Fifth And Five (above) and Allstar Maniac were the respective winners of the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 4 events for 3-year-old pacing colts on Saturday (Aug. 30) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
In the first Gold event, Fifth And Five won his sixth straight race, posting a 1:50.3 victory that was one length better than Backup Plan (Louis-Philippe Roy). Fifth And Five’s co-owner, Jody Jamieson, drove the son of Bettors Delight out of Filou Fly Fast to victory. Fifth And Five is also owned by Trevor Edwards of Kirkton, ON and Jamieson’s Hall of Fame father, Carl Jamieson, who also trains the colt.
Control Rocks (Tyler Borth) led the six-horse field to the :26.1 quarter, the :55.1 half and the 1:22.4 three-quarters with Fifth And Five lurking within striking distance. Shortly after the top of the stretch, Jody angled Fifth And Five out of the pocked and sprinted to victory. Set Shot (Bob McClure) was third, Control Rocks was fourth and Aquinas Hanover (Ed Hensley) grabbed the final cheque.
“I thought I was going to have the inside there for a second, and Ty shut it off,” Jody said. “But, when I got him back out to the outside, God, he just dug in. He’s just a good horse. He’s a damn good horse.”
Third in his $90,000 Gold test on May 24 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, Fifth And Five shifted to the Grassroots side of the OSS program and won at Mohawk both on June 21 and July 15 – in a career-best 1:49.2 in the latter – before adding another Grassroots triumph on Aug. 2 at Hiawatha Horse Park.
“He’s got so much confidence right now… it’s a real nice feather in our cap to come back up to the Gold and do right by this horse… after a bit of a rough start early,” Jody told Woodbine broadcaster John Rallis. “He’s just such a nice little guy, and I’m so happy for everybody.”
Sent off at 12-1, Fifth And Five paid $3.50 to win. It was his first Gold victory of 2025 and second lifetime.
Fifth And Five improved to 7-1-1 in 11 starts in 2025 and is now 9-3-2 in 20 lifetime outings. The $45,000 pay day upped his seasonal bankroll to $130,402 and his lifetime earnings to $303,577.
Bred by Darryl Kaplan of Toronto, plus Roy Spoxton and Harbhajan Sing Dhillon of Brampton, ON, Fifth And Fifth was sold for $32,000 at the 2023 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale.
In the second Gold event, James MacDonald drove 1-9 favourite All Star Maniac to a half-length win over Crack Shot (Doug McNair) in 1:49.4.
MacDonald had Allstar Maniac on the engine early in the field of seven, leading the way through fractions of :26.3, :55.1 and 1:23.4, with Crack Shot on his heels most of the way. Finishing third was Sterling Choice (Billy Davis, Jr.), followed by Boxer Seelster (Trevor Henry) and Blue Bar (Travis Cullen).
“I was three wide early, but I knew what Doug was doing,” MacDonald told Rallis. “He was trying to get in the 2 hole, and so I was out there, but I wasn’t pushing [Allstar Maniac] too hard, just kind of floating along… So, I got stung, but it wasn’t as bad, maybe, as it looked. And then I was able to rate him the rest of the way. I got a pretty good breather in the middle half, and then when he hits the top of the stretch, he just flies. It was a tricky race, but it’s always a cat and mouse game when there’s money on the line, especially with a great driver like Doug and another great horse.”
Allstar Maniac (James MacDonald) winning the second Gold Leg 4 event for 3-year-old pacing colts on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
It was the second career Gold victory for Allstar Maniac, who set a 1:49 Canadian, track and OSS record for a sophomore male pacer on a five-eighths mile track while winning the Aug. 4 Gold at Grand River Raceway.
“He’s just a ball of speed, so it’s good to get the job done with him,” MacDonald said.
Winning trainer Nick Gallucci said Allstar Maniac is, “just a great racehorse. And like James said, at the head of the lane, he’s just ready for all comers. It was nice to see tonight.”
The gelded son of All Bets Off out of Shes A Maniac, owned by Millar Farms of Stouffville, ON and bred by Allstar Farms of Millbank, ON improved to 4-0-2 in seven starts in 2025 and 6-1-4 in 14 career outings. Allstar Maniac, who was purchased for $70,000 at the 2023 London Classic Yearling Sale, has seasonal earnings of $126,320 and a lifetime bankroll of $265,784.
Allstar Maniac paid $2.30 for the win.