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FEBRUARY 4, 2025 – To kick off its second half century, the Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing program will expand to six Grassroots Series opportunities in 2025 with purses for each division increasing to $25,000. Fuelled through a partnership with the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) and Woodbine Mohawk Park, the change will see overall […]
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 […]
Captain Suzuki (Muscle Mass) broke his maiden in a sharp closing effort in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Consolation for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday (Sep. 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The gelding pulled out of fifth on the final turn for Doug McNair, grabbing cover to the top of the lane, and […]
Lady Cafe Au Lait (Big Jim) notched her second career harness racing victory as she cruised in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots fifth leg second division for two-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday (Sep. 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Fourth to the quarter in :27, Tyler Borth pulled her out for a brush to the front […]
Two-year-old trotting fillies completed their Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots preliminary rounds with three fifth-leg divisions on Monday (Sep. 16) at Grand River Raceway. Tellers Choice (The Bank, Louis-Philippe Roy) came up the inside to take the first split. She switched to the pylons after the pocket-sitter broke on the backstretch, and she out-kicked Green Glider […]
Stonebridge Thrill (Bettors Delight) beat 1:50 for the first time as he captured the first harness racing division of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots fifth leg for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Monday (Sep. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The colt was parked out to the quarter in :26.4 but worked into the four-hole […]
Pierre In Paris (Archangel) led the way with a dominant victory in the first of four divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots fifth leg for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday (Sep. 13) at Grand River Raceway. The gelding, seeking his third lifetime win, secured the lead after popping the pocket in the […]
Goober Smack (Flanagan Memory) and Jack N Abs (Muscle Mass) took the final Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots preliminary round harness racing divisions for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings in leg five at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday (Sep. 12). Goober Smack wired the field from post eight in the first split and posted a new […]
After taking her first two losses of the season, Valentine Blue Chip (Muscle Mass) returned to winning ways with a sharp victory in the first Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots division for three-year-old trotting fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday (Sep. 10). The filly let action unfold before her and accepted fifth position from the […]
A pair of harness racing rookies scored their first career victories in the fourth Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for two-year-old trotting males on Tuesday (Sep. 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Stmikes Kerryblues (Green Manalishi S, Sylvain Filion) was the first to do so in the second of four divisions. The Kyle Fellows-trained colt popped the […]
Both winners in leg four of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for three-year-old harness racing trotting colts and geldings posted new career marks on Tuesday (Aug. 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Sid The Kid (Alarm Detector, Scott Young) scored in the first split, crushing in a pocket-popping effort. The sophomore came after leader Jack N […]
Wings Of Green became the first of three winners for freshman sire Green Manalishi in the third Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for two-year-old trotting fillies as she upset in the opening division on Tuesday (Aug. 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. She was fourth through the opening half after leaving from the eighth hole for Trevor […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park held another 11-dash harness racing card Friday (Aug. 2) evening which features the second leg of the Dream Maker. Only a field of five pacing two-year-old fillies went to post for the $20,000 Dream Maker. Nova Blu (Louis-Phillipe Roy) left right off the gate and took the early lead. There was no […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park hosted three third-leg harness racing divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday (Jul. 19). Sports Activator (Sportswriter) captured his second Grassroots leg of the season in the first division. Louis-Philippe Roy activated him from the three-hole coming down the stretch, and the colt muscled […]
The Canam Banker (The Bank) sliced several ticks off the Dresden Raceway track record for three-year-old harness racing male trotters in the first Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots division on Monday (Jul. 1). The gelding, driven by Tyler Borth, got to the front at the end of a :30.4 first quarter and commanded the field through […]
A Gold winner at two, Resilience (Jimmy Freight) was zero-for-three heading into Friday’s second Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots leg for three-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and she reversed her form in a big way. The filly stuck it out on the rim going through the first turn and reached past One More Bet […]
Valentine Blue Chip (Muscle Mass) made it three-for-three on the harness racing season with her first Ontario Sires Stakes start in the second Grassroots leg for three-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday (Jun. 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Away from post seven in the first division, Doug McNair put her in the four-hole until coming around […]
The Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings continued at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday (Jun. 18) with four harness racing divisions. Lakers Bank (All Bets Off, Travis Cullen) battled with Sports Activator (Louis-Philippe Roy) down the stretch and got past him by a half-length to win the first division in 1:52.1. […]
Mass Cara (Muscle Mass) won the fastest Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots division for three-year-old trotting fillies of the night at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday (May 30) in a 23-1 harness racing upset. She emerged from the pocket coming into the stretch for Trevor Henry and hauled down pacesetter Sue Anne (Louis-Philippe Roy), then held […]
This Magic Moment (Big Jim) won one of four first-leg Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies on Friday (May 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park to stay perfect on the harness racing season. James MacDonald ordered a second-quarter brush from the filly, and she held off a host of challengers from the […]
MILTON, September 30, 2023 – Longshot Kinnder Thinktwice (Wheeling N Dealin-Majestic Joy) and Sylvain Filion, sent off at odds of 25-1, tracked down favourite New Rules late in the lane to spring the harness racing upset in Saturday’s (Sep. 30) $75,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots final for sophomore trotting colts. Trained by Tyler Moore, the […]
MILTON, September 30, 2023 – When the two-year-old pacing colts turned for home in their $75,000 Grassroots Championship on Saturday night (Sep. 30), Aaron Waxman was pretty confident he was going to be visiting the Woodbine Mohawk Park winner’s circle. “I knew he had a big shot to keep fighting,” said Waxman of Enforcer, the […]
MILTON, September 30, 2023 – Following a traffic-troubled fifth-place finish in the semifinal round, Century Jamila (Bettors Delight-Exotic Pleasure) made sure to control her own harness racing destiny in Saturday night’s (Sep. 30) $75,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots final for three-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park, quarter-moving to the top and outlasting a pair […]
MILTON, September 30, 2023 – The two-year-old male Grassroots trotters had a competitive harness racing rivalry brewing before their Ontario Sires Stakes championship final Saturday night (Sep. 30) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Semi-final winner and divisional leader Northernchancellor (Muscle Mass–Honor Grad) was not favoured from the rail. Neither was Alexander (Muscle Mass–Peace Rose), starting from […]
