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Cant Turn You Down wins ninth straight in $350,000 Gold Super Final

By Melissa Keith ·

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 […]

Canada

Beau Jangles vs. the Rocket Man highlights $2.8 million Super Final night

By Dave Briggs ·

MILTON, ON (OCT. 8, 2026) – Trainers Dr. Ian Moore and John Pentland said they can’t wait for another round of Beau Jangles (Cattlewash) vs. Redland Rocket Man (Bulldog Hanover), this time in Saturday’s (Oct. 10) $350,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 3-year-old pacing colts at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It is carded as […]

Canada

Eastie Boy delivers first $1 million Metro Pace triumph for Burke

By Standardbred Canada ·

Eastie Boy (Sweet Lou) stayed strong down the lane to take all the harness racing spoils in the Grade 1 $1 million Metro Pace on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. With the scratch of unbeaten Shalom Hanover, the door was open for nine other rookies to step up and seize the moment in […]

Canada

Aceandaten fastest in OSS Grassroots at Mohawk Park

By Standardbred Canada ·

Round four of Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots competition for two-year-old pacing fillies was contested on Monday (Aug. 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with a trio of $30,000 divisions, with Aceandaten taking the quickest of the three in 1:51.3 for Doug and Gregg McNair. Leaving from the rail as the 7-5 second choice, Aceandaten was away […]

Canada

Kiwi mare Francent N supplemented to Milton Stakes

By Woodbine Mohawk Park ·

Woodbine Mohawk Park received three supplements to upcoming open stakes harness racing events ahead of the Monday, Aug. 24 deadline. The Canadian Pacing Derby (Grade 1) received two supplements, Best Chip and Ayeaye Captain Deo, while the Milton Stakes (Grade 2) for pacing mares received a supplement entry for Francent N. The supplement fee for […]

Canada

Detonater Hanover tops Wellwood elims

By Ray Cotolo ·

Milton, ON – Trotting freshman sparred in a pair of eliminations for the Grade 1 William Wellwood Memorial and Peaceful Way Stakes on Friday (Aug. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Detonater Hanover and Gios Hope taking the Wellwood elims while Dataprivacy and Fashion Athena scored in the Peaceful Way elims. Detonater Hanover resurfaced from a […]

Canada

Beaton celebrates 500 wins with OSS Gold sweep

By Standardbred Canada ·

Trainer Tony Beaton swept both $100,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Leg 3 events for two-year-old pacing fillies on Monday (Aug. 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and, in the process, reached both 500 career wins and surpassed $15 million in harness racing earnings. Beaton pupils Waves Of Fortune and Twin B Copacabana provided the trainer with […]

Canada

Upgrade extends perfect Grassroots record with fourth straight win at Mohawk

By Harnesslink Media ·

CAMPBELLVILLE, ON. Upgrade (Green Manalishi S) is yet to be beaten in Grassroots company, and she made it four from four with a comfortable win in Sunday’s (Aug. 9) card at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The sophomore trotting filly went winless through her entire freshman Ontario Sires Stakes campaign last year, making seven of her eight […]

Canada

Detonater Hanover fastest colt trot to headline Millard Farms Final field

By Woodbine Mohawk Park ·

MILTON, July 31, 2026 – Sharp harness racing victories by Detonater Hanover and Three Six Zero at Woodbine Mohawk Park sets up an intriguing matchup for this week’s Grade 3 Millard Farms Stakes. A pair of $25,000 eliminations were contested Friday for the Millard Farms, an event for two-year-old trotters. The top-five finishers from each […]

Canada

Ontario’s young stars shine in OSS action at Mohawk

By Standardbred Canada ·

Woodbine Mohawk Park was inundated with Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold action on Sunday, July 19 as three splits carried over from previous cancelled programs joined two Gold dashes scheduled for the 12-race card. Strobe Lite posted his second Gold victory of the year, winning the lone $150,000 third-leg event for three-year-old male trotters. The […]

Canada

Be Perfect BG, Sweet Lovin Lou tune up in Qualifiers

By Standardbred Canada ·

Prepping for upcoming stakes engagements at The Meadowlands, three-year-old pacers Be Perfect BG and Sweet Lovin Lou headlined Woodbine Mohawk Park’s mixed Monday morning qualifying session on June 29 that included older horses and two-year-olds. The nearly perfect Be Perfect BG kicked off Monday’s qualifiers with a sharp 1:50.4 mile, pacing :25.4 on the end while extending […]

Canada

Showdown in North America Cup produces race record handle

By Mark McKelvie ·

MILTON, June 16, 2026 – Odds On Mr Mamba’s thrilling victory in the 43rd Pepsi North America Cup (G1) highlighted a tremendous 2026 event at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The highly anticipated showdown between top three-year-old pacers Odds On Mr Mamba, Brandon Blvd and Beau Jangles helped drive a North America Cup race record handle of $687,448, […]

USA

Can Brandon Blvd defy the odds in North America Cup?

By Ken Weingartner ·

Brandon Blvd (Downbytheseaside) will have to make history to win Saturday’s (June 13) C$1 million Pepsi North America Cup from post 10 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but the colt has made history before at the Ontario oval. Last year, Brandon Blvd became the first 2-year-old pacer to win a race in Canada with a sub-1:49 […]

Canada

Watch the 2026 Pepsi North America Cup eliminations live

By Standardbred Canada ·

Live video is available as all eyes will be on racing action from Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday, June 6 with eliminations for the Pepsi North America Cup, Fan Hanover and Roses Are Red to set the stage for next Saturday’s blockbuster card.  Three-year-old trotters kicked off the stakes elim smorgasbord on Friday, June […]

USA

Ryder trained star ready for a ‘Fresh’ start

By Ken Weingartner ·

Hightstown, NJ – Only twice since 2004 have fans seen successive Dan Patch Horse of the Year Award winners in action in the same harness racing season, but with Saturday’s return of female pacer Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe), that will change. Twin B Joe Fresh, the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the […]

Canada

Eliminations set to go for 43rd Pepsi North America Cup

By Woodbine Entertainment ·

MILTON, June 2, 2026 – A pair of harness racing eliminations are set for this Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park to determine the field for the 43rd Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1). A total of 16 three-year-old pacers were dropped in the entry box on Tuesday morning for Canada’s most prestigious harness race. The group […]

Canada

Brandon Blvd impressive in Somebeachsomewhere Stakes

By Mark McKelvie ·

MILTON, May 30, 2026 – Brandon Blvd (Downbytheseaside) delivered a statement harness racing performance ahead of the Pepsi North America Cup eliminations by winning the Grade 3 Somebeachsomewhere Stakes on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Andrew Harris trained Brandon Blvd and driver Jason Bartlett posted a stakes record clocking of 1:48.1 to win […]

USA

Watch the Somebeachsomewhere and Graduate Series live

By Harnesslink Media ·

Watch the Somebeachsomewhere and Graduate Series live from Woodbine Mohawk Park. The road to the Pepsi North America Cup heats up at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night, with the $140,500 Somebeachsomewhere Stakes providing one final opportunity for many of the continent’s leading three-year-old pacers to fine-tune their preparations. The card is further strengthened by […]

Canada

Somebeachsomewhere and Graduate set for Saturday

By Woodbine Mohawk Park ·

MILTON, May 26, 2026 – Woodbine Mohawk Park will offer the $140,500 Somebeachsomewhere Stakes (Grade 3) this Saturday as a final tune up opportunity ahead of the Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1) harness racing eliminations on June 6. A full field of 10 three-year-old pacers will clash in the Grade 3 event named for […]

Canada

Fillies fly in Friday's SBOA eliminations

By Mark McKelvie ·

MILTON, May 8, 2026 – Stakes season began Friday at Woodbine Mohawk Park with harness racing eliminations for Ontario sired fillies in the SBOA Stakes. A pair of eliminations were needed in the pacing filly and trotting filliy categories, with each elimination going for $25,000. Ron Burke trained Shes A Bulldog (Bulldog Hanover) moved to […]

Canada

Mohawk Million slot draw set for Thursday

By Mark McKelvie ·

MILTON, March 24, 2026 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced the slot draw for the 2026 Mohawk Million will take place this Thursday (March 26). The slot draw will be live streamed on YouTube and begin at Noon (ET). This year’s Mohawk Million received entries from 34 individuals and/or groups seeking one of 10 slots in the prestigious […]

Canada

International Women’s Day race set for March 8

By Woodbine Mohawk Park ·

MILTON, March 4, 2026— Woodbine Mohawk Park will once again celebrate women in harness racing with its annual International Women’s Day Race on Sunday, March 8. First introduced in 2022, the International Women’s Day Race features an all-women driving field. “This event is a special opportunity to celebrate the many women who significantly contribute to […]

USA

Woodbine submits bid to host The Hambletonian at Woodbine Mohawk Park

By Mark McKelvie ·

MILTON, February 27, 2026 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced it has formally submitted a bid to host the prestigious Hambletonian at Woodbine Mohawk Park beginning in 2027. Widely regarded as harness racing’s most iconic event, The Hambletonian showcases the sport’s top three-year-old trotters and serves as one of the premier days on the international Standardbred […]

Canada

Sid the Kid goes for Open gold

By Chris Lomon ·

MILTON, February 20, 2026 – Sid the Kid (Alarm Detector), named after NHL and Team Canada superstar Sidney Crosby, will chase gold on Sunday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Trained by Ben Baillargeon, Sid the Kid, a five-year-old son of Alarm Detector-Miss Congeniality, will look to rebound from an off-key seventh-place performance last time out […]

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