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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 […]
Grey Horizon (Vertical Horizon) won his third straight harness racing stake final and solidified his status as Alberta’s best sophomore colt as he captured the $107,030 Western Canada Pacing Derby on Saturday (Oct. 12) at Century Mile. Driven by trainer Brandon Campbell, he left to take the lead from post two before letting the firing […]
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 […]
MILTON, ON – Aug. 2, 2024 – Somebeachsomewhere is the greatest harness racing horse in Ontario Sires Stakes history, according to an informal poll conducted as part of the program’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. Among the Lampman Cup-winning drivers, Johnston Cup-winning trainers, Hall of Fame breeders, renowned handicappers and iconic builders who were asked to provide […]
MILTON, ON – May 17, 2024 – The Ontario Sires Stakes 50th Anniversary Celebration kicks off Sunday (May 19) at Flamboro Downs with three $20,000 Grassroots Series divisions for the three-year-old harness racing trotting colts featured on the undercard of the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup program. The Grassroots divisions are slated as Races 2, 4, […]
MILTON, ON – MAY 7, 2024 – As the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) enters its 50th harness racing season, its golden anniversary will be celebrated at 11 Standardbred tracks across Ontario. On select dates, tracks will hold special OSS 50th Anniversary Celebration days, where fans will be able to watch OSS Gold or Grassroots races, […]
MILTON, FEB. 2, 2024 – The Ontario Sires Stakes program will open its 50th anniversary harness racing season on Sunday, May 19 with the three-year-old trotting colts squaring off in Grassroots action on the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup program at Flamboro Downs. Later that week Woodbine Mohawk Park will host the Gold Series opener with a […]
