2024-05-07T14:46:59-04:00May 7, 2024|

OSS to celebrate 50th anniversary with cross-province tour

MILTON, MAY 7, 2024 - As the Ontario Sires Stakes enters its 50th season, its golden anniversary will be celebrated at 11 Standardbred tracks across Ontario. On select dates, tracks will hold special OSS 50th Anniversary Celebration days, where fans will be able to watch OSS Gold or Grassroots races, view memorabilia from seasons past,

2024-04-22T16:30:06-04:00April 22, 2024|

Reminder: Yearling Nomination Deadline due May 15

The yearling nomination deadline for the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program is May 15, 2024. Please submit your nomination payment through the OSS online payment form by midnight on May 15, 2024, or by mail postdated no later than May 15, 2024. The fee is $100 ($80 USD) and nominates foals of 2023 to race

2024-03-13T15:39:35-04:00March 13, 2024|

Reminder: Two-Year Old Sustaining Payment due Mar. 15

This is a reminder that if you would like to sustain a two-year old, it must have been nominated to OSS#52 as a yearling. And if you intend to race this two-year-old in the OSS in 2024, a sustaining payment in the amount of $600 CDN ($475 USD) must be received in the OSS office

2024-02-12T13:23:36-05:00February 12, 2024|

Reminder: Three-Year Old Sustaining Payment due Feb. 15

This is a reminder that if you would like to sustain a three-year old, it must have been nominated to OSS#51 as a yearling. And if you intend to race this three-year-old in the OSS in 2024, a sustaining payment in the amount of $800 CDN ($630 USD) must be received in the OSS office

2024-02-02T10:08:19-05:00February 2, 2024|

OSS 50th Anniversary Season kicks off May 19

The Ontario Sires Stakes program will open its 50th anniversary season on Sunday, May 19 with the three-year-old trotting colts squaring off in Grassroots action on the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup program at Flamboro Downs. Later that week Woodbine Mohawk Park will host the Gold Series opener with a star-studded Saturday, May 25 card that

2024-02-02T10:56:45-05:00January 30, 2024|

Reminder: Yearlings must be registered before nomination

The Ontario Sires Stakes program coordinator would like to remind all participants who are planning to nominate their OSS eligible yearlings in May that all yearlings must be registered at time of nomination and Standardbred Canada requires that the DNA and microchipping be completed before the foal is registered. OSS Yearling Nomination deadline is May

2024-02-02T10:55:10-05:00January 12, 2024|

Willys Home Run was a great success story both on and off the track

By Steven Loung/Ontario Racing TORONTO, Janurary 12, 2024 - Willys Home Run was one of the breakout success stories of the 2023 OSS season, capturing five Gold Series victories in her debut season. The ease with which the brown filly won made it seem as if she was born to race. Only, that wasn’t the initial

2024-01-11T11:16:47-05:00January 11, 2024|

Deadline to register Ontario Sire to stand stud due Jan. 15

The deadline to register an Ontario Sire to stand stud in Ontario for the 2024 breeding season without a penalty is due Jan. 15. Applications to register a stallion received by the Program after Jan. 15 will be subject to payment of a Late Registration Fee ($500). A stallion is ineligible for registration as a

2023-12-21T11:59:03-05:00December 6, 2023|

2024 Stallion Registration now open

The Ontario Sires Stakes 2024 Stallion Registration form and online payment option is now open. Registration for all stallions wishing to stand stud in Ontario for the 2024 season must be received by the OSS Program Coordinator by January 15, 2024. Applications to register a stallion received by the Program after January 15 will be

2023-10-15T00:33:17-04:00October 15, 2023|

Moment Is Here Arrives in OSS Gold Series Super Final

MILTON, October 14, 2023 – Homebred Moment Is Here rebounded from a sixth-place effort his last time out to capture the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Super Final for sophomore pacing colts Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Steered by Tim Tetrick, the gelded son of All Bets Off-Breathtacular outkicked favored Stockade Seelster and held