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2021-10-03T23:19:41-04:00October 3, 2021|

Records fall along with the rain at Flamboro Downs

Flamboro Downs fans were treated to Gold Series action for both the two-year-old trotting colts and pacing colts on Sunday, Oct. 3 and, in spite of thick fog and heavy rain, the track records for both divisions had been rewritten by the night’s end. Twin B Archie and driver James MacDonald kicked off the speed

2021-10-02T23:10:08-04:00October 2, 2021|

Prohibition Legal still flawless in Gold Series action

Prohibition Legal maintained her perfect record in Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series action with an impressive victory in the lone $157,200 two-year-old pacing filly division at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday, Oct. 2. Starting from Post 3, driver James MacDonald settled Prohibition Legal in fifth, tucked in behind stablemate Silver Label, as I Love Ongait

2021-10-02T01:34:48-04:00October 2, 2021|

Favourites were on form in sophomore Grassroots Semi-Finals

Woodbine Mohawk Park turned the spotlight onto the top three-year-olds in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots program on Friday, Oct. 1, with the trotters and pacers battling for a top five finish in eight $20,000 Semi-Finals. Three-year-old filly trot Midnight Miracle kicked things off in the first three-year-old trotting filly Semi-Final, doing most of the

2021-10-01T00:38:34-04:00October 1, 2021|

Two-year-olds turn in sharp miles in Grassroots Semi-Finals

The curtain went up on the Ontario Sires Stakes post season Thursday evening, as the top two-year-old trotters and pacers from the Grassroots program gathered at Woodbine Mohawk Park for eight $20,000 Semi-Finals. Two-year-old filly trot Favourite Lovin Julie made an impressive recovery from an error behind the starting gate to take the first two-year-old

2021-09-30T09:03:21-04:00September 30, 2021|

Jamieson and Lee hoping their charges are in peak condition Friday

On Friday, Oct. 1 the top three-year-old Grassroots horses will square off in eight $20,000 Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and trainers Carl Jamieson and Brian Lee are hoping their horses can advance out of the Ontario Sires Stakes program’s toughest divisions. Jamieson will send No Plan Intended out from Post 7 in the

2021-09-28T23:53:59-04:00September 28, 2021|

You Will Be Queen gives Tyler Jones his first Gold win

You Will Be Queen scored her first win of 2021 and driver Tyler Jones got his first-ever Gold Series win in the last regular season event on the three-year-old trotting filly calendar Tuesday night (Sept. 28) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The pair started from Post 6 in the field of seven top trotting fillies and

2021-09-28T16:33:16-04:00September 28, 2021|

Fillies overcame early hiccups to become Grassroots Semi-Finalists

It has been six years since Ken Sucee raced a horse in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, so the Oshawa, ON resident was delighted when two-year-old trotting filly Portofino won her last Grassroots start and qualified for Thursday’s (Sept. 30) Semi-Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park. “I am looking forward to just racing,” said Sucee. “I

2021-09-27T19:03:40-04:00September 27, 2021|

Nomination deadline approaching for Autumn and Harvest Series

Late bloomers, horses light on luck and those who came up short of expectations all have a chance to put a little money in the bank in the annual Autumn and Harvest Series’ at Ontario racetracks this fall. For Ontario Sired two and three-year-olds, the Autumn Series is for non-winners of $10,000 lifetime as of

2021-09-26T01:03:06-04:00September 26, 2021|

Powertrain triumphs in Gold Series showdown

Two and a half months after he debuted on the Ontario Sires Stakes circuit with an impressive win at the Grassroots level, three-year-old pacing gelding Powertrain added a Gold Series win to his resume on a star-studded Saturday night of racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park. With regular reinsman Sylvain Filion of Milton in the race

2021-09-25T01:47:11-04:00September 25, 2021|

Prospect Series finalists put on a show in Elora

From photo finishes to commanding displays of talent to glimmers of future stardom, Friday’s Prospect Series Finals at Grand River Raceway gave fans a full eight-race serving of excitement. The Elora oval’s leading driver, Colin Kelly, captured two of the $15,000 Finals, guiding three-year-old pacing filly Always Watching to a commanding 1:54.1 victory and getting