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2025-08-07T22:56:38-04:00August 7, 2025|

Rookie trotting colts Crunchintheodds, Mike Me Up win first OSS Gold events

Another week, another group of new Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series winners in the 2-year-old trotting colt division. Thursday night (Aug. 7) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a pair of former Grassroots competitors, Crunchintheodds (above) and Mike Me Up, were winners in their respective $90,000 Gold events one week after Another Great Mass won the

2025-08-04T22:11:19-04:00August 4, 2025|

Bingo Night equals 1:53.4 OSS record for rookie trotting fillies

Bingo Night and Tyler Jones equalled the 1:53.4 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record for 2-year-old trotting fillies in the first of two $90,000 Gold events in the division on Monday night (Aug. 4) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Cher Hill emerged victorious in the second division. In the first Gold test, Bingo Night (above) posted a

2025-08-04T21:04:20-04:00August 4, 2025|

Allstar Maniac smashes Grand River all-age track record with 1:49 OSS Gold win

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

2025-07-31T22:34:41-04:00July 31, 2025|

Another Great Mass rides soft fractions to OSS Gold triumph

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

2025-07-25T21:59:05-04:00July 25, 2025|

Flowing Tribute, Very Sassy take Gold divisions for rookie trotting fillies

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

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