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2018-06-30T00:00:00-04:00June 30, 2018|

Not just a pretty face, Grassroots leader has some grit

Sophomore pacing colt Pretty Handsome has earned top honours in five of his six Grassroots outings over the last two seasons, but none were as impressive as Friday evening's 1:50.1 clocking at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Starting from Post 7 the fan favourite went straight to the front and reeled off fractions of :27.2, :56.1 and

2018-06-28T00:00:00-04:00June 28, 2018|

Part One: Road to the Ontario Sires Stakes

Last fall two Ontario Sired trotting colts boarded a Doyle Transport van at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky and headed north. Twelve hours later they arrived at trainer John Bax's Campbellville farm and began the process that transforms immature yearlings into powerful racehorses. Over the next four weeks Ontario Racing will highlight these

2018-06-26T00:00:00-04:00June 26, 2018|

Run Director’s victory a tribute to community leader

When Run Director trotted across the finish line at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday evening, the three-year-old colt did more than just collect an Ontario Sires Stakes blanket and a share of the $97,200 Gold division purse. "I named him after this lady, Mary Ann Edwards, she is our run director. We have a run

2018-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25, 2018|

Christoforou plots perfect course in Gold action Monday

Driver Chris Christoforou, Jr. had a foolproof map to the Woodbine Mohawk Park winner's circle in Monday night's Gold Series event for three-year-old trotting fillies. Lining up from Post 5 in both $96,400 divisions, the Campbellville resident employed near identical tactics to land Magical Glider and Illusioneesta their first-ever Gold Series wins in matching 1:55.4

2018-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23, 2018|

Jimmy Freight impresses Roy with effortless Gold win

How good is Jimmy Freight? Driver Louis Philippe Roy is not sure; he thought he had seen the best of the colt in his first six starts this season, but the three-year-old pacer stepped it up a notch in Saturday's $96,400 Gold Series win at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "He's always been really good, Jimmy Freight,

2018-06-22T00:00:00-04:00June 22, 2018|

Play The Bell triumphs in return to OSS action

Play The Bell's Grassroots win at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday evening was impressive — digging deep to hang on by a nose in the driving rain — but given what the three-year-old pacing filly has been through in the last month it was positively inspiring. "When we scratched out of the Gold in London

2018-06-07T00:00:00-04:00June 7, 2018|

First-time Grassroots starters storm to victory in Campbellville

A trio of fresh faces graced the Ontario Sires Stakes winner's circle at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday evening in the first Grassroots event of the three-year-old trotting filly season. Making just her second lifetime start, Magical Glider captured the first division off a confident steer from Campbellville, Ontario resident Chris Christoforou, Jr. Starting from

2018-06-04T00:00:00-04:00June 4, 2018|

Patience pays Gold dividends to Alexus Eh’s owners

Alexus Eh made her Ontario Sires Stakes debut in the first of two Gold Series divisions at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday evening and the three-year-old trotting filly recorded her fourth win in an early season that has come as a pleasant surprise to her connections. As a two-year-old Alexus Eh did not qualify until

2018-06-01T00:00:00-04:00June 1, 2018|

Pretty Handsome wins Grassroots rematch fair and square

Freshman Grassroots champion Pretty Handsome picked up where he left off last season, scoring a victory in the three-year-old pacing colt season opener at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, but this time there was nothing controversial about the win. "He got his regular reinsman JD (Jonathan Drury) back on him tonight and picked up where