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Story by Debbie Little for Ontario Racing
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Simply The Best was just that, scoring an easy victory in the $75,000 Ontario Sire Stakes (OSS) Grassroots 3-Year-Old Filly Pace final on Saturday night (Sept. 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driver J.R. Plante left from post 5 in the 10-horse field and settled the Eric Nadeau-trained Simply The Best into the 3-hole as Macapelo

Story by Chris Lomon for Ontario Racing
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Foxy Amee was at the top of her game in the $75,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots Final for Three-Year-Old Trotting Fillies on Saturday night (Sept. 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The bay daughter of Muscle Mass out of the E L Titan mare Highland Foxytrotr arrived at her championship engagement off a narrow neck

Story by James Witherite for Ontario Racing
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After chasing for third-place finishes in her two most recent Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots events, No Better Air established close early position and lifted late to seal a lifetime-best 1:53 victory in Saturday's (Sept. 27) $75,000 Grassroots Final for 2-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driver Trevor Henry put No Better Air in

Story by Chris Lomon for Ontario Racing
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Blue Jean Gal glided home with the greatest of ease to take the $75,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots Final for 2-Year-Old Trotting Fillies on Saturday night (Sept. 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The curtain-raising performance of the evening’s stakes-laden OSS Grassroots action was certainly worthy of headliner status. It was Blue Rare who swept to the

Story by Dave Briggs
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Eight $25,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots Consolation events were held over two nights at Woodbine Mohawk Park — the 2-year-old events on Thursday (Sept. 25) and the races for 3-year-olds on Friday (Sept. 26). On Friday, Doug McNair drove the winners of the first three Consolations. Favourite Tall Dark Lady (above) kicked off the

Story by Dave Briggs
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With the battle won and his perfect record intact through eight starts, Beau Jangles towered over the Woodbine Mohawk Park winner’s circle late on Saturday night (Sept. 20) – ears sharp, a crisp white Metro Pace blanket covering him like the satin robes of a boxer post-fight. The precocious manchild of a horse surveyed his

Story by Dave Briggs
Photos by Tiffany Chantel Photography

Flowing Tribute (above) set a 1:55.2 track record and HP Crystaline broke her maiden in their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 4 events for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Wednesday (Sept. 3) at Grand River Raceway. Flowing Tribute’s record mile came in the second division with Bob McClure at the reins. Sent off

Story by Dave Briggs
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Fifth And Five (above) and Allstar Maniac were the respective winners of the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 4 events for 3-year-old pacing colts on Saturday (Aug. 30) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first Gold event, Fifth And Five won his sixth straight race, posting a 1:50.3 victory that was one

Story by Dave Briggs
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Freshman pacing colt Beau Jangles is now unbeaten through six career starts after posting his fourth Ontario Sires Stakes Gold victory of the year on Friday (Aug. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The son of Cattlewash out of Mrs Major Hill won the $140,000 Leg 4 event in 1:51. It wasn’t an easy trip against