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MILTON, September 10, 2022 – Not many trainers want a dead head but that’s what Nick Gallucci was hoping for it at the conclusion of the single Simcoe Stakes division for three-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Silver Label and Velvet Stinger, both trained by Gallucci, finished inches apart at the wire.

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DUNDAS, September 4 – Louis-Philippe Roy scored a driving double tonight as the province’s top freshman trotters clashed in four $100,000-plus Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions at Flamboro Downs. The nine race card featured two divisions for colts and geldings, and two divisions for fillies. Roy swept the male half of the OSS quartet. Race five

MILTON, September 3, 2022 – World-record holder Bulldog Hanover lived up to his reputation and 1-9 odds in yet another head-turning triumph, this one coming in Saturday’s $650,000 Canadian Pacing Derby at Woodbine Mohawk Park. On a night when the first 1,000 fans in attendance received a free t-shirt bearing his likeness, Bulldog Hanover fashioned

Story by Austin Stanton
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MILTON - The horse racing industry creates more than 25,000 jobs in Ontario, and a common theme for thousands of people who work in racing is that it’s a family business. Natasha Steacy is a perfect example. Her grandfather, the late well-known horseperson Florian Rivest, got her into the business. Now she’s married to leading

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MILTON, September 3 – Stockade Seelster’s undefeated two-year-old campaign continued in style tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with the State Treasurer colt pacing the fastest mile in Ontario Sires Stakes history by a freshman. Stockade Seelster left well from the outside post in the six-horse field, and Jody Jamieson piloted him to the front through

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MILTON, September 2 – It’s been a busy week for trainer Nick Gallucci. He swept the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions on Sunday at Rideau Carleton Raceway, and tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park won one of two OSS Gold divisions for freshman pacing fillies. In between those wins, he became a dad for the first

In horse racing there is a lot you can’t control that has an impact on your success. A trip doesn’t go your way, equipment can malfunction, and a host of other factors. One thing you can control that has a direct impact on a horses success is its day-to-day care. In Chantal Mitchell’s barn, Tami

Story by Austin Stanton
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PUSLINCH, August 29 - The burden of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care workers is difficult to understand for those not directly affected. For Nicole Bourgeois-Stocker, it was her everyday reality. So, after two years on the front lines, she returned to her first love, working with standardbreds. At mid-morning on a beautiful Tuesday in

OTTAWA, August 28 – Driver James MacDonald, trainer Nick Gallucci, and owner George Millar won both $101,300 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies tonight at Rideau Carleton Raceway in polar opposite fashions. The first with a longshot from off the pace, and the second a favourite from out front.  In race six Velvet

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MILTON, August 26, 2022 – Familiar faces were back in the winner’s circle in Friday evening’s Ontario Sires Stakes Gold leg for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Stonebridge Helios picked up his third Gold win of the year, while Kolby Two Step grabbed his second in Friday’s fourth leg of the