2014

Jimmy Takter is acknowledged world-wide as one of the most successful trainers of Standardbreds, especially trotters. The native of Sweden is based in New Jersey and races primarily on the Grand Circuit, the highest level of competition for harness horses. A pair of Takter's former stable stars have gone on to become successful sires in

While most of Canada prepares to celebrate the nation's birthday tomorrow, there will be some fireworks on the racetrack at Mohawk where six $18,000 divisions of Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots action for three-year-old pacing colts will face the gate. This is always one of the most exciting and competitive divisions of the OSS and tomorrow

Boomboom Ballykeel, Jet Airway, and Victor Bayama posted victories in the three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series events for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings that were featured on Saturday night's card at Mohawk Racetrack. Boomboom Ballykeel, who won the 2013 Metro Pace at Mohawk, zoomed to a 1:50.3 effort in the first division, giving

With a break in action between Ontario Sires Stakes Gold events for three-year-old pacing colts, several of the regular competitors stepped up to compete with the upper echelons of this division in Grand Circuit action over the past few weeks. Among those was Boomboom Ballykeel, the winner of last year's $683,000 Metro final at Mohawk

Earlier this week driver James MacDonald notched his 1,000th career victory and he hasn't taken long to add to that total including two wins in the six $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions for three-year-old trotting colts tonight at Mohawk. His first win was courtesy of Razor Ramone who overcame post ten to go wire

When Meadowview Cliffy scored his first lifetime victory at Georgian Downs on June 14, it helped brighten a rather dismal week for his owner and breeder Charlie Reid of Meadowview Farms in Orono, Ontario. Just two days earlier, Reid was forced to have Cliffy's mother, Meadowviewprincess, put to sleep due to a tumour on her

Jitterbug and P L Hercules overcame the sloppy racing conditions tonight at Mohawk to capture their respective $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old trotting colts. In the first division it last year's leading money winner among this group, Muscle Matters, making his first 2014 start, who grabbed early control for Mario Baillargeon and

Last year Chris Christoforou schooled the young trotting colt Ole Jack Magic for trainer Jerry Duford and owner/breeder Joanne Wray and when he stepped off the bike he told the pair "I think you guys have another good one." Longtime partners Wray and Duford of Campbellville, Ontario, have campaigned several good trotters over the years

Joe Hudon, Canada's O'Brien Award winner as Horseman of the Year two decades ago, showed he still has the touch tonight at Mohawk, winning the second and fastest of two $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies with a filly he trains, owns and bred. In that division longshot Jokes Jet was

When the three-year-old pacing fillies kick off their 2014 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold season on Monday night at Mohawk, one sire is predominant among the two $105,000 divisions. Shadow Play is the sire of seven of the elite fillies, which isn't surprising considering he absolutely dominated this division last year with his starters earning a