EAST RUTHERFORD, July 28 – The 97th Hambletonian begins on Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack with a pair of $100,000 eliminations and there are three sons of Ontario Sires in the field, Ghostly Casper, Osceola, and Tuscan Prince.  Ghostly Casper from the barn of Ben Baillargeon is in race six, the first elimination. Hall

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ELORA, July 26, 2023 — Eliminations will go for both of Grand River Raceway’s marquee events after 11 dropped into the box for the Battle of Waterloo, presented by Winbak Farm, and 12 entered for the Battle of the Belles. A total of four eliminations – two for the Battle of Waterloo and two for

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TORONTO - It was a busy weekend in the Ontario Sires Stakes with six Gold divisions at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday and Saturday and five Grassroots dashes for freshman pacing fillies at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday. Catch up on all the action below. The Glamour Boys headlined the Saturday July 22 card at

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MILTON, July 21, 2023 – Its A Love Thing won the second race tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a $102,200 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold division for two-year-old pacing fillies. James MacDonald kept Its A Love Thing (Bettors Delight) off the pace set by leader Resilience (Jimmy Freight) out of post two through fractions of

TORONTO, JULY 20, 2023 – The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) is descending on Woodbine Mohawk Park this weekend with six Gold races on Friday and Saturday and each division going for over $100,000.  Pacing freshman are the centre of attention on Friday night with a pair of divisions each for the boys and girls. Jimmy

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MILTON – Woodbine Entertainment and Adriano Sorella provided an update on the date and conditions for the inaugural Jimmy Freight Stakes. Initially announced in December of 2019, the inaugural Jimmy Freight Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The race and $100,000 purse are sponsored by Adriano Sorella. The event

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TORONTO – Last week Ontario’s top two-year-old male pacers were at Woodbine Mohawk Park for two $100,000-plus Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold divisions. That’s business as usual at Ontario’s premier racetrack but for Jeff Taylor the evening was anything but typical. Taylor, a long time industry participant, has 245 career training starts. The biggest purse in

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The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) was in action across the province this weekend, with Gold and Grassroots racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park and Rideau Carleton Raceway. On Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, there were eight OSS divisions, two Golds for freshman male trotters and six Grassroots dashes for two-year-old male pacers. Check out our

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MILTON – Freshman were the stars of the eight Ontario Sire Stakes (OSS) races tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park and a pair Gold divisions for male trotters lead the way with Myretirementdream winning in impressive fashion in race four, the first $103,000 division. Jody Jamieson took advantage of an inside post position by pressing the

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MILTON, JULY 12, 2023 – Hit The Bank’s pari-mutuel debut tomorrow night at Woodbine Mohawk Park in race four a $103,100 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) division for two-year-old trotting fillies will give trainer Gerard Demers a chance at his first OSS win of 2023. Hit The Bank – from the first crop of Breeders Crown