Dave Briggs2015-03-17T00:00:00-04:00March 17, 2015|
Woodbine Entertainment Group's Mark McKelvie released the first Road to the North America Cup this week and two Ontario-sired colts, Go Daddy Go and Reverend Hanover, are among the top three on his list. His number one choice in mid-March for the 2015 NA Cup, the richest Canadian pacing event with a $1 million purse,
Dave Briggs2015-03-14T00:00:00-04:00March 14, 2015|
It didn't take long for the Ontario-sired pacing filly Maplelea to pay for herself. Purchased by Andrew Moore of Russell, Ontario, for $7,000 at the annual Harrisburg yearling sale, the daughter of Sportswriter earned that exact amount in just her fourth lifetime start and first on the major circuit in Ontario, Woodbine Entertainment Group. Now
Dave Briggs2015-03-11T00:00:00-04:00March 11, 2015|
Ontario-bred filly Witch Dali continues to impress south of the border, winning a first leg division of the Petticoat Series, the first stakes event of the young season at Yonkers Raceway, this past Monday (March 9). The four-year-old daughter of Dali gave Tim Tetrick a 1:54.1 ride and he said she paced over the half-mile
Dave Briggs2015-03-07T00:00:00-05:00March 7, 2015|
The top two rookie pacing colts in the Ontario Sires Stakes last season are among the 72 still eligible to Canada's richest harness race, the $1 Pepsi North America Cup. In total there are 13 Ontario breds still eligible to the race which will take place on June 20 at Mohawk. Reverend Hanover, the leading
Dave Briggs2015-02-20T00:00:00-05:00February 20, 2015|
A pair of Ontario sired four-year-olds will look for a big early season series victory Saturday night in the Ontario Boys and Girls finals at Woodbine. The $45,000 Ontario Boys final for four-year-old pacers and the $44,600 Ontario Girls final for four-year-old pacing mares highlight Saturday's 11-race card. The Ontario Boys series has been dominated
Dave Briggs2015-02-07T00:00:00-05:00February 7, 2015|
Canadian harness racing celebrated the absolute best performers of the 2014 season at tonight's O'Brien Awards and five of the winners were Ontario-sired performers. John Bax, who was the leading trainer in the 2014 Ontario Sires Stakes in terms of money won, collected two O'Brien trophies on behalf of his talented trotting fillies Stubborn Belle
Dave Briggs2015-02-06T00:00:00-05:00February 6, 2015|
Witch Dali, an Ontario-sired four-year-old mare, is the favourite in tonight's opening leg of series at the Meadowlands named for one of the all time great Ontario-sired distaffers, Burning Point. A winner of more than $3 million in her career, Burning Point earned $366,000 in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, most during her sophomore season
Dave Briggs2015-01-06T00:00:00-05:00January 6, 2015|
An Ontario-sired filly who didn't begin her racing career until late in her three-year-old season, will make her first stakes appearance on Thursday in the first leg of the Blizzard Series at Woodbine. It will be the first WEG outing for the four-year-old mare who has only raced at The Raceway at Western Fair District
Dave Briggs2014-12-16T00:00:00-05:00December 16, 2014|
A total of 11 Ontario-sired pacers and trotters are among the nominees for Canada's highest Standardbred honour, an O'Brien Award, which recognize the absolute best in harness racing in the country over the past racing season. Two nominees in each of the 12 categories were announced this week for the 2014 awards with Ontario-sired trotting
Dave Briggs2014-11-24T00:00:00-05:00November 24, 2014|
A total of 13 Ontario-sired horses competing in last weekend's rich Breeders Crown finals and 10 of those performers earned money in their events. On Friday night it was the great Bee A Magician leading the way, winning the Mare Trot final with an impressive performance. Last year's horse of the year in both Canada
