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Louis-Philippe Roy, in the midst of four straight wins on Monday’s (Nov. 4) harness racing card Woodbine Mohawk Park, started a sweep of the Harvest Series Finals with a 12-1 upset. Despite the odds, Roy gave Bright Green (Green Manalishi S) a confident steer in the final for rookie trotting fillies. A gapped-off third at […]
O’Brien Award-nominated mare Hp Mama B (Royalty For Life) notched her first harness racing win of the season after 14 straight losses at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Aug. 26). Louis-Philippe Roy utilized the mare’s speed, floating her out from post seven to take the front at the quarter in :27. She went without challenge […]
Fashion Frenzie (Archangel) dominated in his second victory of the harness racing season in the $36,000 Preferred-Handicap Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Jul. 22). The gelding cut the mile for Louis-Philippe Roy, enjoying a pressure-free reign through panels of :26.3, :55, and 1:23.4. He pulled away from the first-over Handsome Sebastian (Trevor Henry) […]
Harness racing driver Louis-Philippe Roy is scheduled to drive the undefeated three-year-old pacing colt, Nijinsky, in the $650,000 final of the Meadowlands Pace Saturday night (July 13) at The Meadowlands. And where will Roy be going after his drive in the major Grand Circuit race? Right back to his racing roots at the Hippodrome 3R […]
Ronda Du Lac (Shadow Play), who last year was a three-time harness racing winner at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R), returns on Sunday (June 30) to headline the $7,000 feature pace for Quebec-Bred three-year-olds. There will be both colts and fillies in the 6th race feature for non-winners and Ronda Du Lac is the 5/2 favorite for […]
Sea Glass (Downbytheseaside), a $420,000 2022 Lexington sale purchase, broke her maiden at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday (May 23) in an open-length harness racing win. The filly, owned by Determination, went to the top nearing the quarter for Louis-Philippe Roy and held an uncontested lead coming into the stretch. She separated from the field […]
Harness racing millionaire Fashion Frenzie (Archangel) defeated $36,000 Preferred Trot company with ease on Monday (May 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in his second start of the year. He settled third going around the first turn but was soon sent forward by Louis-Philippe Roy and reached the front before the half. The gelding led unchallenged […]
Prohibition Legal (Big Jim) defeated a field of elite harness racing mares, including Canada’s 2023 Horse of the Year Sylvia Hanover, in the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred on Friday (May 17) at a rain-soaked Woodbine Mohawk Park. She took a seat third under the guidance of Louis-Philippe Roy and remained in line, as did […]
Powertrain (Shadow Play) bounced back from last week’s seventh-place finish to capture the $32,000 Preferred-2 Pace on Saturday (Feb. 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The harness racing gelding was quickest away and had tempo control through :27.1, :55.2, and 1:23 panels. Louis-Philippe Roy instructed him to go as they entered the stretch, and Powertrain led […]
MILTON, January 15, 2024— Louis-Philippe Roy has plenty of reasons, five, specifically, to be excited about the upcoming O’Brien Awards. When the names of the finalists are read aloud on the evening that recognizes Canadian excellence in harness racing, Roy will have a close association with four of the nominees. The 34-year-old will also be […]
Livinthebeachlife (Somebeachsomewhere) defeated the odds-on Taurasi, a Grand Circuit harness racing competitor, in a 12-1 upset in the $36,000 Preferred at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (Dec. 9). Livinthebeachlife, who missed by a head in last week’s edition of the class, headed for the front again and took command in a :26.1 first panel. The […]
Louis-Philippe Roy began a five-win night on Friday (Dec. 8) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with a comfortable harness racing win behind Alabama Hannah (Huntsville) in the opener of the Niagara Series for three-year-old pacing fillies. Alabama Hannah was never headed after taking over from post eight, drawing off down the stretch to a two-and-three-quarter-length victory […]
Dabarndawgswatchin (Hes Watching) commanded the harness racing field in the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred on Friday (Dec. 1) for her fifth win of the season over a wet track. The top-level mainstay advanced uncovered around the first turn to take the lead after hitting the quarter in :26.4. That left So Much More (James […]
The Quebec Jockey Club hosts their first Builders Day at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday (Oct. 1) featuring two $60,000 Invitational harness racing pacing events honoring the memory of the recently departed horseman Brian Paquet. A special Builder’s Day ceremony will be held on the racetrack at 11:30 am featuring recognition of seven people who […]
Fashion Frenzie (Archangel) returned to Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Sep. 15) after a tough harness racing outing in the Yonkers International Trot and won the $32,000 Preferred-2. The gelding charged out from post six for Louis-Philippe Roy but faced resistance from the rail starter Perfetto (Dagfin Henriksen) as they rounded the first turn. Fashion […]
Tattoo Artist (Hes Watching) followed up last week’s Canadian Pacing Derby win with an emphatic blowout harness racing victory in the $260,000 Jim Ewart Memorial at Scioto Downs on Saturday night (Sept. 9) Pilot Louis-Philippe Roy was content to sit fifth early with Tattoo Artist as returnee Beach Glass (Yannick Gingras), who hadn’t raced since […]
Fashion Frenzie (Archangel) reached a new harness racing peak as he held off Logan Park to win the $36,000 Free For All at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Aug. 14). The gelding drove on from the outside through the quarter in :26.2 and took the lead on the backstretch. He completed the half in :55.1 […]
After four straight place finishes, Dabarndawgswatchin (Hes Watching) beat Woodbine Mohawk Park’s best harness racing distaffers in the $32,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred on Friday (Aug. 11). The racy mare dropped into the fifth spot on the rail after entering the first turn parked out and held position through the quarter in :26.2 and to […]
Pretty Missy May (Big Jim), a two-year-old harness racing filly co-owned by late photographer John Watkins, broke her maiden on Tuesday (Aug. 8) in her first start since his passing. Watkins, a beloved figure in the Ontario horse racing community, passed away peacefully on Aug. 6 at 59 due to complications with pneumonia. He co-owned […]
Fashion Frenzie (Archangel) passed $1 million in career harness racing earnings on Monday (Aug. 7) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with a victory in the $42,000 Free For All Handicap Trot. Heading wide into the first turn, the gelding stayed parked out for Louis-Philippe Roy to the quarter in :26.3 and rolled up to take command […]
The news is not really new news. Brothers Louis-Philippe Roy and Pierre Luc Roy have been breeding for a few years and have successfully present us some of the harness racing products they have developed. The tasks are well distributed: the farm on which newborns are born and raised is the responsibility of Pierre-Luc and […]
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 harness racing 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 […]
MILTON, JULY 7, 2023 – The second Gold Leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) for three-year-old harness racing trotting colts and geldings goes Saturday July 8 at Woodbine Mohawk Park with 10 sophomores squaring off in a highly competitive $159,000 division. Morning line favourite Tuscan Prince (Kadabra) has a 2-0-2 record through five starts this […]
Pass Line (All Bets Off), in the first two-year-old pari-mutuel harness racing contest of the year at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday (Jun. 20), rolled an 11 on debut and completed her final quarter in :25.3 to take the victory . She traveled in the pocket for Louis-Philippe Roy behind Tribal Dancer (Jody Jamieson) as […]
