, and the filly will be looking to make it two in a row when the three-year-old pacing lasses arrive in Innisfil on Tuesday, Aug. 20 for the fourth stop on their provincial tour. The No Pan Intended daughter, owned by

ELORA, ON — Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts brought their high speed show to Grand River Raceway on Friday evening and tore up the Elora oval's record books. In the first $18,000 division fan favourite Champagne Phil extended his flawless Grassroots record to four and wrote his name in the Grand River history books with

OTTAWA, ON — Riveting Rosie took over top spot in the two-year-old trotting filly standings with her third straight Gold Series victory on Thursday evening, touring the Rideau Carleton Raceway oval in 1:59.2. Regular reinsman Paul MacDonell of Guelph piloted Riveting Rosie to the win for trainer John Bax of Peterborough and his partners Don

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON — Mohawk Racetrack's Monday, Aug. 19 program is loaded with Ontario Sires Stakes talent as the three-year-old trotting fillies arrive at the Campbellville oval for their fourth Grassroots event and the three-year-old pacing colts square off in their fourth Gold Series test. Muscle Magic and Twin B Alibi sit atop the three-year-old trotting

INNISFIL, ON — When Deweykeepumnwhy failed to qualify for the Mid-Summer Challenge, trainer Ronald Parsons dropped the two-year-old trotting colt down to the Grassroots level for two starts. The move proved to be a wise one as Deweykeepumnwhy picked up two straight victories, touring Georgian Downs in 1:57.4 on July 30 and Mohawk Racetrack in