Pilgrims Joy trotted to his second straight Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots victory in the sixth and final $18,000 division for two-year-old trotting colts tonight at Mohawk. The Pilgrims Taj colt was sent off as the favourite in his event which saw Muscles All Over set the tempo of :29.2, 1:01.1 and 1:31.2. James MacDonald had

Alacrity and Luck O The Irish each picked an opportune time to score their first lifetime win as they both captured an $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division for two-year-old trotting colts tonight at Mohawk. In the first and fastest division it was Win The Day hitting the first quarter in :28.2. Eddie Green sent

A pair of $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series events for three-year-old pacing fillies were staged on Monday night (August 4) at Mohawk Racetrack, and Skippin By and My Secret Belle were victorious. A Filly Affair (Sylvain Filion) was in the lead at the :26.2 opening quarter in the first division, but 1-5 favourite Lady

Three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old pacing colts were part of the Battle of Waterloo undercard today at Grand River Raceway and the boys put on a show for the crowd including establishing a track record. In the first test, reduced to five with the scratch of Boomboom Ballykeel, there was some

Doug McNair captured two of the four $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions for three-year-old filly pacers this afternoon at Clinton Raceway. One of his victories was for his father Gregg, the other for trainer Tony O'Sullivan. Doug started off the afternoon winning the first division. He sent Born To Dream directly to the top

Coming into Sunday (August 3) evening's program at Hanover Raceway, the track record for a three-year-old pacing gelding was 1:55.1, established by Bandexter on July 17, 2010. Well, after the five $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots dashes that took place over the half-mile oval, the mark had been lowered to 1:53.4, and it belonged to

Guelph, Ontario based trainer Dr. Ian Moore won't have much time to relax this holiday long weekend as he has horses racing in stakes events across Ontario and beyond. Today at the Meadowlands, on the famed Hambletonian Day, Moore starts his star free for all performer State Treasurer in the $257,700 US Pacing Championship (race

Anyone who enjoys watching harness racing will be in heaven this weekend. The Meadowlands is hosting the always outstanding Hambletonian day tomorrow while two Ontario racetracks, Hanover and Grand River, will showcase their signature races with talent laden cards over the following two days. Hanover's Dream Of Glory final headlines their Sunday evening program while

Lori Ferguson, a Standardbred breeder from Woodville, Ontario, puts a great deal of thought into the names she selects for her colts and fillies. Her most recognizable moniker to date is Billyjojimbob, whose name came from the closing sequence of the television show The Waltons. Billyjojimbob would go on to become one of the most

Heading into tonight's Ontario Sires Stakes event for two-year-old trotting fillies at Mohawk, the leading trainers to date in the 2014 OSS were Gregg McNair, Bob McIntosh and John Bax and each stable added to their points with at least one victory in one of the seven $18,000 tests with Bax grabbing a double. McNair,