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ELORA, September 27, 2023 – Ontario’s top Prospect Series competitors wrote their names into the Grand River Raceway history books on Wednesday, September 27 as part of the final card of half-mile racing hosted by the Elora racetrack. When racing returns to Grand River Raceway next spring, it will be over a newly constructed five-eighths mile

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ELORA, September 26, 2023 – Grand River Raceway will roll out the red carpet for the province’s top Prospect Series competitors this Wednesday, with eight $15,000 finals highlighting the 6:30 p.m. program. Fergus, ON resident Bruce Richardson will steer four Prospect Series finalists and is optimistic about the chances of claiming a championship title. “I

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MILTON, September 22, 2023 – Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) three-year-olds took centre stage at Woodbine Mohawk Park for the Grassroots Semi-Finals. Each Semi-Final has a purse of $20,000, beginning with three-year-old trotting fillies in race one, and ending with three-year-old pacing colts and geldings in race eleven, for a total of eight races. Grassroots Semi-Final:

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MILTON, September 21, 2023 – Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) two-year-olds took centre stage at Woodbine Mohawk Park for the Grassroots Semi-Finals. Each Semi-Final has a purse of $20,000, beginning with two-year-old trotting fillies in race one, and ending with three-year-old pacing colts and geldings in race ten, for a total of eight races. Grassroots Semi-Final:

ELORA, September 20, 2023 – The Prospect Series Finals are set to take place next Wednesday, September 27 at Grand River Raceway, post time is 6:30 p.m. As of today, the final standings have been posted to the Ontario Sires Stakes website and can be found here. To be eligible to compete, horses must have

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MILTON, September 19, 2023 – The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots Semi-Finals is Thursday, September 21 at Woodbine Mohawk Park as a part of the special RCMP Musical Ride performance. Thursday’s event will get underway with an earlier post time of 5:35 p.m. The two-year-old Semi-Finals will be featured in races one, three, four, fix,

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MILTON, September 5, 2023 – Griff won the fourth race tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a $103,100 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold division for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Bob McClure kept Griff (Muscle Mass) off the pace set by leader Elegant Resolve (Resolve) out of post eight through fractions 27.2, 57.1, and 1:26, and

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MILTON – Willys Home Run continued her dominance over the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) this season with an eye-popping score in the second of two $103,000-plus Gold divisions for two-year-old trotting fillies tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The daughter of Archangel was made a 1-5 favourite by the betting public in race six, despite drawing the

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MILTON, September 1, 2023 – Stockade Seelster won the fifth race tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a $158,100 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold division for three-year-old pacing colts & geldings. Jody Jamieson kept Stockade Seelster (State Treasurer) off the pace set by leader Moment Is Here (All Bets Off) and driver James MacDonald, through fractions

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LONDON, August 28, 2023 - The second edition of the London Classic Yearling Sale (LCYS) is less than two months away and fans can now visit the sale website for a comprehensive look at the complete lineup which numbers close to 300 entries. This marks a substantial jump from the 186 yearlings that sold in 2022.