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2024-05-07T14:46:59-04:00May 7, 2024|

OSS to celebrate 50th anniversary with cross-province tour

MILTON, MAY 7, 2024 - As the Ontario Sires Stakes enters its 50th season, its golden anniversary will be celebrated at 11 Standardbred tracks across Ontario. On select dates, tracks will hold special OSS 50th Anniversary Celebration days, where fans will be able to watch OSS Gold or Grassroots races, view memorabilia from seasons past,

2024-04-22T16:30:06-04:00April 22, 2024|

Reminder: Yearling Nomination Deadline due May 15

The yearling nomination deadline for the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program is May 15, 2024. Please submit your nomination payment through the OSS online payment form by midnight on May 15, 2024, or by mail postdated no later than May 15, 2024. The fee is $100 ($80 USD) and nominates foals of 2023 to race

2024-03-13T15:39:35-04:00March 13, 2024|

Reminder: Two-Year Old Sustaining Payment due Mar. 15

This is a reminder that if you would like to sustain a two-year old, it must have been nominated to OSS#52 as a yearling. And if you intend to race this two-year-old in the OSS in 2024, a sustaining payment in the amount of $600 CDN ($475 USD) must be received in the OSS office

2024-02-12T13:23:36-05:00February 12, 2024|

Reminder: Three-Year Old Sustaining Payment due Feb. 15

This is a reminder that if you would like to sustain a three-year old, it must have been nominated to OSS#51 as a yearling. And if you intend to race this three-year-old in the OSS in 2024, a sustaining payment in the amount of $800 CDN ($630 USD) must be received in the OSS office

2024-02-02T10:08:19-05:00February 2, 2024|

OSS 50th Anniversary Season kicks off May 19

The Ontario Sires Stakes program will open its 50th anniversary season on Sunday, May 19 with the three-year-old trotting colts squaring off in Grassroots action on the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup program at Flamboro Downs. Later that week Woodbine Mohawk Park will host the Gold Series opener with a star-studded Saturday, May 25 card that

2024-02-02T10:56:45-05:00January 30, 2024|

Reminder: Yearlings must be registered before nomination

The Ontario Sires Stakes program coordinator would like to remind all participants who are planning to nominate their OSS eligible yearlings in May that all yearlings must be registered at time of nomination and Standardbred Canada requires that the DNA and microchipping be completed before the foal is registered. OSS Yearling Nomination deadline is May

2019-12-23T00:00:00-05:00December 23, 2019|

Angus Hall Retires

Winbak Farm of Ontario and the Angus Hall syndicate have announced that Angus Hall, 2, 1:54.4z; 3, 1:54.3 ($830,654), has been retired from stallion duty. "Angus Hall has left an incredible impact on trotting pedigrees for generations to come," said Pat Woods, Winbak Farm of Ontario Manager. "We are very thankful that we got to

2019-11-19T00:00:00-05:00November 19, 2019|

Century Farroh’s sophomore success a boon to breeders

When Beachy Girl was confirmed in foal to Mach Three in the spring of 2015 Sanford and Jan Zimmerman enrolled her in the Ontario Resident Mare program. Two years later they sold the resulting colt, named Century Farroh, at the London Selected Yearling Sale for $17,000. A winner of $66,733 and the Ontario Sires Stakes