It took the photo finish camera to declare 48-1 longshot winner Chillin Bythe Pool (American Ideal) the upset winner in the $19,000 first-race pace Friday (Dec. 1) at Yonkers Raceway. Racing over a sloppy, rain-soaked track with a two-second allowance from the judges, the first race on the card for fillies and mare began with
Trainer Shawn Steacy and driver James MacDonald took home the 2023 Johnston Cup and Lampman Cup titles as the leading Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) trainer and driver after they topped their opponents in the OSS rankings this season.
Jody is a five-year-old mare who earlier this year was facing Open-caliber horses at Dover Downs and Yonkers Raceway then slumped a bit at the start of the fall.
MILTON, ON - This Saturday, September 30, the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championships will bring big harness racing fields of two and three-year-old trotting and pacing talent to Woodbine Mohawk Park for eight $75,000 finals. Post time is 7:10 p.m. and the two-year-old trotting fillies will kick off the championship action in race two. Race
Following up a night freshman photo finishes on Thursday, the three-year-olds took their turn in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots semi-finals on Friday, Sept. 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and the favourites ran the show.
Three-year-old pacing filly Sweetest Belle was the fastest Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots winner of the night for trainer Susie Kerwood, defeating division leader Twin Delight to close out the fifth and final leg of their regular season on Friday, Sept. 8 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Sweetest Belle (Sportswriter) denied Twin Delight a perfect Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots campaign in the final preliminary leg of the harness racing series at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Sep. 8). Sweetest Belle, driven by Doug McNair, traveled fifth as Twin Delight (Bob McClure), winner of all four starts in the Grassroots this year, cut
Woodbine Mohawk Park held another 10-dash program on Aug. 4, and the card featured was the second leg of the Dream Maker. Remember The Alamo (Captaintreachous) upset the field of seven pacers at 12-1 odds. Doug McNair found a comfortable sport in fifth place until he made his move deep down the stretch to win
Shawn Steacy met three of his trainees in the Woodbine Mohawk Park winner's circle on Tuesday (July 25) evening, earning victories in two Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions and in the Whenuwishuponastar Pace.