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News - July 2019

2023-07-06T14:21:39-04:00July 4, 2023|

OSS Canada Day Weekend Recap

Canada Day weekend is in the rearview mirror, and we have a recap of all the Ontario Sire Stakes (OSS) action.  Glamour Boys Shine on Saturday at Mohawk  Midnight Nation (Betterthancheddar) was a breakthrough winner on Saturday night, winning the first of two $101,300 Gold divisions for three-year-old male pacers in Leg One of their

2019-07-30T00:00:00-04:00July 30, 2019|

Kerwood hoping filly’s Grassroots stay a brief one

A shift from the Gold Series to the Grassroots saw two-year-old trotting filly Jula Shes Magic cruise to her first-ever victory at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday evening. "I think, deep down, she is a Gold filly," said trainer Susanne Kerwood of Rockwood, ON. "She's just really green, that's pretty much it. Obviously, she's a

2019-07-27T00:00:00-04:00July 27, 2019|

Boadicea remains flawless in Gold Series action

Boadicea continued her domination of the three-year-old pacing filly division with a third Gold Series win at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday evening. Starting from Post 6 with regular driver Jonathan Drury in the race bike, Boadicea had control of the race before the :27.1 quarter and never let her peers get close enough to

2019-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25, 2019|

Team McNair doubles up in Grassroots action Thursday

Father-son duo Gregg and Doug McNair captured two $23,500 Grassroots divisions at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday evening with three-year-old pacing fillies Swift Ally and Kylie Seelster. The Guelph, ON residents kicked off the event in the first race, with driver Doug McNair and Swift Ally lining up behind Post 2 in the field of

2019-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24, 2019|

Trotting fillies make winning look easy in Elora

The favourites in Wednesday's two-year-old trotting filly event at Grand River Raceway made winning $70,000 Gold Series races look as easy as taking an evening stroll. With a flawless record of three wins in three starts, fans made Warrawee Vicky a heavy favourite in the first division and driver Sylvain Filion never gave them cause

2019-07-23T00:00:00-04:00July 23, 2019|

Trotting colts mix it up in second leg of Gold Series

Ontario's top two-year-old trotting colts made their second Gold Series start at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening and the top two colts from the first leg swapped places in both divisions. In the first $105,600 division Hetalkstoangels hustled away from the starting gate and led the field of seven trotters to a :28 opening quarter.

2019-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21, 2019|

All Wrapped Up gifts Rideau Carleton fans with a track record

Six divisions of three-year-old trotting colts battled over the Rideau Carleton Raceway oval on Sunday evening and All Wrapped Up saved the best for last — a 1:54.1 track record in the final Gold Series split. All Wrapped Up and driver Louis-Philippe Roy charged away from Post 5 and as they rolled through fractions of

2019-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20, 2019|

Southwind Avenger looking for third straight Gold win Sunday

Rideau Carleton Raceway raises the curtain on its 2019 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Sunday, July 21, featuring the province's top three-year-old trotting colts in three Grassroots and three Gold Series divisions. With a flawless record of two wins in two Gold Series starts, Southwind Avenger heads into Sunday's test atop the sophomore trotting colt

2019-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20, 2019|

Local drivers dominate Grassroots action at Kawartha Downs

A collaborative effort between Per Henriksen and Richard Moreau put two-year-old trotting colt Ripped And Ready in the Grassroots winner's circle at Kawartha Downs on Saturday evening. After Ripped And Ready made a break and finished eighth at the Gold Series level in the July 4 season opener, trainer Moreau enlisted the help of friend

2019-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19, 2019|

Sizzling mile puts Alicorn into OSS record books

Steamy summer evenings often lead to stakes records and that was the case at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday as two-year-old pacing filly Alicorn stormed to an Ontario Sires Stakes record 1:51 in Gold Series action. "It's hot, there's not much wind, it's perfect conditions to go fast," said Chantal Mitchell, who trains Alicorn for