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Side Piece (Shadow Play) won her eighth harness racing contest in 11 starts in the BC-Bred Stakes first leg on opening day at Fraser Downs on Thursday (Sep. 14). The card featured the first legs of the Robert Murphy Memorial and Mary Murphy Memoral – the BC-Bred Stakes series for there-year-old pacing colts and fillies,

Junior harness racing driver Ollie Kite has turned a corner, well demonstrated by his two winning drives at Ascot Park today (Sep. 15). “It was the first time I’ve had a double on race day, and it was kind of cool to get it back to back,” he said after winning with Steve (Repeat Love)

Harness racing returns to Fraser Downs with a 10-dash card that features the first leg of the British Columbia-bred three-year-old stakes. Seven fillies draw into one split and will go for $20,000. While, nineteen colts and geldings were split into three races and will each have a $15,000 purse. RACE 7 - BC BRED STAKES

The sophomore pacing colts and geldings of the Ontario Sires Stakes program made their final appearances in Grassroots preliminary action on Saturday, Sept. 9 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, looking for some strong efforts heading into the semi-final round in two weeks time.

Century Endeavor finished a strong second in the Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel two weeks ago when he drew the rail for his try in the feature. On Saturday night, Sept. 9, the Melissa Beckwith trainee once again had the pole position in the Open and utilized it to his full advantage.

Euchred made every pole a winning one in the Winners Over Pace at Inverness Raceway on Wednesday (Sept. 6) evening.

Champion Ballarat breeder-owner-studmaster Pat Driscoll chalked up yet another milestone in his storied career when he bred five trotting winners at the Vicbred Super Series meeting at Maryborough on Monday afternoon. The feat is certainly a first in the modern era of Victorian harness racing and matched the record established by South Australian couple Peter

The 11-race card at Rideau Carleton Raceway saw a familiar sight on Sunday, Sept. 3 as Aladdin kept the magic going and extended his win-streak to five in the $10,000 preferred handicap. 

Woodbine Mohawk Park featured three $22,200 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions as the fourth leg of the series for sophomore colt and gelding pacers on Thursday (Aug. 31) evening and Winmebak headlined the series action on the card.

The $11,000 Preferred 2 Pace and $11,000 Preferred 2 Trot headlined as the top classes at Grand River Raceway on Monday (Aug. 28) and each race featured a new track record set by their respective winners: Desperate Man and Dealin With Dewey.