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Control Rocks posted the first sub-1:50 mile in Grand River Raceway history, winning the first of two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 3 divisions in 1:49.4 on Monday afternoon (Aug. 4) during the Elora, ON track’s Industry Day / Battle of Waterloo card. Then, Allstar Maniac (above) did one better and followed that

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Another Great Mass won the action-packed $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 2 Gold Series event for 2-year-old trotting colts on Thursday (July 31) at Woodbine Mohawk Park one week after severe weather forced the postponement of the original date for the race. The homebred son of Muscle Mass out of Incredibility, driven by Trevor

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Flowing Tribute and Very Sassy each won a $90,000 division of the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 2 Gold Series event for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (July 25) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division, 4-5 favourite Flowing Tribute (Bob McClure, above) won the battle of the July 11 Leg 1 Gold winners

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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