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MILTON, ON - This Saturday, September 30, the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championships will bring big harness racing fields of two and three-year-old trotting and pacing talent to Woodbine Mohawk Park for eight $75,000 finals. Post time is 7:10 p.m. and the two-year-old trotting fillies will kick off the championship action in race two. Race

Fresh off top-five finishes in the $220,000 Milton Stakes Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park two weeks ago, Silver Label and Prohibition Legal head stateside where trainer Nick Gallucci hopes the homebreds can bounce back and help him capture the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 30.

With the Prospect Series finals on the horizon, Impressive Dude is certainly trying to live up to his name.

Fashion Frenzie has been a star in Canada, where he’s a two-time O’Brien Award-recipient and won 22 of 35 career races. Now, he will go international in the International Trot.

Jiggy Jog S (Walner) and harness racing driver Dexter Dunn will not be in the front row when Saturday’s (Sep. 9) $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot starts, but, of course, the only time being in front will truly matter to Dunn and the mare’s connections is when the race ends. The lone female starter

Georgian Downs cancelled live harness racing on Tuesday,  Aug. 29 midway through the card due to unsafe track conditions, and as a result the Prospect Series division slated as the eighth race was not contested. 

In consultation with the horsepeople, Georgian Downs cancelled live racing on Tuesday, Aug. 29 after a no contest in Race 7 due to unsafe track conditions.

Georgian Downs ended its harness racing season finale early after the judges declared a no contest due to unsafe track conditions that led to an incident with the starting gate. On the wet track, the gate car appeared to lose traction and failed to accelerate away from the field. As it steered to the outside,

The Sunday night card at Georgian Downs featured three divisions of the Prospect series for two-year-old colt and gelding pacers, as well as driver Brett MacDonald firing off a grand slam on the evening.

Reinsman Austin Sorrie put on a driving clinic reigning victorious in five out the nine contests on the card at Georgian Downs on Saturday, Aug. 26.