Sandra2020-09-16T12:59:28-04:00September 16, 2020|
Flamboro Downs opens its 2020 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Thursday, Sept. 17 with three Grassroots divisions of two-year-old trotting fillies competing for a total of $67,000. Trainer John Bax will start a pair of fillies in the Grassroots regular season finale, Doing It All from Post 5 in the second $22,450 split and Lifeintheslammer
Sandra2020-09-16T00:13:41-04:00September 16, 2020|
Driver Louis-Philippe Roy and trainer Chantal Mitchell teamed up to win a pair of $22,800 Grassroots divisions at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday, Sept. 15, ensuring a top 20 finish for both Shiatzu Seelster and Ourlittlemiracle in the two-year-old pacing filly division. Roy and Mitchell scored their first win of the night in the second
Sandra2020-09-15T19:39:34-04:00September 15, 2020|
Due to recent changes in the Flamboro Downs schedule, the Gold Series Leg for the two-year-old trotting colts originally slated for Wednesday, Oct. 7 has been moved forward one day to Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Dundas half-mile. The draw for the rescheduled Gold leg will be completed on Monday, Oct. 5, with the box
Sandra2020-09-14T23:51:22-04:00September 14, 2020|
Four Wheelin scored his third Grassroots win at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday, Sept. 14 and wrapped up the regular season atop the two-year-old trotting colt standings with a perfect total of 150 points. “I like the way he’s coming on. He seems like he’s getting stronger every start,” said trainer Marcel Barrieau. “Talking to
Sandra2020-09-11T00:41:07-04:00September 11, 2020|
Mikey Mass found the Grassroots winner’s circle for the second time this season on Thursday, Sept. 10 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and trainer Nick Gallucci is hoping the three-year-old trotting gelding is shaping up for a big finish to the season. “He’s really coming around, he’s really starting to mature now and come into his
Sandra2020-09-09T00:58:15-04:00September 9, 2020|
Two-year-old pacing colts took their turn in the spotlight at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday, Sept. 8, competing for a total of $117,500 in five Grassroots divisions. Stonebridge Rex and driver Doug McNair captured the first $23,500 division with a bold move at the five-eighths marker that saw them sail to the front and power
Sandra2020-09-08T00:39:08-04:00September 8, 2020|
With less than one month remaining in the regular season, the three-year-old pacing colts were on their toes in Grassroots action at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday, Sept. 7. The talented sophomore kicked things off with a thrilling performance in the first race, which saw the top three finishers hit the wire together, separated by
Sandra2020-09-07T12:58:06-04:00September 7, 2020|
What would it be like to own a Standardbred racehorse? To visit the barn, watch them race and, hopefully, join them in the winner’s circle? Last fall Shannon Henderson was the winning entrant in the 2019 ‘Win a Share in a Racehorse’ contest sponsored by the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) and Standardbred Canada, and so
Sandra2020-09-06T19:56:43-04:00September 6, 2020|
Bob McClure did not have much luck in the Charity Driver’s Challenge that kicked off a record-setting closing day at Clinton Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 6, but Canada’s leading reinsman finished things up with a natural hat trick in the last three $22,000 Grassroots events. “When the first four horses you drive in a driver’s
Sandra2020-09-06T00:36:13-04:00September 6, 2020|
Saturday, Sept. 5 was another big night of stakes action at Woodbine Mohawk Park and Ontario’s top two-year-old pacing colts and three-year-old pacing fillies shared the limelight in a quartet of $104,000-plus Gold Series divisions. In the $105,600 two-year-old pacing colt divisions, Shadow Play sons Lawless Shadow and Bulldog Hanover delivered impressive victories with personal
