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The two-day 2026 London Classic Yearling Sale concluded on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with Shes So Sharp topping the final session held at the J-AAR Expo Centre at Western Fair District in London, Ont. Shes So Sharp, selling as Hip 174, was the highest priced yearling of the day with a $122,000 winning bid from Ecurie […]
This weekend marks a hectic weekend of racing right around the national scene. Highlighting schedule is Saturday night’s showpiece Victoria Cup meeting at Melton where five Group 1s will be staged. The main event is the Group 1 SEN $250,000 Victoria Pacers Cup. And despite drawing a quality field the race looks Captains Mistress to […]
The 2026 London Classic Yearling Sale kicked off on Tuesday, Oct. 13 with a pair of $150,000 yearlings topping the first of two sessions at the J-AAR Expo Centre at Western Fair District in London, Ont. The first yearling to sell for $150,000 during Tuesday’s opening session was North Lite, Hip 55. Purchased by Glenview […]
One of the nation’s most beloved pacers Minstrel is being set again for the Western Australia Pacing Cup on 11 December which should delight all harness racing supporters. Co trainer Greg Bond who prepares Minstrel with his wife Skye is hopeful that the rising ten year old is ready for another crack at the West’s […]
On Wednesday, Oct. 7, the Horse Racing Appeal Panel released its ruling on the appeal of trainer Richard Moreau. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) received a Certificate of Analysis confirming the presence of the non-therapeutic drug darbepoetin alfa (DPO) for the horse Funtime Bayama, collected on June 10, 2024, as part of […]
Four-year-old trotting stallion Emoticon Legacy (Walner) trounced his Open harness racing rivals at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Sunday, Sept. 27 in follow-up victory to his world record Charlie Hill Memorial triumph. Back at his home track with Bob McClure in the sulky, the Luc Blais-trained Emoticon Legacy trotted a :26.4 final quarter to pass a […]
It was fitting that Captain Wolf (Captain Crunch) won the Tony Stratford Racing Mobile Pace at Gore today. The classy two year old is not only named after Tony ‘Wolfie’ Stratford, he’s also part-owned and trained by the Gore based horseman. “Timmy Grant who bred the horse named him after me on his own bat, […]
Wrong Sounds Right (Tactical Landing) dashed to a 1:51.1 triumph in the $1 million Mohawk Million, setting the stakes and track record and equalling the harness racing world record for a two-year-old trotting male on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The seventh renewal of the marquee Grade 1 race once again put the […]
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 […]
Jersey Bulldog (Bulldog Hanover) never saw a pylon and never relented in a hearty 1:49.4 score to snag the $510,000 Grade 1 Shes A Great Lady final, for two-year-old pacing fillies, on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driver Bob McClure hustled Jersey Bulldog towards the fore out of post nine but stalled briefly […]
Nix Nacken (Muscle Hill) upset in the Canadian Trotting Classic, and odds-on favourite Nuance captured the Elegantimage Stakes to give harness racing trainer Marcus Melander a Grade 1 stakes double on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Nix Nacken overpowered his stablemate, Hambletonian champion Apex, in the closing strides of a 1:51.1 mile to […]
It’s a massive week of harness racing in North America, with two million dollar races taking centre stage and some of the sport’s brightest young stars preparing for their biggest assignments of the season. Two million-dollar showdowns at Mohawk Unbeaten Shalom Hanover (Papi Rob Hanover) will put his perfect seven-from-seven record on the line in […]
The post position draws for a pair of million-dollar Grade 1 two-year-old stakes — the Metro Pace and Mohawk Million — were conducted during the Woodbine Mohawk Park pre-game show on Monday, Sept. 21. Both races will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Mohawk as part of a stakes-laden program that includes the $510,000 […]
Undefeated freshman Shalom Hanover imposed his will on his five rivals with a 1:49.4 victory in the first of two $40,000 Metro Pace eliminations on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Shalom Hanover drafted behind Rose Run Cowboy (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) into the first turn, then slid in third while that foe moved on […]
Three-year-old trotting fillies Nuance (Greenshoe) and Kngtstlkrs Games were the top harness racing performers in the eliminations for the Grade 1 Elegantimage Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, Sept. 18. With a pair of $35,000 eliminations taking place, a group of 18 three-year-old trotting fillies were vying to secure a spot in the $400,000 […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park is set to host eliminations this weekend for the Grade 1 Metro Pace and Grade 1 Elegantimage Stakes. The Metro Pace for two-year-old pacers will have a pair of six-horse eliminations on Saturday, Sept. 19 to determine the field for the $1 million final. The Elegantimage for three-year-old filly trotters has two […]
John Pentland considers himself a prudent person when it comes to training and his horses, priding himself on trying to make good business decisions for himself and his owners. He readily admitted, in the conversation confirming the plan to supplement Redland Rocket Man (Bulldog Hanover) to the 2026 Little Brown Jug, that the idea of […]
John Pentland trainee Redland Rocket Man (Bulldog Hanover) fired off a pocket trip to a world-record-equalling 1:46.4 mile when scoring in the Grade 3 $140,000 Simcoe Stakes for harness racing three-year-olds on Saturday, Sept. 12 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Leaving from post four, driver Jody Jamieson jetted Redland Rocket Man to the top and yielded […]
The Grand Circuit season at Woodbine Mohawk Park continued on an eventful Friday, Sept. 11 with the Grade 3 Champlain Stakes for two-year-old trotters that included a stakes record performance and a milestone achievement. There was also an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold harness racing event on the evening’s undercard. A total of four Champlain Stakes, […]
Doug McNair joined elite harness racing company on Sunday, Sept. 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park by reaching $100 million in career driving earnings. On the heels of a five-win performance Saturday night, McNair entered Sunday $36,152 shy of $100 million. He quickly knocked that number down to $6,152 by winning a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes […]
Best Chip (Heston Blue Chip), the new kid on the block in the free-for-all pacing scene, asserted total control in the $705,000 Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby final to equal the stakes record with a 1:46.4 harness racing effort on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driver Tim Tetrick planted into third with Best […]
Super Chapter (Chapter Seven) made an authoritative brush to the lead heading to the half and strode confidently to a track- and Canadian-record 1:49.3 victory in the $620,000 Grade 1 Maple Leaf Trot, a trotting free-for-all event, on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Dexter Dunn eased odds-on favourite Super Chapter out of post […]
A $20,000 supplemental entry fee became a six-figure payday for the connections of Francent N (Vincent), who took the front, lost the lead around the last turn and reemerged on top through a game stretch drive to win the $255,000 Grade 2 Milton Stakes for pacing mares in a stakes, track and Canadian record on […]
With the division’s top performer — Miki And Minnie — on the sidelines, the timing was right for another older pacing harness racing mare to challenge Twin B Joe Fresh for supremacy. Enter Francent N (Vincent), the 7-5 morning line choice in the $255,000 Milton Stakes set for this Saturday, Sept. 5 at Woodbine Mohawk […]
