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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

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

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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

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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