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MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Cant Turn You Down turned up the volume to full blast in the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday night (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The 2026 OSS Grassroots champion had earned respect with an eight-race win streak coming into the $350,000 […]
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 […]
MILTON, Ont., Oct. 12, 2024 – Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky (Bettors Delight) made amends for a disappointing showing in the Little Brown Jug with a 1:50.3 win in Saturday’s $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Final for three-year-old male harness racing pacers at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but he had to prove himself amid […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park hosted the finale of the Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing season tonight (Oct. 12) with eight $300,000 Super Finals on the card. Below are the results and replays for every championship event. A livestream replay is available at the bottom of the page. For the recap of the night of racing, click […]
Monalishi (Green Manalishi S) stayed perfect in the Ontario Sires Stakes as she rebounded from her Mohawk Million harness racing loss in the fifth Gold leg for two-year-old trotting fillies on Monday (Sep. 30) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Away fifth in a :28 first panel, James MacDonald sent her first-over as Foxy Amee (Paul MacDonell) […]
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 26, 2024 – It wasn’t a holiday, but the final Ontario Sires Stakes Gold event for three-year-old pacers provided harness racing fireworks on Thursday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Both the three-year-old pacing colts and geldings and three-year-old pacing fillies had a single $140,000 division contested Thursday to cap off the regular season. […]
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 […]
North America Cup winner Nijinsky (Bettors Delight) cruised to harness racing victory in the sole Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday (Aug. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Away fifth, the colt tracked the pylons through the quarter in :26.4 until James MacDonald pulled him out onto cover approaching […]
Undefeated filly Chantilly (Big Jim) won her third straight race to start her harness racing career in the $150,000 Ontario Sires Stake Gold Mid-Season Final for two-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday (Aug. 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. After slotting in fourth to the quarter in :26.4, James MacDonald sent her three-wide around the front-stepping Wickedpace […]
Willowtime (Lookslikeachpndale) proved much the best over his Ontario Sires Stakes Gold harness racing rivals in the first $95,500 division for three-year-old trotting males at Grand River Raceway on Wednesday (Aug. 14). The colt blitzed the first quarter in :27 and went unchallenged past the stands in :57.1 with Bob McClure at the lines. The […]
Green Manalishi two-year-olds Monalishi and Galen Erso went back-to-back in their Ontario Sires Stakes Gold harness racing divisions on Thursday (Jul. 25) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Monalishi, driven by Jody Jamieson, captured the second split for two-year-old trotting fillies. She cut :28.3, :59.2, and 1:28.4 fractions and held the persistent Foxy Amee (Paul MacDonell) at […]
Nijinsky (Bettors Delight) returned to Woodbine Mohawk Park for the first time since his North America Cup harness racing win to take the $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Mid-Season Final on Saturday (Jul. 20). Louis-Philippe Roy delayed the colt’s charge to the front, tucking in fourth to the quarter in :26.4 before brushing on the […]
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 […]
MILTON, July 15, 2024 – Century Lucifer (Shadow Play) showed his determination again on Monday to win $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold for two-year-old harness racing pacing colts and geldings at Woodbine Mohawk Park. An overflow field of 11 rookie male pacers competed in Monday’s second Gold leg of the OSS season. Opening leg winner […]
Ways N Means (Muscle Mass) fired from the pocket to win the $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Mid-Season Final for three-year-old harness racing trotting colts on Saturday (Jul. 13). Doug McNair took the pocket behind Willowtime (Mario Baillargeon), who left to the outside of him and reached the top in a :26.3 first split. The […]
Two offspring from the first crop of Green Manalishi won their Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing debuts in $95,000 divisions of the first leg for rookie trotting fillies on Friday (Jul. 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Monalishi was the first winner in a 12-1 upset with Jody Jamieson manning the reins. The filly was at […]
Kinnder Hotblood (Kadabra) blew up the toteboard as she upset heavy favourite R Liza in a photo finish in the $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Mid-Season Final for three-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday (Jul. 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Trainer/driver Matt Bax dropped the filly into the pocket and let R Liza (Sylvain Filion) do […]
