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2025-07-22T23:03:09-04:00July 22, 2025|

Chantilly is perfect through 13 career starts after easily winning OSS Gold for sophomore pacing fillies

After being scratched sick in her last two scheduled starts, Chantilly is back in rare form after winning the $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 3 Gold Series event for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday (July 22) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:50.2. The overwhelming 1-9 favourite and defending Canadian Horse of the Year, is

2025-07-19T22:06:06-04:00July 19, 2025|

Freshman pacing colt Beau Jangles wins second OSS Gold in two weeks

Just two races into his career, freshman pacing colt Beau Jangles is already building an impressive resume in the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program. On Saturday (July 19) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, the 1-2 favoured son of Cattlewash out of Mrs Major Hill won his second $140,000 Gold event in as many weeks, storming to

2025-07-17T22:29:10-04:00July 17, 2025|

A Clean Deal remains perfect, takes second Gold for 2-year-old filly pacers

Doug McNair piloted A Clean Deal up the inside in deep stretch and out-gunned a four-horse calvary charge to the wire to win the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold event for 2-year-old filly pacers on Thursday (July 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:53.1. The victory kept the daughter of Cattlewash—Ideal Talker undefeated

2025-07-16T21:22:46-04:00July 16, 2025|

Galen Erso and Sprite Seelster win OSS Gold events for sophomore trotters at Grand River Raceway

Galen Erso and Sprite Seelster were the respective winners of Wednesday’s (July 16) Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 3 Gold Series events for sophomore trotters at Grand River Raceway. Both trotters were sired by Green Manalishi S. Galen Erso (above) won the lone $140,000 final for colts and Sprite Seelster took the single $140,000 final

2025-07-24T21:01:11-04:00July 12, 2025|

In The Black cruises to victory in first OSS Gold for freshman trotting colts

In The Black came from third in the stretch to power to a lifetime-best 1:55.1 victory in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series event for 2-year-old trotting colts on Saturday (July 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A full field of 10 contested the first Gold event of the year in the division.

2025-07-11T21:42:52-04:00July 11, 2025|

Green Manalishi S fillies take both OSS Gold tests for 2-year-old trotters

Green Manalishi S offspring Bingo Night and Flowing Tribute were the respective 1:54.4 winners of the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold events for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (July 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It was the first Gold event of the year in this division. In the first Gold event, overwhelming 2-5

2025-07-05T21:29:54-04:00July 5, 2025|

Beau Jangles dances to impressive 1:50.1 victory in first Gold action

Beau Jangles was ultra impressive in his pari-mutuel debut on Saturday (July 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the first Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series test of the year for 2-year-old pacing colts. The $140,000 event attracted a field of 10. The Cattlewash—Mrs Major Hill colt, driven by Bob McClure, sat third through the

2025-06-28T23:07:52-04:00June 28, 2025|

Crack Shot, Set Shot set career bests winning respective Gold tests

James Avritt, Sr. of Kentucky bred both winners of the $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 2 events for 3-year-old pacing colts contested Saturday (June 28) at Woodbine Mohawk Park – Crack Shot and Set Shot. Crack Shot (above) set a 1:50.2 career best while dominating the first Gold division in wire-to-wire fashion. In

2025-06-23T15:19:09-04:00June 21, 2025|

Perfectly Chic takes advantage of Chantilly’s scratch, sets 1:50.4 lifetime best in Gold Leg 2

Favoured Perfectly Chic set a lifetime best of 1:50.4 while winning the $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Leg 2 event for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (June 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It was the first win of 2025 in seven outings for the daughter of Betterthancheddar—Fit N Bad bred by Winbak Farm and