The curtain went up on the Ontario Sires Stakes post season Thursday evening, as the top two-year-old trotters and pacers from the Grassroots program gathered at Woodbine Mohawk Park for eight $20,000 Semi-Finals. Two-year-old filly trot Favourite Lovin Julie made an impressive recovery from an error behind the starting gate to take the first two-year-old

On Friday, Oct. 1 the top three-year-old Grassroots horses will square off in eight $20,000 Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and trainers Carl Jamieson and Brian Lee are hoping their horses can advance out of the Ontario Sires Stakes program’s toughest divisions. Jamieson will send No Plan Intended out from Post 7 in the

You Will Be Queen scored her first win of 2021 and driver Tyler Jones got his first-ever Gold Series win in the last regular season event on the three-year-old trotting filly calendar Tuesday night (Sept. 28) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The pair started from Post 6 in the field of seven top trotting fillies and

It has been six years since Ken Sucee raced a horse in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, so the Oshawa, ON resident was delighted when two-year-old trotting filly Portofino won her last Grassroots start and qualified for Thursday’s (Sept. 30) Semi-Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park. “I am looking forward to just racing,” said Sucee. “I

Late bloomers, horses light on luck and those who came up short of expectations all have a chance to put a little money in the bank in the annual Autumn and Harvest Series’ at Ontario racetracks this fall. For Ontario Sired two and three-year-olds, the Autumn Series is for non-winners of $10,000 lifetime as of

Two and a half months after he debuted on the Ontario Sires Stakes circuit with an impressive win at the Grassroots level, three-year-old pacing gelding Powertrain added a Gold Series win to his resume on a star-studded Saturday night of racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park. With regular reinsman Sylvain Filion of Milton in the race

From photo finishes to commanding displays of talent to glimmers of future stardom, Friday’s Prospect Series Finals at Grand River Raceway gave fans a full eight-race serving of excitement. The Elora oval’s leading driver, Colin Kelly, captured two of the $15,000 Finals, guiding three-year-old pacing filly Always Watching to a commanding 1:54.1 victory and getting

Dabarndawgswatchin picked up her second Gold Series victory in the sole $157,200 three-year-old pacing filly division at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, Sept. 24 and heads into the post season on a two race win streak. Lining up at Post 4, driver Jody Jamieson sent Dabarndawgswatchin straight down to the rail in fourth as Western

The two-year-old trotting colts will kick off the 2021 Prospect Series Finals at Grand River Raceway on Friday, Sept. 24 and local trainer John Holding is hoping Arch Ruler can deliver another top-two effort. “He was racing good for the people we bought him off, and he’s racing good for us. I expect he’ll be

They may have had to travel over a sloppy track, but three-year-old trotting fillies P L Opportunity and I Da Princess still managed to look impressive as they wrapped up their Grassroots regular season at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday, Sept. 21. P L Opportunity kicked off the Grassroots action on the rain-soaked oval, lining