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MILTON, November 21, 2025 – Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office has released details for two Pop-Up Series starting next week. The Pop-Ups will offer a series for each division (trot and pace), with two $15,000 preliminary legs and a $25,000 final. Both series will be open to horses that have started for a purse of […]
MILTON, October 8, 2025 – Woodbine Entertainment and the Hambletonian Society today announced the Breeders Crown Post Position Draw and Dinner will be held on Tuesday, October 21 at Country Heritage Park in Milton. The event will be sponsored by the Central Ontario Standardbred Association. The Breeders Crown Post Position Draw and Dinner will be […]
MILTON, September 26, 2025 – The 2025 Breeders Crown Charity Challenge is ramping up ahead of Tuesday’s (September 30) cocktail reception and benefit auction at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. A total of seven breedings to prominent stallions for the 2026 season will be auctioned off at 1 p.m. on Tuesday benefit this year’s Breeders […]
TORONTO, August 14, 2025 – Woodbine Entertainment is proud to announce the continuation of its partnership with Helmets to Hardhats (H2H), a national non-profit organization that provides opportunities for Canadian Veterans, Reservists, Cadets, and their families to find meaningful, unionized careers in the skilled trades. Through this multi-year partnership, Woodbine is moving forward to formally become […]
MILTON, July 29, 2025 – Once a week, throughout the Mohawk harness racing season, Woodbine will profile a horse who has had a life-changing impact on one of their closest connections. This week, driver Tyler Jones, who registered a career-best 81 wins last season, and his father Dustin Jones’ homebred trotter, You Will Be Queen. The […]
MILTON, June 14, 2025— The Roll With Joe mare Twin B Joe Fresh cruised to command with a mid-race move and easily maintained her throne atop the aged pacing mare division to score her second straight harness racing victory in the $287,000 Roses Are Red, a Grade 1 stake, on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk […]
MILTON, May 27, 2025 – Once a week, throughout the Mohawk racing season, Woodbine will profile a horse who has had a life-changing impact on one of their closest connections. This week, Kyle Bossence, who in 2023, recorded the first $1 million season of his nine-year-training career, and retired pacer, They Call Me Gordy. The […]
MILTON, May 6, 2025 – The entry box for this year’s SBOA Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park closed Tuesday with eliminations needed in two of the four harness racing divisions. The SBOA Stakes for Ontario sired three-year-olds will require eliminations for both trotting events, while the pacing events will proceed directly to the final on […]
MILTON, May 6, 2025 – Once a week, throughout the Mohawk Park harness racing season, Woodbine will profile a horse who has had a life-changing impact on one of their closest connections. This week, the spotlight shines on trainer Carmen Auciello, and retired pacer Bugger Bruiser. Auciello, based out of Stouffville, Ontario, owns and operates […]
TORONTO, March 31, 2025— Throughout horse racing history, women have made invaluable contributions to advancing the sport, from breaking barriers as jockeys and trainers to influencing its development as owners and breeders. Respected figures like Woodbine Entertainment’s Megan Walker and Martha Wakely have played pivotal roles in reshaping the industry and inspiring future generations. Though […]
MILTON, March 19, 2025 – Woodbine Entertainment is set to hold the slot draw for the 2025 Mohawk Million today at 1 p.m. The draw is being live streamed on YouTube. To view the live stream, click here. Mark McKelvie, Senior Manager of Communications, will host the live special with Jim Gillespie, Racing Secretary, and Jason […]
MILTON, January 28, 2025 — Nominations close for Woodbine Mohawk Park’s 2025 New Holland Series on Monday, February 3. Both the trotting and pacing harness racing series consist of two $30,000 preliminary legs and a $60,000 added money final. The nomination fee for each series is $500 CAD. The conditions and dates are listed below: […]
MILTON, December 20, 2024 – Woodbine Mohawk Park will offer a mandatory payout for the Jackpot Hi-5 this Thursday, December 26 (Boxing Day). The Jackpot Hi-5 carryover currently sits at $246,591.97. Woodbine will continue to offer Jackpot Hi-5 wagering on each harness racing card leading up to Thursday’s mandatory payout. The Jackpot Hi-5 requires horseplayers […]
MILTON, November 27, 2024 – Nominations close this Monday for Woodbine Mohawk Park’s annual Winter Series. The Winter Series consists of the Niagara, Valedictory, Blizzard and Snowshoe. All harness racing events have two preliminary legs and a $30,000 added money final. The Niagara and Valedictory begin in early December and wrap up on Boxing Day […]
Watch today’s Mohawk Million slot draw at 2 p.m. EST. Click here for the live stream link. The deadline to purchase a slot in the Mohawk Million was February 15, 2024, with Woodbine receiving 21 entries. The group of 21 will now be entered into an open draw to determine the 10 slot owners for this […]
MILTON, March 19, 2024 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced the draw to determine the slot owners for the 2024 Mohawk Million will take place on Wednesday afternoon (March 20). The Mohawk Million slot draw will be live streamed at 2 p.m. EST. Click here for the live stream link. The deadline to purchase a slot in the […]
TORONTO, February 20, 2024 – Woodbine Entertainment and Standardbred Canada are transitioning to distributing purse payments for all Ontario harness racing racetracks to Canadian residents through Electronic Fund Transfer (direct deposit), as of April 1, 2024. All owners, trainers and drivers are reminded that the deadline to complete the EFT application is March 1, 2024. […]
MILTON, February 12, 2024 – Woodbine Entertainment would like to issue a reminder to all harness racing owners and trainers of this Thursday’s (February 15) deadline for nominations to its 2024 major stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Nominations close Thursday (February 15) for the following major stakes: Pepsi North America Cup (3-Year-Old Pace) Mohawk Million […]
TORONTO, January 23, 2024– Woodbine Entertainment today announced the appointment of Lisa Headrick to Executive Vice President, Finance, Strategy and Operations. “Lisa brings incredible depth and experience to the Woodbine leadership team,” Woodbine Entertainment CEO Michael Copeland shared. “We are excited to have her join our team and help lead our business and the horse […]
MILTON, January 19, 2024 – Woodbine Entertainment today released the schedule for its lucrative 2024 Standardbred stakes harness racing season at Woodbine Mohawk Park, featuring three $1 million races for the first-time since 2012. The Pepsi North America Cup (June 15), Mohawk Million (September 21) and Metro Pace (September 21) will all be contested for […]
MILTON, January 17, 2024— Desiree Jones had every reason to believe the stars would align for her and her harness racing horses in 2023. Although she can’t recollect the exact day last year, the 30-year-old trainer does remember the month in which she took a momentary pause to look at the season ahead. And when […]
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 […]
MILTON, December 14, 2023— Woodbine Mohawk Park today announced this year’s holiday harness racing schedule. Live racing will proceed as scheduled until December 23, and will return with the traditional matinee card on Boxing Day (December 26). Please note there will be no live racing on Christmas or Christmas Eve. Qualifiers will take place on […]
MILTON, November 14, 2023 – O’Brien Award winner and Canadian Pacing Derby champion Sintra (Mach Three) will officially be retired with a special ceremony this Saturday (Nov. 18) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A 10-year-old gelding, Sintra amassed 48 wins, $1.6 million in earnings and a mark of 1:47.2 during a tremendous racing career. Owned by […]
