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2017-08-29T00:00:00-04:00August 29, 2017|

Gold fillies sparkle on four-win night for McNairs

Fillies trained by Gregg McNair now sit first and second in the three-year-old pacing filly point standings as Action Majesty and The Joy Luck Club triumphed in their respective Gold Series divisions at Mohawk Racetrack on Tuesday evening. First out of the paddock for the McNair Stable was Action Majesty, who was sent off as

2017-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27, 2017|

Victories at Georgian Downs move fillies up the point standings

Georgian Downs wrapped up its 2017 Ontario Sires Stakes season with a trio of $19,500 Grassroots divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday evening. Leading off the stakes action was Crystal Gumdrop, who swept from fifth to first in the final quarter to record her first win of the season. The Angus Hall miss hit

2017-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27, 2017|

Moore’s four win afternoon highlighted by Grassroots double

Clinton Raceway hosted its last Ontario Sires Stakes event of the season on Sunday afternoon and reinsman Tyler Moore captured two freshman pacing colt Grassroots divisions and added a pair of overnight wins to his tally for the driving grand slam. "I was kind of hoping I would win one or two races today —

2017-08-26T00:00:00-04:00August 26, 2017|

Local colts shine in Grassroots on Balanced Image Night

Just three weeks after finishing fourth in the Dream Of Glory Final, Yo Yo Mass returned to Hanover Raceway and scored an effortless Grassroots victory to open the stakes action on Balanced Image Night. Starting from Post 2, with Hanover Raceway's leading reinsman Bruce Richardson in the race bike, Yo Yo Mass went straight to

2017-08-24T00:00:00-04:00August 24, 2017|

Lady Bubbles and Shower Play move to top of point standings

Lady Bubbles scored her third straight Grassroots win at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday, August 24 to move into a tie atop the two-year-old pacing filly point standings. A narrow winner in her first two Grassroots starts, Lady Bubbles sprinted down the Mohawk stretch to a one length victory in a personal best 1:55.2 on Thursday.

2017-08-20T00:00:00-04:00August 20, 2017|

Darling, Waples and Filion double up in stakes action Sunday

Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts kicked off the Honourable Earl Rowe Invitation Trot program at Georgian Downs on Sunday evening and trainer Jack Darling picked up two more Grassroots trophies to add to his collection. The Cambridge, ON resident shipped three pacing geldings to the Innisfil oval and Southwind General was first off the gate

2017-08-19T00:00:00-04:00August 19, 2017|

Gillis and McClure hoping for success in Innisfil Sunday

Ontario's talented three-year-old pacing colts will light up Georgian Downs on Sunday evening in advance of the Innisfil oval's signature event, the $75,000 Honourable Earl Rowe Invitation Trot. The pacing colts will kick things off at 6 pm in the first race and maintain the excitement in Races 4 and 7. Division point leader Dream

2017-08-19T00:00:00-04:00August 19, 2017|

Feisty Percy Bluechip scores third straight Gold win at Mohawk

Two-year-old pacers were in the spotlight at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night, competing in four Gold Series divisions worth a total of $390,400. The two fastest divisions were clocked in 1:51.4, one by pacing colt Declan Seelster in his first lifetime start, and the other by pacing filly Percy Bluechip in her third straight Gold

2017-08-18T00:00:00-04:00August 18, 2017|

Kadabra Queen remains perfect after three Gold events

Mohawk Racetrack hosted the two-year-old trotting colts and fillies on Friday evening and the novices put on an impressive show in a trio of Gold Series divisions. The fillies jump started the evening and Apprentice M's effort had trainer Jonas Czernyson's heart beating a little quicker than normal as she toured the Mohawk oval on

2017-08-17T00:00:00-04:00August 17, 2017|

Trotting fillies follow divergent paths to Gold Series victory

Fresh off a runner-up performance in the Hambletonian Oaks, Magic Presto returned to Ontario Sires Stakes competition at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday and cruised to her second Gold Series win of the season. Starting from Post 1, driver Trevor Henry settled Magic Presto in third as Winter Sweet Frost rang up early fractions of :28.1