Strobe Lite posted his second Gold win of the year, winning the lone $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 3 event for 3-year-old trotting colts on Sunday (July 19) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The race, originally scheduled for Friday, July 17, was moved to Race 12 on Sunday after poor air quality forced the cancellation of the Friday’s card.
With regular pilot James MacDonald away driving at Vernon Downs, Strobe Lite, the 2-5 favourite, was driven to the 1:52.4 victory by Jody Jamieson.
Toss Of The Dice (Trevor Henry) led the field to the :28.1 opening quarter, but second-choice Touchedbyanangel (Doug McNair) was rolling to the front soon after. He led the 10-horse field to the :57.1 half, but Jamieson had Strobe Lite on the move seconds later. Still Touchedbyanangel was in command through the 1:24.4 three-quarters, but in the lane, Strobe Lite powered past to a 2 ½ length victory. Toss Of The Dice was third, followed by First Class Mass (JR Plante) and Dream For Peace (Mark MacDonald)
Strobe Lite paid $2.90 to win.
It was back-to-back Gold wins for Strobe Lite, who won the second Gold leg in a 1:52.2 career-best mile on June 21 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Touchedbyanangel won the first Gold event of the year on May 24 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Strobe Lite, the 2025 OSS Super Final winner for 2-year-old trotting colts, now has earnings of $667,328 lifetime, with $287,407 of that coming this year. He is 6-7-4 in 19 career starts and 3-4-1 in eight 2026 outings.
The gelded son of Alarm Detector out of Shine Bright is owned and trained by Ben Baillargeon, who shares Strobe Lite’s papers with the trotter’s breeder, Glengate Farms of Erin, ON, plus Claude Hamel of Orford, QC and Nunzio Vena of Bolton, ON.
Sold for $16,000 at the 2024 London Classic Yearling Sale, Strobe Lite was voted the O’Brien Award winner as Canada’s 2-year-old Trotting Colt of the Year in 2025 after collecting earnings of $379,921 and posting a record of 3-3-3 in 11 freshman starts.