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Dave Briggs2026-06-22T11:20:51-04:00June 22, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by New Image Media
Strobe Lite turned the tables on Touchedbyanangel with a 1:52.2 career-best mile in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 event for male sophomore trotters on Sunday night (June 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Touchedbyanangel (Doug McNair), the winner of the $140,000 Leg 1 Gold event on May 24 at Mohawk,
Dave Briggs2026-06-20T22:03:56-04:00June 20, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by New Image Media
Bingo Night and Th Trix R Forkids each recorded lifetime-best victories winning their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 divisions on Saturday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division (race 4), favoured Bingo Night (above) won her 2026 OSS debut in convincing fashion, posting a four-length victory over
Dave Briggs2026-06-11T12:41:11-04:00June 11, 2026|
Story by Dave Briggs
For more than 50 years, the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program has produced world class horses and that excellence continues on Saturday (June 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park when 15 Ontario-sired horses, including five O’Brien Award winners, will do battle in five stakes totaling just under $2.2 million in purses. Three of the 10 finalists
Dave Briggs2026-05-24T22:05:41-04:00May 24, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by New Image Media
Blue Jean Gal and HP Crystaline were victorious on Sunday (May 24) in their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions for sophomore trotting fillies on an extremely foggy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division, in her Gold Series debut, 1-5 favourite Blue Jean Gal (above) posted a 1:54.2 lifetime-best
Dave Briggs2026-05-24T21:02:12-04:00May 24, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by New Image Media
Touchedbyanangel’s second career Ontario Sires Stakes victory was an impressive one. The gelding overcame Post 10 and a late charge from 2025 O’Brien Award winner and Super Final champ Strobe Lite to post a lifetime-best 1:53 victory in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series division for sophomore trotting colts in the fog
Dave Briggs2026-05-23T22:30:24-04:00May 23, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by New Image Media
A Clean Deal and Daya were victorious on Saturday (May 23) in the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions for sophomore pacing fillies on a cold, rainy and windy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Both divisions featured six-horse fields. In the first division (Race 2), Doug McNair piloted overwhelming 1-9 favourite A
Dave Briggs2026-05-23T22:06:56-04:00May 23, 2026|
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Beau Jangles pushed his career unbeaten streak to 15 with a dominant 1:50.3 victory on Saturday (May 23) in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series division for sophomore pacing colts on a cold, wet and windy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Sent off at 1-9 in a field of eight with show
Dave Briggs2026-04-17T15:30:02-04:00April 17, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by Dave Landry
The complete 2026 schedule for the $15 million Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program has now been released and is available on the OSS website here. This year, the $2.4 million OSS Super Finals ($300,000 for each of the eight divisions) will be held on one night (Saturday, Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In 2025,
Dave Briggs2026-02-23T10:18:06-05:00February 23, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by Claus Andersen
That Beau Jangles stood astride North America in 2025 was far from a lock despite the fact he has never tasted defeat. He has also never raced in the United States and is now the first horse in history to be named the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) Dan Patch Horse of the Year (HOY)
Dave Briggs2026-02-19T11:23:00-05:00February 19, 2026|
Story by Dave BriggsPhotos by Dave Landry
There are multiple reasons Ontario’s harness racing industry should celebrate the fact Bill O’Donnell permanently deferred his spot in electricians’ school as a young man – not the least of which is the fact he is still alive. “Knowing myself, I would have been dead long ago,” O’Donnell said, laughing. “I would have fried myself
