Dave Briggs2025-07-16T21:22:46-04:00July 16, 2025|
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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
Dave Briggs2025-07-24T21:01:11-04:00July 12, 2025|
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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.
Dave Briggs2025-07-11T21:42:52-04:00July 11, 2025|
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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
Dave Briggs2025-07-05T21:29:54-04:00July 5, 2025|
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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
Dave Briggs2025-06-28T23:07:52-04:00June 28, 2025|
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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
Dave Briggs2025-06-23T23:01:01-04:00June 23, 2025|
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P L Spencer set the fastest mile by a male sophomore trotter in Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) history, winning the lone $140,000 Leg 2 Gold event on Monday (June 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:51.3. The previous record of 1:52 was set by Mister Herbie while winning his OSS Super Final in 2011 at
Dave Briggs2025-06-23T15:19:09-04:00June 21, 2025|
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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
Dave Briggs2025-06-20T21:14:56-04:00June 20, 2025|
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O’Brien Award winner Monalishi posted her first Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series victory of the year, taking the $140,000 Leg 2 event for sophomore trotting fillies on Friday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:52.3. James MacDonald piloted the daughter of Green Manalishi S—Pretty Phylly G into third out of Post 4 in the
Dave Briggs2025-06-12T11:51:59-04:00June 12, 2025|
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Driver Doug McNair (above) can now admit he was wrong about Crack Shot, Ontario’s biggest hope in Saturday’s (June 14) $1 million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park. “At the start of [last] year, I didn't really like the horse, to be honest with you,” McNair said of the Ontario-sired son of 2001
Dave Briggs2025-06-03T17:13:10-04:00June 3, 2025|
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The tears were unexpected, but Todd Ratchford said the magnitude of the moment – made possible by at least three generations of horsepeople in his family that came before him – hit him out of nowhere when he was standing in the winner’s circle and Ritchie Rich was already walking back to the paddock wearing
