2020-07-11T00:08:13-04:00July 11, 2020|

Rain unable to dampen fillies Grassroots debut

Rain caused a brief delay in Friday night’s program at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but it did nothing to dampen the efforts put forward by the two-year-old pacing fillies in their Grassroots debut. Five $22,000 divisions went postward Friday and Sportsfire delivered the quickest result in the first split. The daughter of Sportswriter and driver Bob

2020-07-10T00:06:06-04:00July 10, 2020|

Tokyo Seelster cruises in freshman trotting colt Gold opener

It was debut night for the two-year-old trotting colts on Thursday and the 25 youngsters put on an impressive show for Woodbine Mohawk Park fans in a trio of $73,000 Gold Series divisions. Tokyo Seelster went off as the heavy favourite in the first division and the Kadabra son delivered a commanding front end performance

2020-07-08T00:00:56-04:00July 8, 2020|

Beaton’s hunch proven correct as Bet On Becky takes Gold

Heading into Tuesday’s Gold Series opener for the two-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park, trainer Tony Beaton had a feeling that Bet On Becky might be exceptional. “She’s just been one of them special fillies you know,” said the trainer. “We were kind of talking the other day and we were saying, like we

2020-07-07T00:31:59-04:00July 7, 2020|

Filion pilots trio of freshman pacers to Grassroots victory

Two-year-old pacing colts invaded Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday evening, starring in six $23,000 Grassroots divisions and No Better Joy kicked off the provincial campaign in style with an impressive 1:52.1 victory. Starting from the outside Post 9, driver Bob McClure settled No Better Joy in fourth as Flash Cube took the field to a

2020-07-05T18:42:21-04:00July 5, 2020|

Trotting fillies rewrite Clinton Raceway record books

Forty-eight sophomore trotting fillies descended on Clinton Raceway Sunday afternoon and the track record at the half-mile oval fell not once, but twice as the fillies battled in six $22,800 Grassroots divisions. As the program got underway the three-year-old trotting filly track record stood at 1:59.3, set by Gotta Pay To Play in a July

2020-07-04T23:25:36-04:00July 4, 2020|

Sophomore pacing colts set and re-set Canadian speed mark

A fluke accident cost Beaumond Hanover a shot at Ontario Sires Stakes glory last season, but trainer Jack Darling was always confident the pacing colt was Gold Series calibre and that faith was rewarded at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday. Starting from Post 7, driver Jody Jamieson had Beaumond Hanover on the move early and

2020-07-04T00:42:58-04:00July 4, 2020|

Springbridge Duel offers a little redemption with Gold victory

There is an alchemy involved in teaching a yearling how to be a racehorse — the top tier of the Ontario Sires Stakes is, after all, the Gold Series — and last winter trainer Casie Coleman Herlihy though it might actually take supernatural power to transform Springbridge Duel into a racehorse. As a result it