2014

In 2001 John Bax of Peterborough, Ontario, enjoyed one of his best years ever as a Standardbred trainer culminating with an O'Brien Award as Canada's trainer of the year. One of the highlights of that season came on November 10 at Mohawk Racetrack when he started four trotters in the Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals

The fields have now been established for this Saturday's eight $250,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals at Mohawk Racetrack which will showcase the top performers in the program and provide an exciting conclusion to the 2014 OSS season. The eight rich finals will line up as follows: Race 2 � Two Year Old Trotting Fillies

Friends and colleagues of the late Wendy Hoogeveen are invited to a race dedicated to her memory. The Wendy Hoogeveen Memorial Pace will take place on Saturday, October 11, as the sixth race at Mohawk Racetrack during the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Finals Night (post time 7:25 p.m.). Members of Wendy's family will be

A daughter of Kadabra sold at the opening session of the Lexington Select Sale last night for $400,000 to tie the top price for the evening. Mel Hartman of Ottawa, Marvin Katz of Toronto and David McDuffee paid that amount the take home Bene Bene, a full sister to former Ontario Sires Stakes stars Miss

Three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series events for two-year-old male trotters were staged on Tuesday night (September 30) at Mohawk Racetrack. Heavy fog rolled in throughout the card, leaving those watching with a clear view of only the first division. That opening split was won by 6-1 shot Rise Up Rise Up (Mike Saftic),

Riveting Rosie was the standout two-year-old trotting filly in Canada last season but she struggled for that same dominance this year � until recently that is. The three-year-old daughter of Muscle Mass has had to overcome a number of issues this season including some nasty cuts to her back legs from a training accident prior

A big pot of $150,000 was up for grabs in a single Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series event for three-year-old filly pacers on Sunday night at Flamboro Downs, and it was won by Skippin By and driver Randy Waples in 1:52.4. Jakardez (Trevor Henry) took the field of eight through opening-half fractions of :26.3 and

Two-year-old pacing colts bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, the undefeated Reverend Hanover and the bargain yearling Drachan Hanover, captured both $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions tonight at Mohawk. The final division saw the lightly raced Reverend Hanover extend his unbeaten record to three with another impressive effort. In that split Mike Saftic and Seaforth

Luck O The Irish, one of the top two-year-old trotting colts in the Ontario Sires Stakes program this year, took some time before he relaxed for owner/breeder June Durand and her husband, Tom, who handles the colt's training and driving. "He had some trust issues and it took him several months to get over them,"

The main story to emerge from this year's Ontario Sires Stakes rookie pacing division is the dominance of sire Sportswriter whose first crop of colts and fillies have been admired from the moment they stepped on the racetrack. There is often a buzz among horse racing industry folks when a new sire's first crop are