Ajaz Firdous2022-10-12T10:40:39-04:00October 12, 2022|
ROSENEATH, October 12, 2022 – One of the beautiful things about harness racing is it has something for everyone. Participants can chase million dollar purses, try for open stakes glory, race in the claiming ranks at their local racetrack, and a enjoy a host of possibilities in between. In Saturday’s $225,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-05T17:02:48-04:00October 5, 2022|
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MILTON, October 5, 2022 – Owning a racehorse is a lot of fun. Owning a stakes winning racehorse is even more fun. Trainer John Pentland and the ownership group of Cheesy Smile definitely fall into the latter, as they’ve been enjoying the ride their star freshman pacing filly has them on this season. The daughter
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-05T14:34:32-04:00October 5, 2022|
Photos by Winbak Farm of Canada
LEXINGTON, October 5, 2022 - Through two days, Ontario Sire Bettors Delight leads all stallions at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale with an average of $207,500 for eight yearlings sold. Hip 80 YOUBET HANOVER, a bay filly out of Youaremycandygirl is his highest seller at $550,000, the second highest price fetched across the entire sale
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-04T21:18:51-04:00October 4, 2022|
Photos by Carter Gimblett
LONDON, October 4, 2022 – Duly Resolved capped off his Ontario Sires Stakes season in style tonight by establishing a new trotting track record at The Raceway at the Western Fair District in one of two divisions for three-year-old colts and geldings. The son of Resolve was flawless start to finish, trotting a mile in
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-03T23:26:28-04:00October 3, 2022|
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MILTON, October 3, 2022 – Super Bowl winning coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are,” and Righteous Resolve’s record is screaming from the rooftops that she is the top two-year-old trotting filly in the province. Freshman trotters wrapped up their Ontario Sires Stakes Gold campaign tonight at Woodbine Mohawk
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-02T23:16:09-04:00October 2, 2022|
DUNDAS, October 2, 2022 – The Ontario Sires Stakes Gold season for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings wrapped up tonight at Flamboro Downs with Moment Is Here earning his breakthrough victory at the top level of the provincial program in the lone $156,300 division. A gelded son of All Bets Off, Santana Hanover came into
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-02T00:48:23-04:00October 2, 2022|
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MILTON, October 1, 2022 – The pair of $60,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championships for three-year-old pacers were thrilling affairs, with Chucky Hanover and Fade Out emerging victorious in matching times of 1:50.3, a new lifetime mark for both. Chucky Hanover won the boys finale in the ninth race of the evening, and his victory
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-02T00:07:41-04:00October 1, 2022|
Story by Mel Keith for Ontario RacingPhotos by New Image Media
MILTON, October 1 – Woodbine Mohawk Park announcer Ken Middleton called Grandeur Seelster’s opening panel a “first quarter smokeshow” in the $60,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Final for two-year-old pacing fillies. In the winners’ circle afterward, driver Austin Sorrie agreed the pace was a little hot in the early going: “I thought I was going
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-02T00:00:34-04:00October 1, 2022|
Story by Mel Keith for Ontario RacingPhotos by New Image Media
MILTON, October 1, 2022 – The $60,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championsip for two-year-old male pacers saw 1-5 favourite Reign Supreme make front before the first turn, but 36-1 longshot Thong Control and Sylvain Filion stole the crown in deep stretch. In a little early drama that foreshadowed a stunning stretch drive, James MacDonald lost
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-01T23:31:04-04:00October 1, 2022|
Story by Heather MacKay Roberts for Ontario RacingPhotos by New Image Media
MILTON, October 1, 2022 – The winners of the $60,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championships for sophomore trotting fillies and colts took totally different routes to the winner’s circle. One had a textbook pocket trip while the other was parked just about every step of the mile tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Stormont Mabel was
