Jitterbug and P L Hercules overcame the sloppy racing conditions tonight at Mohawk to capture their respective $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old trotting colts. In the first division it last year's leading money winner among this group, Muscle Matters, making his first 2014 start, who grabbed early control for Mario Baillargeon and

Joe Hudon, Canada's O'Brien Award winner as Horseman of the Year two decades ago, showed he still has the touch tonight at Mohawk, winning the second and fastest of two $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies with a filly he trains, owns and bred. In that division longshot Jokes Jet was

Last year Chris Christoforou schooled the young trotting colt Ole Jack Magic for trainer Jerry Duford and owner/breeder Joanne Wray and when he stepped off the bike he told the pair "I think you guys have another good one." Longtime partners Wray and Duford of Campbellville, Ontario, have campaigned several good trotters over the years

When the three-year-old pacing fillies kick off their 2014 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold season on Monday night at Mohawk, one sire is predominant among the two $105,000 divisions. Shadow Play is the sire of seven of the elite fillies, which isn't surprising considering he absolutely dominated this division last year with his starters earning a

It certainly proved a worthwhile trip from Bowmanville to Mohawk Racetrack tonight for trainer/owner Dave Snowden. He had a pair of his homebred filies competing in two of the seven $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies and they finished first and second in their respective events, the first of the season

Long time horseman Dave Snowden of Bowmanville, Ontario, has a pair of fillies entered into the first Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots event for three-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk this Thursday. What makes his entry unusual is the fact that not only did he breed both Kiss Me Or Not and An Angel Shes Not, he

The combination of owner Kjell Andersen of Norway, trainer Dave Menary and driver James MacDonald are on a roll. Last night their Muscle Babe was a dominant winner in her Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division at Mohawk, winning by more than five lengths in 1:53.3. Tonight her stablemate Quadrophenia was just as impressive in the

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ontario . . . The three-year-old trotting fillies were in the spotlight tonight at Mohawk Racetrack in two $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions captured by Muscle Babe and a distinctive looking filly with a white blaze on her face named White Becomes Her. The second and fastest division saw last year's leader in

With more than $200 million in purses won and 9,267 wins to date in his career, Ron Pierce is one of the elite drivers in harness racing. He's won virtually all the major stakes races multiple times and was inducted in the Living Hall of Fame in 2005. Based in New Jersey, Pierce makes forays

On the night prior to the $1 million North America Cup, the three-year-old colt and gelding pacers of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Division got a chance in the spotlight at Mohawk Racetrack, competing over the seven-eighths mile oval in eight $18,000 events. The fastest of the eight contests was the fourth division, which went