2002

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

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

WINDSOR, ON — If pedigree and yearling sale price are starting points for evaluating two-year-olds in the early days of their careers, the pacing colt division heading for Windsor Raceway on June 26 should be one of the most exciting divisions in the Ontario Sires Stakes program this summer. Of the 23 colts who will

INNISFIL, ON — June 21 may be the first day of summer, but harness racing fans know the season has really begun when the first two-year-olds make their way to the racetrack. This year Georgian Downs will play host to the first stakes event for Ontario's freshman, offering up three Trillium Series divisions for two-year-old

REXDALE, ON — Peter Heffering thought she was on pace for a 1:53 mile. Driver Steve Condren thought the clock had malfunctioned. Woodbine Racetrack officials double checked the time on the video replay of the race. The truth was nothing had malfunctioned, the 1:51.2 time was correct and Precious Delight had captured her Gold Series

SARNIA, ON — Hiawatha Horse Park celebrates the first weekend of summer with a sizzling menu of stakes races on Saturday night. The Sarnia oval hosts seven Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old pacing fillies, worth almost $110,000, and the $61,600 Clearwater Cup Final starring nine of Ontario's top three-year-old pacing colts. The sophomore pacing fillies

REXDALE, ON — Precious Delight carried a flawless 11 race win streak into her first Gold Series Elimination on Monday night and left Woodbine Racetrack fans laying odds on the chances of her keeping it alive through 2002. The impressive daughter of Precious Bunny and driver Steve Condren took control of the Gold Elimination field