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Ajaz Firdous2023-05-25T11:45:05-04:00May 24, 2023|
Photos by Kenn Beatson
LONDON – Kenn Beatson a co-owner of So Much More – the millionaire mare who has achieved so much more than expected – is preparing for another thrill on Friday night in the $50,000 Forest City Pace at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Camluck Classic night. “We suspect there will be a lot
Ajaz Firdous2023-05-23T14:10:03-04:00May 23, 2023|
Photos by Adrienne Shaw
May 23, 2023 – The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) got into the Victoria Day spirit this weekend with plenty of fireworks on its opening weekend of racing. Bax with Training Double in Grassroots Opener Matt Bax sent out a pair of odds on favourites in the four Grassroots divisions for three-year-old male trotters on Sunday
Ajaz Firdous2023-05-19T15:10:51-04:00May 19, 2023|
Photos by New Image Media
DUNDAS, May 19, 2023 – The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season gets underway this weekend at Flamboro Downs with Prospect Series action on Saturday May 20 and Grassroots racing on the Sunday May 21, Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup card. The four Grassroots divisions for three-year-old male trotters will go for a total of $87,800, beginning
Ajaz Firdous2023-05-18T12:04:30-04:00May 18, 2023|
Photos by New Image Media
Ontario Sired three-year-olds have their first major stakes engagement of the 2023 campaign this weekend with the $542,000 SBOA Finals on Saturday, May 20 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The four divisions for males and females in both gaits are carded as races four through seven. Let’s take a look at the top-three morning line choice
Ajaz Firdous2023-05-10T09:25:15-04:00May 10, 2023|
Story by Woodbine CommunicationsPhotos by New Image Media
MILTON, May 9, 2023 – The entry box for the SBOA Stakes for Ontario sired three-year-olds closed Tuesday morning with O’Brien and Dan Patch Award winner Stockade Seelster headlining the fields. The events for pacing colts and geldings, pacing fillies and trotting fillies did not require eliminations, while a total of 19 trotting colts and
Ajaz Firdous2023-05-09T12:23:19-04:00May 9, 2023|
Story by Woodbine CommunicationsPhotos by New Image Media
The inaugural Ontario Sired Graduate Series wrapped up in exciting fashion on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The new series for Ontario Sired four-year-olds featured three $80,000-plus finals that headlined Saturday’s 12-race program. The series finales came on the heels of three preliminary legs for each event. Ontario sired superstar Adare Castle completed the
Ajaz Firdous2023-04-13T16:01:18-04:00April 13, 2023|
Story by Woodbine CommunicationsPhotos by New Image Media
MILTON, April 13, 2023 – Some of Ontario’s brightest stars will begin their four-year-old campaigns in this weekend’s first leg of the Ontario Sired Graduate Series. The new Ontario Graduate Series for four-year-olds offers an event for Pacers, Mare Pacers and Trotters. Each event will consist of three $25,000 preliminary legs and a $75,000 added
Ajaz Firdous2023-03-23T14:57:26-04:00March 23, 2023|
TORONTO, MARCH 23, 2023 - It might not feel like it, but according to the calendar spring started this week, and that means stakes season is right around the corner. With that in mind, we checked in with last year’s Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final winners to see how they are preparing for their
Sandra2023-02-16T17:04:52-05:00February 16, 2023|
Ontario harness racing fans will ring in the summer stakes season with a double dose of Ontario Sires Stakes and Prospect Series action on the Victoria Day weekend. Flamboro Downs will host all four of the three-year-old Prospect Series divisions on Saturday, May 20 and then welcome the three-year-old trotting colts for the Grassroots season
Ajaz Firdous2022-12-05T09:27:54-05:00December 5, 2022|
Story by Heather MacKay
The iconic trotter Goodtimes, who had an indelible impact on the sport of harness racing, has been laid to rest. He was 31. One of the most talented Standardbreds ever produced in Canada, the son of Balanced Image from the Dream Of Glory mare Goodtime Kathy, was bred by Charles Armstrong and Gus Schickedanz and
