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Ajaz Firdous2023-05-09T12:23:19-04:00May 9, 2023|
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The inaugural Ontario Sired Graduate Series wrapped up in exciting fashion on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The new series for Ontario Sired four-year-olds featured three $80,000-plus finals that headlined Saturday’s 12-race program. The series finales came on the heels of three preliminary legs for each event. Ontario sired superstar Adare Castle completed the
Ajaz Firdous2023-04-13T16:01:18-04:00April 13, 2023|
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MILTON, April 13, 2023 – Some of Ontario’s brightest stars will begin their four-year-old campaigns in this weekend’s first leg of the Ontario Sired Graduate Series. The new Ontario Graduate Series for four-year-olds offers an event for Pacers, Mare Pacers and Trotters. Each event will consist of three $25,000 preliminary legs and a $75,000 added
Ajaz Firdous2023-03-23T14:57:26-04:00March 23, 2023|
TORONTO, MARCH 23, 2023 - It might not feel like it, but according to the calendar spring started this week, and that means stakes season is right around the corner. With that in mind, we checked in with last year’s Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final winners to see how they are preparing for their
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|
Story by Heather MacKay RobertsPhotos by New Image Media
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
