Dave Briggs2001-11-02T00:00:00-05:00November 2, 2001|
SARNIA, NOV. 1, 2001 — Veteran reinsman Don McElroy captured three of four sophomore Grassroots Championships at Hiawatha Horse Park on Thursday night, missing a sweep by just three lengths. The victories propelled the Ingersoll resident to the top of the Ontario Sires Stakes driver standings and, with just one weekend remaining in the 2001
Dave Briggs2001-11-01T00:00:00-05:00November 1, 2001|
WINDSOR, OCT. 31, 2001 — After winning a pair of Grassroots Semifinals at Windsor Raceway last weekend, Doug McIntosh believes his two-year-old trotting colts are peaking just in time for the $100,000 Championship on Saturday night. Heading into the Semifinal the Wheatley resident expected Ryan Hall and Semper Fi Hall to deliver solid efforts, but
Dave Briggs2001-11-01T00:00:00-05:00November 1, 2001|
DUNDAS, OCT. 31, 2001 — The competition will be fierce at Flamboro Downs this Saturday, Nov. 3 when the tough and talented three-year-old pacing colts battle for top prize in their Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Final. Gunning for a big slice of the OSS pie will be Tyler A, owned by Thomas Rankin, Elizabeth
Dave Briggs2001-10-31T00:00:00-05:00October 31, 2001|
WINDSOR, OCT. 30, 2001 — Ontario's top two-year-old trotting fillies wrap up their regular season at Windsor Raceway Friday night in their last Gold Series Final. Among the fillies vying for the lion's share of the $100,000 purse and the last Super Final points is Cheridan Star, owned by Daniel Johnson of Wallaceburg. The King
Dave Briggs2001-10-31T00:00:00-05:00October 31, 2001|
CAMPBELLVILLE, OCT. 30, 2001 — The Liberty Balance fan club has grown so large that owner Thomas Rankin feels like he ought to charter a bus to Mohawk Racetrack for the remainder of the three-year-old trotter's starts. It seems that no matter where he goes in and around St. Catharines everyone has been following Liberty
Dave Briggs2001-10-31T00:00:00-05:00October 31, 2001|
LONDON, OCT. 30, 2001 — London's Western Fair Raceway brings its 2001 Ontario Sires Stakes racing season to a close with a rich night of racing this Friday, Nov. 2. Starting at 7:30 pm the half-mile oval will showcase two OSS Gold Series Finals worth $100,000 each. The first battle for Gold Series glory will
Dave Briggs2001-10-30T00:00:00-05:00October 30, 2001|
SARNIA, OCT. 29, 2001 — Dale Hunter likens the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championship to the Stanley Cup of harness racing, and the former NHL star is hoping to find himself in the Hiawatha Horse Park winner's circle hoisting a crystal trophy over his head after the fourth race on Thursday night. Hunter's filly Lady
Dave Briggs2001-10-29T00:00:00-05:00October 29, 2001|
LONDON, OCT. 26, 2001 — The track was good at Western Fair Raceway in London Friday night, but with temperatures at a nippy 2 degrees and rain mixed with slush falling from the skies it was a chilly time track-side for Ontario Sires Stakes fans. However, in a pair of $50,454 Gold Series Eliminations, ten
Dave Briggs2001-10-29T00:00:00-05:00October 29, 2001|
DUNDAS, OCT. 27, 2001 — There were some familiar faces in the winner's circle Saturday at Flamboro Downs when the half-mile track played hosted to a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Elimination races for the three-year-old pacing colts. In Race 2 Daylon Trooper captured first-place and $27,758 with a 1:56 effort. Coming out
Dave Briggs2001-10-29T00:00:00-05:00October 29, 2001|
CAMPBELLVILLE, OCT. 26, 2001 — In spite of a rain soaked track rated three second slower than normal, three-year-old trotting colt Liberty Balance made short work of a field of his Ontario-sired peers on Friday night. Regular driver Randy Waples sent the Breeder's Crown champion to the front from Post 7 and sailed around the
