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2025-05-06T16:35:57-04:00May 6, 2025|

Mail nominations early to avoid postal interruption!

The Ontario Sires Stakes office would like to encourage owners and breeders to submit their yearling nomination payment well before the May 15, 2025 deadline. With current collective agreements between Canada Post and CUPW expiring on May 22, 2025, the potential for a strike exists. Mailing your yearling nomination payment in advance of the deadline

2025-02-04T14:55:17-05:00February 4, 2025|

Grassroots purses to increase 24 per cent in 2025

To kick off its second half century, the Ontario Sires Stakes program will expand to six Grassroots Series opportunities in 2025 with purses for each division increasing to $25,000. Fuelled through a partnership with the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) and Woodbine Mohawk Park, the change will see overall purses at the Grassroots level increase

2025-02-03T15:49:22-05:00February 3, 2025|

Three-year-old Sustaining Payment due Feb. 18

Three-year-olds nominated to the Ontario Sires Stakes program (OSS52) as yearlings and intending to race in the Gold, Grassroots or Prospect Series in 2025 must be sustained to the program by Feb. 18, 2025. The three-year-old sustaining fee is $800 ($600 USD) and can be paid through the OSS online payment portal, via the Standardbred

2024-10-07T10:19:52-04:00June 10, 2024|

Final Prospect Series Point Standings

Click the links below to view the 2024 Prospect Series point standings through October 7. • TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY PACE • TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT PACE • TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY TROT • TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT TROT • THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT PACE • THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY PACE • THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT TROT • THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY TROT

2024-02-02T10:55:10-05:00January 12, 2024|

Willys Home Run was a great success story both on and off the track

By Steven Loung/Ontario Racing TORONTO, Janurary 12, 2024 - Willys Home Run was one of the breakout success stories of the 2023 OSS season, capturing five Gold Series victories in her debut season. The ease with which the brown filly won made it seem as if she was born to race. Only, that wasn’t the initial

2024-01-11T11:16:47-05:00January 11, 2024|

Deadline to register Ontario Sire to stand stud due Jan. 15

The deadline to register an Ontario Sire to stand stud in Ontario for the 2024 breeding season without a penalty is due Jan. 15. Applications to register a stallion received by the Program after Jan. 15 will be subject to payment of a Late Registration Fee ($500). A stallion is ineligible for registration as a

2023-02-16T17:04:52-05:00February 16, 2023|

2023 Ontario Sires Stakes schedule released

Ontario harness racing fans will ring in the summer stakes season with a double dose of Ontario Sires Stakes and Prospect Series action on the Victoria Day weekend. Flamboro Downs will host all four of the three-year-old Prospect Series divisions on Saturday, May 20 and then welcome the three-year-old trotting colts for the Grassroots season

2022-10-06T23:51:51-04:00October 6, 2022|

Familiar and fresh faces find success in filly finales

The 2022 Ontario Sires Stakes regular season wrapped up with a flourish of fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday night, as the three-year-old trotting lasses and two-year-old pacing fillies squared off in a pair of $159,000 Gold Series Legs. The trotting fillies kicked things off in the fifth race, and Adare Castle did what

2022-08-23T13:11:59-04:00August 23, 2022|

‘No Contest’ Grassroots division will go Aug. 26

The third division of the three-year-old trotting colt and gelding Grassroots Leg at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday, Aug. 22 was ruled a ‘No Contest’ when Feel The Force and driver Trevor Henry parted company just after the start. To ensure the participants involved are able to compete for the full $22,600 Ontario Sires Stakes

2022-08-19T23:36:07-04:00August 19, 2022|

Stockade Seelster remains the freshman pacing colt king

Stockade Seelster stretched his flawless streak to five with an effortless win in the sole $158,100 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series division at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night. The son of State Treasurer was sharp off the gate, leading the field of eight two-year-old pacing colts and geldings to a :26.3 opening quarter. Driver