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2025-10-11T22:56:50-04:00October 11, 2025|

Crack Shot repeats in Super Finals, furthers Ontario Sires Stakes legacy

Last year, Crack Shot became the first horse in history to win both the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots Final and the Gold Super Final. This year, the son of Bettors Delight out of Beautyonthebeach joined a select group of Ontario stars that have won Super Finals in back-to-back years. Crack Shot and driver Doug

2025-10-11T22:19:54-04:00October 11, 2025|

Monalishi masterful in her OSS Gold Super Final for 3-year-old trotting fillies

Monalishi brushed off a break in her previous start with a platinum performance in the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Final for 3-year-old filly trotters on Saturday night (Oct. 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The bay daughter of Green Manalishi S out of the RC Royalty mare Pretty Phylly G came into her

2025-10-11T00:37:46-04:00October 11, 2025|

Strobe Lite shines bright in OSS Gold Super Final for freshman trotting colts

Strobe Lite entered Friday’s (Oct. 10) $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Final for freshman trotting colts as the divisional points leader. He finished the eighth race at Woodbine Mohawk Park as divisional champion after storming down the centre of the lane to win by 1 ¼ lengths in a time of 1:55.2. James

2025-10-11T00:05:40-04:00October 11, 2025|

A Clean Deal wipes away competition in OSS Gold Super Final for freshmen filly pacers

A Clean Deal did not pace the most pristine path, but overcame obstacles to win the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Final for 2-year-old filly pacers on Friday night (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In a race that saw Th Check Me Out (post 3), Daya (post 5), and Jen Tilly (post 7)

2025-10-10T23:54:31-04:00October 10, 2025|

McClure has karma to thank for landing Super Final champ Beau Jangles

Minutes after keeping Beau Jangles perfect both through 10 career starts and all six of his Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) events, driver Bob McClure stood in the paddock dripping mud and contemplating the karma of how he arrived here with this superstar 2-year-old pacing colt, who dominated his $300,000 OSS Gold Super Final on Friday

2025-10-10T22:46:19-04:00October 10, 2025|

Bingo Night storms to Super Final victory for 2-year-old trotting fillies

Bingo Night overcame post position 10 and her driver Tyler Jones withstood a seven minute inquiry as the pair powered to a 1 ¾ length victory in the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Final for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Meeting four-time Gold event winner Flowing Tribute,

2025-10-08T20:22:04-04:00October 8, 2025|

Ontario’s best set to do battle in $2.4 million OSS Super Finals this weekend

It pays to be at Woodbine Mohawk Park this weekend for $2.4 million worth of Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Finals to be contested over two nights – Friday, Oct. 10 for the four $300,000 2-year-old events and Saturday, Oct. 11 for the four $300,000 3-year-old events. Customers who come early to the Campbellville,

2025-10-06T13:28:25-04:00October 6, 2025|

American breeders bullish on Ontario

U.S. Standardbred breeding titan Joe Thomson said there is a simple reason he’s bullish on producing horses in Ontario. “Ontario has one of the best programs in North America,” said Thomson, the owner of Winbak Farm that has breeding operations in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and, yes, Ontario where Winbak is currently leading the

2025-10-02T23:15:15-04:00October 2, 2025|

Chantilly returns to form, dominates OSS Gold for sophomore pacing fillies

Chantilly returned to form on Thursday (Oct. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, pulling away in the lane to dominate the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 5 event for 3-year-old pacing fillies. Millar Farms’ homebred daughter of Big Jim out of Shiraz Seelster, driven by James MacDonald, won by eight lengths over Eternal

2025-09-30T23:45:05-04:00September 30, 2025|

Beau Jangles tops $1 million, remains unbeaten through nine

Beau Jangles topped $1 million in earnings, pushed his unbeaten streak to nine and swept all five Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold events with a 1:50.2 victory on Tuesday night (Sept. 30) in the lone $140,000 Leg 5 Gold for 2-year-old pacing colts at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The mile comes 10 days after the son