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2026-06-22T11:20:51-04:00June 22, 2026|

Strobe Lite sets 1:52.2 career best in OSS Gold

Strobe Lite turned the tables on Touchedbyanangel with a 1:52.2 career-best mile in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 event for male sophomore trotters on Sunday night (June 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Touchedbyanangel (Doug McNair), the winner of the $140,000 Leg 1 Gold event on May 24 at Mohawk,

2026-06-20T22:03:56-04:00June 20, 2026|

Bingo Night impressive in her 2026 Ontario Sires Stakes debut

Bingo Night and Th Trix R Forkids each recorded lifetime-best victories winning their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 divisions on Saturday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division (race 4), favoured Bingo Night (above) won her 2026 OSS debut in convincing fashion, posting a four-length victory over

2026-06-11T12:41:11-04:00June 11, 2026|

Fifteen Ontario-sired horses set to battle on Pepsi North America Cup Night

For more than 50 years, the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program has produced world class horses and that excellence continues on Saturday (June 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park when 15 Ontario-sired horses, including five O’Brien Award winners, will do battle in five stakes totaling just under $2.2 million in purses. Three of the 10 finalists

2026-05-24T22:05:41-04:00May 24, 2026|

Blue Jean Gal and HP Crystaline victorious in Gold action for sophomore trotting fillies

Blue Jean Gal and HP Crystaline were victorious on Sunday (May 24) in their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions for sophomore trotting fillies on an extremely foggy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division, in her Gold Series debut, 1-5 favourite Blue Jean Gal (above) posted a 1:54.2 lifetime-best

2026-05-24T21:02:12-04:00May 24, 2026|

Touchedbyanangel posts impressive Gold victory over O’Brien and Super Final champ Strobe Lite

Touchedbyanangel’s second career Ontario Sires Stakes victory was an impressive one. The gelding overcame Post 10 and a late charge from 2025 O’Brien Award winner and Super Final champ Strobe Lite to post a lifetime-best 1:53 victory in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series division for sophomore trotting colts in the fog

2026-05-23T22:30:24-04:00May 23, 2026|

O’Brien winner A Clean Deal and Daya both golden in sophomore pacing filly tests

A Clean Deal and Daya were victorious on Saturday (May 23) in the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions for sophomore pacing fillies on a cold, rainy and windy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Both divisions featured six-horse fields. In the first division (Race 2), Doug McNair piloted overwhelming 1-9 favourite A

2026-05-04T10:07:12-04:00April 20, 2026|

Ontario-sired yearlings of 2025 must be registered and nominated before May 16

The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Yearling Nomination forms for foals of 2025 (OSS 55) have been mailed to all registered owners of Ontario-sired yearlings. Owners are reminded that yearling nominations are due before Friday, May 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET and all yearlings paid into the program must be registered at the time of nomination.

2026-04-17T15:30:02-04:00April 17, 2026|

Full Ontario Sires Stakes 2026 schedule released; Beau Jangles aiming for Gold opener

The complete 2026 schedule for the $15 million Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program has now been released and is available on the OSS website here. This year, the $2.4 million OSS Super Finals ($300,000 for each of the eight divisions) will be held on one night (Saturday, Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In 2025,

2026-03-02T10:13:56-05:00March 2, 2026|

OSS sustaining payments for 2-year-olds due March 16

If you intend on racing your 2-year-old in the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program in 2026, the sustaining payment must be received by Tuesday, March 16 at 11:59pm EST. Participants are encouraged to use the online registration and payment form available on the OSS website. All mail in payments must be post-marked by March 16