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Story by Dave Briggs
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The 2-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season is officially underway and in Leg 1 of the Gold Series the two $100,000 divisions for rookie pacing colts were won by Gogo Gadget and TH Benedict. In race 2, 1-2 favourite Gogo Gadget (above, Jonathan Drury) set a 1:52.2 lifetime best while defeating Bulldog Xpress (James MacDonald)

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Twin B Mayreau and Money Carlo were the winners of the two $100,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Leg 1 Gold Series divisions for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Friday (July 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In race 4, Tyler Jones drove 19-1 Twin B Mayreau (above, Cattlewash—Olivia Mcskywalker) to an impressive 1:50:3 victory in her pari-mutuel

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Borderline Mobby and James MacDonald upset reigning Canadian and U.S. Horse of the Year Beau Jangles in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 event on Saturday (June 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The mile was 1:48.2. Beau Jangles finished fifth in the field of seven. The mile was just one-fifth-of-a-second

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A Clean Deal made it two-for-two in 2026 Ontario Sires Stakes action with a career-best 1:49.3 victory on Friday (June 26) at Woodbine Mowak Park in the lone $140,000 Gold Series Leg 2 event for sophomore pacing fillies. Doug McNair drove the slight 6-5 favourite to victory for trainer Kyle Fellows and owners Yolanda Fellows

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Strobe Lite turned the tables on Touchedbyanangel with a 1:52.2 career-best mile in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 event for male sophomore trotters on Sunday night (June 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Touchedbyanangel (Doug McNair), the winner of the $140,000 Leg 1 Gold event on May 24 at Mohawk,

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Bingo Night and Th Trix R Forkids each recorded lifetime-best victories winning their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 2 divisions on Saturday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division (race 4), favoured Bingo Night (above) won her 2026 OSS debut in convincing fashion, posting a four-length victory over

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For more than 50 years, the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program has produced world class horses and that excellence continues on Saturday (June 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park when 15 Ontario-sired horses, including five O’Brien Award winners, will do battle in five stakes totaling just under $2.2 million in purses. Three of the 10 finalists

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Blue Jean Gal and HP Crystaline were victorious on Sunday (May 24) in their respective $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions for sophomore trotting fillies on an extremely foggy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first division, in her Gold Series debut, 1-5 favourite Blue Jean Gal (above) posted a 1:54.2 lifetime-best

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Touchedbyanangel’s second career Ontario Sires Stakes victory was an impressive one. The gelding overcame Post 10 and a late charge from 2025 O’Brien Award winner and Super Final champ Strobe Lite to post a lifetime-best 1:53 victory in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series division for sophomore trotting colts in the fog

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A Clean Deal and Daya were victorious on Saturday (May 23) in the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions for sophomore pacing fillies on a cold, rainy and windy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Both divisions featured six-horse fields. In the first division (Race 2), Doug McNair piloted overwhelming 1-9 favourite A