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News - October 2017

2017-10-14T00:00:00-04:00October 14, 2017|

Filion takes the Lampman Cup title by a nose

At the last possible moment, Milton resident Sylvain Filion pulled a rabbit out of his hat at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night to secure his third straight and fifth overall Lampman Cup title as the leading driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program. Heading into the $1.8 million eight race Super Final showdown, Filion was

2017-10-12T00:00:00-04:00October 12, 2017|

Lampman Cup battle will go down to the wire Saturday

Eight division champions will be crowned on Saturday during the $1.8 million Super Finals at Mohawk Racetrack and the Ontario Sires Stakes season finale will also determine the 2017 Lampman Cup winner. Drivers Sylvain Filion and Trevor Henry are tied atop the Lampman Cup standings with 348 points, meaning the fight for top spot could

2017-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5, 2017|

Waples wins two as Gold Series regular season comes to a close

Driver Randy Waples capped off the Gold Series regular season with a pair of victories at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening, using similar tactics to get Draft Year and Kendall Seelster from Post 5 to the winner's circle. On an calm, clear October evening, Waples decided the front end was the best place for fan

2017-10-04T00:00:00-04:00October 4, 2017|

Longshots land the hardware at Flamboro Wednesday

Ontario's two-year-old trotting fillies wrapped up their regular season at Flamboro Downs on Wednesday and fans of the longshot had a field day as the favourites faltered in both $94,800 Gold divisions. In the opener second choice Sorceress Seelster fired out of Post 4 to an early lead, reaching the quarter pole three and one-quarter

2017-10-03T00:00:00-04:00October 3, 2017|

Fierce battles at The Raceway see pacers advance to Super Final

London area fans got a look at Ontario's talented two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Tuesday evening as the novices wrapped up their Gold Series season at The Raceway at Western Fair District. With a berth in the Oct. 14 Super Final at stake, driver Doug McNair and Bo Mach set the tenor for evening

2017-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2, 2017|

Filion takes two of three Gold divisions at Mohawk Monday

The sophomore pacers wrapped up their Ontario Sires Stakes regular season at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday evening and driver Sylvain Filion came within three lengths of sweeping all three Gold Series divisions. The Milton, ON resident piloted Histoire Enchantee to victory in the first $98,000 three-year-old pacing colt contest, sprinting away from the outside Post