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2021-03-11T12:46:05-05:00March 4, 2021|

Stallion Spotlight: Sunfire Blue Chip

Sunfire Blue Chip (American Ideal x Shot Togo Bluechip) — Mark Hall/USTA photo   Highlights: • Sunfire Blue Chip hails from one of the most sought-after families in the sport. Sunfire Blue Chip is a full brother to $1.7 million Breeders Crown winner Heston Blue Chip, p,3, 1:48f (stands in PA for $6,000 US) •

2021-03-04T11:40:38-05:00March 1, 2021|

Stallion Spotlight: Trixton

Trixton (Muscle Hill x Emilie Cas El) — Larry Cohen photo   Highlights: • Was a $360,000 Lexington Selected Sale yearling • Dam is O'Brien Award winner Emilie Cas El, 3, 1:57.1f ($454,688), who is a full-sister to Andover Hall, Angus Hall and Conway Hall • Half-brother to Impressive Kemp, 3, 1:54.3 ($501,074) • Half-brother

2021-03-03T13:25:53-05:00February 17, 2021|

Second Prospect Series season gets under way May 22

Ontario Racing, in cooperation with participating Ontario racetracks, is pleased to announce the Prospect Series for Ontario Sired two and three-year-olds will return for a second year in 2021. The 2021 season will open on Saturday, May 22 at Hiawatha Horse Park with the three-year-old pacing colts. Competing at Grassroots and Signature racetracks across the

2022-02-04T15:36:36-05:00February 12, 2021|

2021 OSS schedule has been released

  The 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes schedule (as of Jan. 29, 2021) has been released. Click here for the complete schedule listed by division.

2021-02-12T16:01:32-05:00February 12, 2021|

OSS season opens May 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park

The forty-eighth Ontario Sires Stakes season will kick off on Saturday, May 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park with the Gold Series opener for the talented three-year-old pacing colts. The event will renew the rivalry between freshman Super Final champion Bulldog Hanover, division point leader Desperate Man and O’Brien Award winner Lawless Shadow. “I’m looking forward

2022-02-04T15:34:59-05:00January 26, 2021|

OSS sustaining payment deadlines extended

In response to the current suspension of live Standardbred racing due to the provincial stay-at-home order, Ontario Racing has announced that 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes sustaining payment deadlines for both two and three-year-olds will be extended by one month. The deadline to sustain three-year-olds (foals of 2018) to the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program

2021-01-15T17:25:18-05:00January 15, 2021|

Stallion registration deadline extended

Due the challenges resulting from COVID-19, the deadline for enrolling stallions in the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes program is being extended to Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. To avoid late fees, registrations (forms and payment) must be postmarked by Jan. 22. Alternately, forms can be emailed to ossprogram@ontarioracing.com or faxed to 416-477-5499 with corresponding payments made

2020-10-27T16:16:36-04:00October 27, 2020|

First Johnston Cup title for trainer Shawn Steacy

Last fall Shawn Steacy capped off his first season as head trainer of the Steacy family’s harness racing operation with a runner-up finish in the Johnston Cup point standings, 15 points behind four-time winner Gregg McNair. This season the Brantford, ON resident turned the tables on McNair, holding a narrow lead through the postseason to

2020-10-18T04:38:00-04:00October 18, 2020|

Super Final Night 2020 one for the record books

Super Final Night 2020 delivered a spectacular finale to the Ontario Sires Stakes season at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday, Oct. 17, complete with a dead heat, photo finishes, thrilling stretch duels and impressive individual performances. Pemberton claimed the three-year-old trotting colt title with a commanding three and three-quarter length victory in the seventh of

2020-10-16T15:56:27-04:00October 16, 2020|

McIntosh and Jamieson hoping for more Super Final luck Saturday

Bob McIntosh started his first horse in the Ontario Sires Stakes program in 1983 and has won a total of 11 Super Finals since they were introduced in 2000. On Saturday, Oct. 17 at Woodbine Mohawk Park the Hall of Fame horseman will be looking to make it an even dozen when he sends out