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Beau Jangles (Cattlewash) continues to build one of the most remarkable harness racing winning streaks seen in recent years after extending his unbeaten run to 15 consecutive victories at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night. BEAU JANGLES REPLAY The star pacer once again showcased his brilliance, overcoming wet conditions to score in 1:50.3 before […]
Harness racing driver Bob McClure guided four harness racing horses to victory lane on the Friday (Nov. 29) card at Woodbine Mohawk Park to reach 3,500 career wins. The reinsman opened his account in race two, pointing favourite Dirty Diana (Captain Crunch) to the front and going all the way. The rookie John Pentland-trained filly […]
Harness racing driver Bob McClure swiped both Ontario-sired Harvest Series Finals for two-year-old colts and geldings on Thursday (Nov. 7) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Move Your Mass (Muscle Mass) completed a sweep of his own as he dominated the $36,900 final for trotters. McClure guided the gelding to the point on the backstretch, and Move […]
Highland Kismet (Father Patrick) captured the $225,000 Goodtimes for sophomore trotting males in commanding fashion on Saturday (Jun. 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in his first Grand Circuit final harness racing start. He was gapped off at the start, but Bob McClure revved the colt’s engine and pushed him forward into the four-hole. He didn’t […]
After Trot Insider learned of an injury Bob McClure suffered in an off-track incident last week, the O’Brien Award-winning harness racing driver has provided further details on his recovery. McClure, who broke his femur in a freak accident, told Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Jeff Bratt and Randy Waples that he had successful surgery earlier in the […]
Sylvia Hanover (Always B Miki) battled through a first-over trip to a herculean harness racing victory in the $700,000 Breeders Crown Three-year-old Filly Pace on Saturday (Oct. 28) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The filly lied in wait through an action-packed :26.2 first panel as Bob McClure dropped her in sixth. Strong Poison (Yannick Gingras) cut […]
Harness racing driver Bob McClure topped the Tuesday (Aug. 29) Woodbine Mohawk Park card with four victories. He orchestrated a field-circling upset with Griff (Muscle Mass) to kick off the grand slam. The 27-1 shot trailed all non-breakers on the pylons and advanced up the rail, and passed five foes in the last eighth of […]
O’Brien and Dan Patch Award winner Sylvia Hanover (Always B Miki) made her seasonal harness racing debut on Saturday (May 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and rallied from sixth to first to score in her first race since her Breeders Crown victory. Driver Bob McClure showed no urgency at the start and settled the filly […]
Warrawee Yes (Walner), a Grand Circuit filly last season, rebounded from a break last out with a narrow harness racing victory at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday (May 25). She was away sixth for Bob McClure in a :28.1 first quarter before leading the charge first-over to the half in :57.2. She progressed steadily through […]
Harness racing driver Bob McClure quadrupled in Thursday (Apr. 20) action at Woodbine Mohawk Park, including a natural hat trick to start the evening. He got the most out of Overpayment (Nuncio) in the opener. He moved the mare out from fourth past five-eighths, lifted her past leader Fox Valley Ontario (Tyler Borth), and kept […]
A Boy Named Suuzz (Mr Saratoga) is now one win away from a half-million in earnings after a second straight win in the harness racing claiming pop-up series on Monday (Feb. 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. He took the initiative to go first-over on the backstretch but got cover as the field raced to three-quarters. […]
Of the 16 harness racing fillies in Saturday’s (Jul. 30) eliminations of the Hambletonian Oaks, only one — Ontario-based Warrawee Xenia (Walner-Endless Flirt) — has never competed at The Meadowlands. But the newcomer arrives as Canada’s fastest 3-year-old female trotter this season and brings a six-race win streak to the event. Warrawee Xenia, trained by […]
Forbidden Trade (Kadabra) has won the Hambletonian, a Horse of the Year Award, and divisional honors every year except at age 4 when he was injured. Yet, for all his accomplishments, the 6-year-old male harness racing trotter remains somewhat under the radar. For example, Forbidden Trade was the favorite only three times in his past […]
Warrawee Xenia (Walner) kept the ball rolling with a fourth consecutive open-length harness racing victory in a row at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday (Jun. 28). Bob McClure, the filly’s regular pilot this year, followed out the pair of Mask Of Zoro (Louis-Philippe Roy) and R Royal Port (Sylvain Filion) and dropped her in behind […]
Warrawee Xenia (Walner) posted her third straight open-length win in a conditioned harness racing contest at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday (Jun. 21) and sliced more than two seconds off her lifetime mark. The Shawn Steacy-trained three-year-old, sent away at 1/5, floated out from post five and crossed over into the three-hole as R Royal […]
MILTON, May 28, 2022 – Stonebridge Helios (Sunshine Beach), a top contender for this year’s Pepsi North America Cup, rallied by harness racing rivals to win Saturday’s (May 28) $122,600 SBOA Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A field of nine Ontario sired sophomore pacing colts and geldings finally clashed in Saturday’s marquee race, one week […]
Frozen Hanover continued his hot start to his sophomore harness racing campaign as the $325,000 Harrisburg purchase scored for the second time in four starts at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday (May 12). Driver Bob McClure worked the colt into the pocket from post 10 and followed odds-on favourite The Boss Said (Sylvain Filion) through […]
Closing with flurry in the stretch after getting a third-over trip, In The Mood past by five rivals to capturing the 3rd race $21,000 feature pace Friday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The fillies and mares non-winner’s saw Emmy Lou Hayes and driver Trevor Henry the first on the lead with My Only Sunshine (Sylvain Filion) […]
Pompano Beach, FL…February 1, 2022… Four Wheelin, with harness racing driver Bob McClure in the sulky, motored by his rivals in deep stretch to score a 10 to 1 upset win in Pompano Park’s $14,200 Open Handicap Trot on Monday (January 31). The four year-old gelded son of Wheeling N Dealin, the second longest proposition […]
They won’t show up on his stat sheet, but harness racing driver Bob McClure is making the most of his drives these days. On a sunny Monday afternoon in Rockwood, Ontario, the champion standardbred driver is in the car, heading home after lunch with his son, Ryder, and fellow reinsman James MacDonald. “I just had […]
MILTON, ON – OCT. 14, 2021 – When a horse puts together the kind of harness racing season Ontario Sires Stakes two-year-old stars Adare Castle, Duly Resolved, Prohibition Legal and Stonebridge Helios have, the experience is a once-in-a-lifetime journey to embrace with both arms, whether you own one or 100 per cent. “We don’t miss […]
MILTON, ON – SEPT. 18, 2021 – Star Power Hanover staged an upset in the lone $159,600 two-year-old trotting colt Gold Series division at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night, giving harness racing driver Bob McClure and trainer Luc Blais back-to-back appearances in the winner’s circle on another stakes-rich evening at the Campbellville oval. Sent […]
Donna Soprano showed her might in the $414,000 Elegantimage, battling back against Bella Bellini and re-taking the lead in the stretch to capture the stake for three-year-old harness racing trotting fillies on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The daughter of Donato Hanover fired early and bid for the lead entering the first turn, but Hp […]
Donna Soprano scored a harness racing victory in the $160,260 Simcoe Stakes on Friday at Woodbine Mohawk Park – a rebound effort after her break in the Casual Breeze last week. The sophomore daughter of Donato Hanover, leaving from post three, beat the inside two off the car but ceded position to a group of […]
