2022-09-30T22:01:32-04:00September 30, 2022|

Sauble Amber Repeats in Prospect Series Finals at The Raceway

LONDON, September 30 – Sauble Amber went off as a 1-9 favorite in her quest to repeat as Prospect Series Champion, and the three-year-old pacing filly did not disappoint her backers, cruising to victory in 1:58.0 to win one of eight $15,000 Prospect Series Finals at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. The daughter

2022-10-01T19:18:14-04:00September 29, 2022|

Team Hensley Looking For Homebred Glory in Grassroots Championship

MILTON, September 29 – Merriam Webster dictionary defines homebred as “produced at home”. In racing, when a breeder produces and races a homebred, success with that horse means just a little bit more. Trainer Ashleigh Hensley, and her husband Ed, decided to breed their retired racemare Escuela to Archangel in 2019 and produce their first

2022-09-29T11:58:12-04:00September 29, 2022|

$120,000 Prospect Series Finals Set for Friday Night at The Raceway at the Western Fair District

LONDON, September 29 – Ontario Racing’s Prospect Series Finals are set to go Friday at The Raceway at the Western Fair District, on the opening night of the 2022-23 racing calendar. Each Prospect Series Final has a purse of $15,000, beginning with two-year-old pacing fillies in race three, and ending with three-year-old pacing colts and geldings

2022-09-28T18:21:08-04:00September 29, 2022|

McNair Looking to Close Out Gold Season Strong

MILTON, September 29 – Trainer Gregg McNair finds himself in a familiar position as the Ontario Sires Stakes season draws to a close, near the top of the Johnston Cup standings, and with colts in his stable primed to make a run at Super Final glory. Two of the Guelph, Ont. resident’s colts, Stonebridge Helios

2022-09-28T15:59:02-04:00September 28, 2022|

Ontario Sired Harvest and Autumn Series Nominations Close Saturday October 1

MILTON, September 28 – Nominations for the Ontario Sired Harvest Series, and the Ontario Sired Autumn Series close Saturday, October 1. The Ontario Sired Harvest Series will have two $17,000 legs and a $40,000 added money final. If there are multiple divisions of the legs, each division will race for 100 per cent of the

2022-09-27T09:54:25-04:00September 26, 2022|

Millar Farms Homebreds Continue to Dominate Sophomore Pacing Filly Division

MILTON, September 26 – Saying that the 2019 Millar Farms foal crop produced superb pacing fillies is like saying Andre the Giant was a big guy, or the Mariana Trench is deep. Tonight, at Woodbine Mohawk Park the Stouffville, Ont., farm’s homebreds continued to prove the class of the division, with Velvet Stinger and Prohibition

2022-09-26T10:37:26-04:00September 26, 2022|

Stockade Seelster back on winning track in Metro Pace

MILTON, September 24, 2022 – After tasting defeat for the first time in his career one week ago, rookie Stockade Seelster started a new win streak courtesy of an impressive performance in the $900,000 Metro Pace, Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A bay son of State Treasurer-Soiree Seelster, Stockade Seelster arrived at the Metro

2022-09-23T17:25:26-04:00September 24, 2022|

Defending Super Final Champ Prepares for Title Defense in Final Gold Leg

MILTON, September 24 – 2021 Super Final champion Prohibition Legal has been out of action for two months and will make her return in the one of two $104,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies on Monday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The daughter of Big Jim was nearly flawless as a freshman,

2022-09-23T16:13:40-04:00September 23, 2022|

Glengate Farms and Team Bax Looking for Magic in the Mohawk Million

MILTON, September 23 – The Merriam Webster dictionary defines magic as “the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces.” On Saturday September 24 at Woodbine Mohawk Park Glengate Farms homebred Oh Look Magic won’t be able to rely on supernatural assistance, he’ll have to win the third

2022-09-22T14:04:56-04:00September 22, 2022|

2023 Ontario Sires Stakes Finals Purses Increasing by $720,000

TORONTO, September 21 – Ontario Racing’s Standardbred Improvement Program Committee is announcing a $720,000 increase to the purses for the 2023 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Finals and Grassroots Championships and raising the purse for Prospect Series legs to $8,000. All eight Gold Super Finals will have a purse of $300,000 in 2023, a boost of