Carl Jamieson, one of Ontario's top trainers for many years, thought enough of the yearling colt Sporting The Look last fall to shell out $72,000 to bring him home. He hasn't regretted that purchase. The colt is from the first crop of Sportswriter which have been extremely impressive over the past couple of weeks as

In Monday night's Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series action for two-year-old trotting fillies at Mohawk Racetrack, favourites ruled the day as they went four-for-four, but that was not the case in Tuesday night's Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series action for the same group at the same venue as the public choice was defeated in all

Grand River Raceway is celebrating the 40th birthday of the Ontario Sires Stakes program with an OSS themed Fun & Frivolity Friday night. On Friday, July 18, visitors to the Elora, Ontario, track will enjoy birthday cupcakes, OSS themed trivia games, OSS betting contests, and OSS merchandise giveaways. Fans will also vie for a shot

The Grand Filly established a Canadian season's record for two-year-old filly trotters in the fourth, final and fastest $52,500 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division at Mohawk this evening. All four of tonight's OSS winners were recording their second wins in as many lifetime starts. In the last division The Grand Filly took over the lead

The eighth and final division to kick off their 2014 Ontario Sires Stakes season are the two-year-old trotting fillies. They'll be in the spotlight in four Gold divisions tonight at Mohawk and right back to that Campbellville track the following evening for five Grassroots events. The star of this division last season was Riveting Rosie

Muscle Up The Goal trotted the fastest mile by a two-year-old trotter in Canada this year on a five-eighths mile track when he won the first of three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions tonight at Georgian Downs. A number of colts vied for the lead early in that division and the youngsters were three

Two-year-old colt and gelding trotters were in the spotlight on Saturday night at Georgian Downs as five $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series divisions went behind the starting gate. Hemi Seelster (Steve Byron) was the fastest of the five winners as he trotted a :29.1 final quarter to rally from sixth at three-quarters to a

Noted trainer Dustin Jones has two starters entered this weekend in Ontario Sires Stakes on Saturday and Sunday at Georgian Downs. One colt he's known from birth, the other he just met this week. The Sherbrooke, Quebec, native who now resides in Waterdown, Ontario, will know more about their racing potential after the two perform

The spectacular run of the first crop of Sportswriter continued on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack as his daughters won all three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series divisions for two-year-old pacing fillies. Southwind Mischief kicked things off in race two, rallying off a third-over trip to prevail by half a length in 1:54, which

As the Ontario Sires Stakes celebrates its 40th anniversary, we continue to develop additional means for fans and participants to follow the achievements of the talented colts and fillies in the provincial Program. Our new Facebook page features news before and after each OSS contest, along with quality photos from Ontario track photographers of the