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Sandra2023-02-16T17:04:52-05:00February 16, 2023|
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
Ajaz Firdous2022-12-05T09:27:54-05:00December 5, 2022|
Story by Heather MacKay
The iconic trotter Goodtimes, who had an indelible impact on the sport of harness racing, has been laid to rest. He was 31. One of the most talented Standardbreds ever produced in Canada, the son of Balanced Image from the Dream Of Glory mare Goodtime Kathy, was bred by Charles Armstrong and Gus Schickedanz and
Ajaz Firdous2022-11-29T10:20:48-05:00November 28, 2022|
MILTON, November 28, 2022 – Woodbine Entertainment and Ontario Racing today announced a retirement ceremony for Bulldog Hanover, the World’s Fastest Standardbred, will be held this Saturday (December 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. As part of Saturday’s festivities, racing fans will have the great opportunity to take a photo with Bulldog Hanover starting at 6
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-26T15:56:19-04:00October 26, 2022|
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MILTON, October 26, 2022 – In over 40 years training standardbreds, John Bax has seen a lot. So, it carries weight when he calls a moment as surreal. Surreal is how the Campbellville resident described winning the 2001 Breeders Crown for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings with Duke Of York, a feat he’s looking to
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-20T15:51:03-04:00October 19, 2022|
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MILTON, October 19, 2022 – The Breeders Crown, harness racing’s season ending championships are returning to Woodbine Mohawk, with $6.7 USD in purse money across 12 divisions on October 28 and 29. The action gets underway this weekend with eliminations on October 21 and 22 for eight of the 12 divisions. 17 Ontario Sired competitors
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-17T13:00:50-04:00October 15, 2022|
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MILTON, October 15, 2022 – Standardbred owner Dan Walker of Cold Creek Standardbred in Grafton got a phone call from his trainer, Murray Brethour of Sunderland, about a week after sending Brethour one of the farm's homebreds in the late fall of 2020. On Saturday night Walker remembered, “Murray calls me and says, “You know
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-15T23:37:00-04:00October 15, 2022|
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MILTON, October 15, 2022 – Stockade Seelster stamped himself as one of the best two-year-old pacing colts in the history of the Ontario Sires Stakes with another impressive performance in tonight’s $225,000 Gold Super Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Jody Jamieson had the son of State Treasurer away third in the early going and watched
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-15T23:33:07-04:00October 15, 2022|
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MILTON, October 15, 2022 – Safe Conduct, close in many of his recent Ontario Sire Stakes contests put it all together at exactly the right moment, closing strongly to win the $225,000 Ontario Sire Stakes Super Final for his three-year-old trotting males group at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday. The gelded son of Archangel, starting
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-15T22:49:25-04:00October 15, 2022|
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MILTON, October 15, 2022 – The third race of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Final saw the series finale’s second straight upset winner, with Mischievous Rose besting the heavily favoured Adare Castle. The three-year-old trotting fillies finale came down to the wire, with the victor pulling ahead of the odds-on favourite in deep stretch.
Ajaz Firdous2022-10-16T00:14:56-04:00October 15, 2022|
Story by Charlie PinkertonPhotos by New Image Media
MILTON, October 15, 2022 - A showdown of stablemates in the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Final for three-year-old pacing fillies saw the favourite bested by another for the first time. In the fifth Super Final race on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, Silver Label used a strong final quarter to pick surge to
