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2019-10-04T00:00:00-04:00October 4, 2019|

Season on the line, Denali Seelster and Beach Blanket Book deliver

Only 10 horses advance to the Super Final and when they lined up behind the starting gate at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Friday night neither Denali Seelster nor Beach Blanket Book was among the 10. Denali Seelster was sitting in twelfth spot in the two-year-old pacing colt division standings with 29

2019-10-03T00:00:00-04:00October 3, 2019|

Henry locks up third Lampman Cup title

Trevor Henry has had the Lampman Cup title within sight half a dozen times since he last claimed it, only to lose out when his peers came up with big nights in the post season, but this year the driver has a stranglehold on top spot in the point standings heading into Saturday night's $600,000

2019-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2, 2019|

Wine Rack Hanover and Warrawee Vicky cruise to victory

Scoring her second straight Gold Series victory on Wednesday evening at Flamboro Downs, Wine Rack Hanover has established herself as one of the two-year-old trotting fillies to watch heading into the post season. Starting from the advantageous Post 1, driver Sylvain Filion wanted to control the tempo and, on her best behaviour, Wine Rack Hanover

2019-10-01T00:00:00-04:00October 1, 2019|

HP Royal Theo adds a Gold win to his resume

HP Royal Theo rebounded from an uncharacteristic break in his last start to post an impressive victory in the second of two $106,400 two-year-old trotting colt Gold Series divisions at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday evening. Starting from Post 7 in the eight-horse field, driver Louis-Philippe Roy eased HP Royal Theo away from the gate

2019-09-30T00:00:00-04:00September 30, 2019|

Alicorn romps to record equalling effort

Two-year-old pacing filly Alicorn wrapped up the Gold Series regular season on Monday evening with another impressive effort over the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval, matching her Ontario Sires Stakes record with a spectacular late sprint. Lining up at Post 5 in the six-filly field, driver Louis-Philippe Roy opted to ease Alicorn away from the gate

2019-09-28T00:00:00-04:00September 28, 2019|

Top OSS driver Henry triples in Grassroots Semi-Finals

Trevor Henry arrived at Woodbine Mohawk Park for Saturday's three-year-old Grassroots Semi-Finals with an almost insurmountable lead in the Ontario Sires Stakes driver's standings and the Arthur resident boosted his point tally with three victories. Henry's first two wins came with Bob McIntosh trainees Judge Ken and Splurge On Me in the three-year-old trotting colt

2019-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27, 2019|

OSS freshmen were on fire at Mohawk Park Friday

It was a speed show at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night as all eight of the freshman Grassroots Semi-Final winners equalled or bettered their personal best times. The two-year-old pacing colts set the standard in the first $20,000 Semi-Final as seven of the ten starters fired off the gate. Tabloid Writer won the early

2019-09-26T00:00:00-04:00September 26, 2019|

Trotting stars pad their point tally in final Gold Leg

Ontario's top three-year-old trotters wrapped up their Gold Series regular season at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday evening and division stars Bright Eyes M and Forbidden Trade padded their division leading point totals. The trotting fillies kicked off the Ontario Sires Stakes action in the fifth race with 10 hopefuls lining up behind the starting

2019-09-26T00:00:00-04:00September 26, 2019|

Sports Flix may need a little luck to maintain Grassroots crown

On Saturday night the three-year-olds are headed to Woodbine Mohawk Park for their $160,000 Grassroots Semi-Finals and pacing filly Sports Flix is the only freshman champion with a shot at defending her title. The task will be a tough one. Sports Flix drew the outside Post 10 in what trainer Gregg McNair calls the tougher

2019-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25, 2019|

Shawn Steacy hoping to continue the family win streak

Shawn Steacy heads into Friday night's two-year-old Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park sitting second in the Ontario Sires Stakes trainer standings, just four points behind leader Gregg McNair. The 33-year-old took over official training duties from his father Mark Steacy this season and would love to keep the Johnston Cup in the family; the