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MILTON, ON (OCT. 3, 2026) – On Saturday (Oct. 3), Woodbine Mohawk Park played host to all eight $100,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots Championships. The winners, in order, were: Race 1 – Two-year-old Pacing Fillies – Stormont Violet Stormont Violet stormed home late to take all the spoils in the thrilling Grassroots Final for […]
The reigning Canadian and U.S. Horse of the Year has not had the kind of year many expected, but his connections are taking it in stride and thinking the colt may be primed for a comeback. That Beau Jangles’ (Cattlewash) sophomore season has been less-than-perfect is obvious. But his trainer, Dr. Ian Moore, said that […]
TORONTO, ON (AUG. 20, 2026) – Ontario Racing is announcing that Andrew Gaughan will leave his position as its Independent Chair after his current contract expires at the end of October of this year. The organization has begun its search for his successor. Gaughan has been Ontario Racing’s Independent Chair since October of 2022 when […]
It’s too early to know how Beau Jangles will do once he dances with the greats in his division, but there’s no denying the legend of the precocious, undefeated Ontario-sired two-year-old pacer is growing at a rate commensurate with the horse’s confidence. Through five perfect starts – all in Ontario – the imposing son of […]
Sprite Seelster (Green Manalishi S) led gate to wire and set a lifetime best of 1:52.4 while posting a 15-1 upset in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series events for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Monday (May 26) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. She was driven to victory by her co-owner Tyler Borth of […]
The Ontario horse racing industry is warning it could be a major casualty in the trade war between the United States and Canada, and the fear is particularly palpable among horse breeders already struggling with rising costs due to inflation. Arika Everatt-Meeuse, the second-generation owner of her family’s Shannondoe Farm Thoroughbred breeding operation near St. […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park held the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Finals on Saturday night (Sep. 28) with eight $75,000 championship harness racing events. Below are recaps and replays of each final. After rallying off cover to a 13-1 upset in her final Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots preliminary event at Grand River Raceway 12 days ago, Tellers […]
MILTON, SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 – Willys Home Run (Archangel) continued her dominance over the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) this harness racing season with an eye-popping score in the second of two $103,000-plus Gold divisions for two-year-old trotting fillies tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park. She was made a 1-5 favourite by the betting public in race […]
MILTON, AUGUST 19, 2023 – Odds on favourites won all three $70,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold harness racing divisions for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Funtime Bayama (Hes Watching), Chain Gang (Bettors Delight), and Mirage Hanover (Bettors Delight) emerging victorious. Funtime Bayama started the night rolling to a gate-to-wire […]
TORONTO, AUGUST 10, 2023 – When Rideau Carleton Raceway’s paddock burned down on February 15, the Ottawa harness racing community had to act quickly to save racing in the national capital region. The team at Rideau Carleton mobilized to renovate an old barn into a paddock, and racing began on April 2, after a minor […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park held the Pure Ivory, Millard Farms and Whenuwishuponastar during the 10-dash card on Thursday night (Aug. 3). A rare dead heat was called in the Whenuwishuponastar for two-year-old pacing fillies between Odds On Platinum (Bettors Delight), and It’s a Love Thing (Bettors Delight). Both pacers outperformed their previous bests and earned a […]
Rideau Carleton Raceway hosted a 10-dash harness racing card Tuesday evening, and Robert Shepherd picked up the hat trick in the bike. Shepherd got his first win of the night in the fifth race on the card with Thinkingofyoubabe (Thinking Out Loud). This is the six-year-old mare’s seventh win of the year and third in […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park hosted another 10-dash harness racing card Tuesday evening, and the biggest upset came in the seventh race. Deadline Hall (Muscle Mass) went off at 14-1 at post time and found himself in front down the stretch. His :28.3 final quarter time was too much for the rest of the field, and he […]
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 […]
TORONTO, JULY 18, 2023 – Last week Ontario’s top two-year-old harness racing 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 […]
TORONTO, JULY 17, 2023 – The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) was in harness racing 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 […]
Hundreds of harness racing fans flocked to Woodbine Mohawk Park over the weekend to get a front-row seat for the 40th Pepsi North America Cup running. Other than a minor accident in the eighth race that caused driver, Travis Cullen to need paramedic attention, the night went off without a hitch. The doors opened at […]
DUNDAS, May 19, 2023 – The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season gets underway this weekend at Flamboro Downs with Prospect Series harness racing 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 […]
TORONTO – May 14, 2023 – In honour of Mother’s Day, Ontario Racing spoke with prominent Standardbred breeder Tammy McNiven to discuss the life of a harness racing broodmare and their importance in the racing business. McNiven and her husband Rob operate Twinbrook Farms. The Embro, Ont., farm has nearly 100 horses on 130 acres […]
TORONTO, April 19, 2023 – Ontario Racing has released its Annual Business Plan (ABP) for the 2024 Fiscal Year beginning on April 1, 2023. Ontario Racing Management staff develop the ABP with input and approval from the Ontario Racing Board. Member Racetracks submit content, and the ABP is approved by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation […]
TORONTO, December 5, 2022 – Stallion registration with the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) harness racing program for the 2023 breeding year is now open. The deadline for registration is January 16, 2023. Stallion owners/lessees can register their stallion using the online form available here, or download the PDF form and mail it with payment to Ontario Racing. […]
TORONTO, November 17, 2022 – Ontario Racing has partnered with its member racetracks to regularly publish purse statements on its website as part of its commitment to educating and engaging stakeholders by transparently sharing data and information. The purse statements break down the sources of the funding, provide horsepeople with the annual purse budget at each […]
TORONTO, November 3, 2022– Ontario Racing’s Standardbred Improvement Program (SIP) committee is dedicated to ensuring the SIP and its flagship Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) remain industry leading harness racing programs. In the spirit of that endeavor the SIP committee is engaging in a consultation process with industry stakeholders to shape the program beginning with the […]
TORONTO, September 26, 2022 – Earlier today the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) announced that it is transferring oversight of cancellation fees to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). Effective October 1, the AGCO is revoking Policy Directive No. 1-2009: Cancellation Fees and the OLG will oversee OLG Policy Directive 1-2022: Cancellation Fees. The new […]
