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2026-08-15T23:15:19-04:00August 15, 2026|

Daya upsets A Clean Deal in sophomore pacing fillies’ Gold

Daya posted a 1:49.1 career-best mile and upset eight-time Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold champ A Clean Deal in the lone $150,000 OSS Gold Leg 4 event for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (Aug. 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The mile was one-fifth of a second off equalling the OSS record set by Boadicea in

2026-08-14T22:06:20-04:00August 14, 2026|

Rebel Moon equals OSS record, Verily takes other Gold division for 2-year-old trotting fillies

Rebel Moon equaled the 1:53.4 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record and Verily won the other Gold Leg 3 division for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Aug. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the second division (race 7), Rebel Moon (above), sent off as the 2-5 favourite in the field of seven, posted her second lifetime

2026-08-14T21:32:16-04:00August 14, 2026|

Freshman trotting colt Unstable Genius sets 1:53 OSS record, remains unbeaten

Unstable Genius set a 1:53 Ontario Sires Stakes record for 2-year-old trotting colts while winning the lone $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Leg 3 event for his division on Friday (Aug. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The gelded son of Muscle Mass out of Pretty Crafty is now a perfect three-for-three in his career, all

2026-08-13T11:34:19-04:00August 13, 2026|

Dream For Peace posts 17-1 upset as favourites break in sophomore trotting colts’ Gold at Grand River

Dream For Peace posted the first Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) victory of his career, winning the lone $150,000 OSS Gold Leg 4 event for sophomore trotting colts on Wednesday (Aug. 12) at Grand River Raceway in a career-best 1:54.2. Sent off at 17-1 in the field of six, Mark MacDonald settled Dream For Peace along

2026-08-10T10:03:35-04:00August 10, 2026|

Wednesday’s OSS Grassroots at Grand River redrawn

Participants in this Wednesday’s (Aug. 12) Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots event for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Grand River Raceway are asked to review the entries following a redraw. A redraw was needed after the original draw had one of the OSS Grassroots divisions with multiple horses from the same connections. The new entries are

2026-08-05T10:03:07-04:00August 5, 2026|

Balanced Image moves to Aug. 22 and 29, OSS Grassroots for 2-year-old trotting colts moves to Sept. 4

The 2026 edition of the Balanced Image stake, for Ontario Sired 2-year-old trotters, will be held at Hanover Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 29, with eliminations held on Saturday, Aug. 22. The Balanced Image Final will be part of an action-packed Aug. 29 program that will also include the Dream Of Glory Trot Final and “Doc”

2026-08-13T11:35:15-04:00August 3, 2026|

Redland Rocket Man smashes track and OSS record with 1:48.2 Gold victory at Grand River

Redland Rocket Man set a 1:48.2 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) and Grand River Raceway track record winning the lone $150,000 OSS Gold Leg 3 event for sophomore pacing colts on Monday’s (Aug. 3) Battle of Waterloo afternoon card at the Elora track. The mile erased the 1:49 OSS and track record for 3-year-old male pacers

2026-07-28T13:06:11-04:00July 28, 2026|

Ontario’s Jody Jamieson “super pumped” to win third Canadian National Driving Championship

Jody Jamieson stood at the top of the hill. Over his left shoulder, the Elliott family’s majestic red barn stood sentinel over Clinton Raceway, as it has for generations, as both the sun and the crowd began a slow saunter to the exits on another tremendous Legends Day. The Ontario-based driver had left the National

2026-07-25T20:08:47-04:00July 25, 2026|

Sophomore pacing filly A Clean Deal scores third Gold victory of the year

A Clean Deal scored her third Gold victory of the year and equalled her career-best mile with a 1:49.3 triumph in the lone $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 3 division for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (July 25) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It was the eighth OSS Gold triumph in A Clean Deal’s career,

2026-07-24T22:43:10-04:00July 24, 2026|

Freshman trotter Unstable Genius impressive again, remains perfect in OSS action

Unstable Genius posted his second Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold victory in as many career starts, winning the lone $150,000 OSS Gold Leg 2 division for 2-year-old trotting colts on Friday (July 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Sitting well off the pace through most of the mile, James MacDonald had to stick-handle through traffic and