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Don Beatson beams at the very mention of So Much More, a most appropriate name for an equine athlete with an abundance of exceptional talent and a penchant for top-shelf performances against any competition.

So Much More continued her reign as the top distaffer in the Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (March 4), streaking to her third straight victory.

Back in action after winning the Mares Preferred three weeks ago, So Much More returned to the winner's circle after topping the distaffers in another Friday night edition at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

After competing against open competition in recent weeks, 2021 O'Brien Award finalist So Much More faced a group of Preferred distaffers on Friday night (Feb. 4) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and romped to her first seasonal score.

How many participants in harness racing can say that they have owned a national award winner and were hands-on with the horse's maintenance while still in their teens? That's so much more than many in the sport could hope or dream.

The Beatson family-owned and trained So Much More, a five-year-old daughter of Big Jim-Ladysai, has been scratched from the $330,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace.

Heavily-favoured So Much More captured Friday’s $30,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but Karma Seelster made her really earn it. So Much More, who was sent off as the 4-5 favourite, grabbed an early pocket trip behind Marloe Hanover who sliced out the opening quarter in :27.4. James MacDonald rallied So Much More to the top in the backstretch and they continued to wheel the field past the mid-way point in :56.2. The third quarter got very interesting when Karma See...

The return of live (spectator-free) racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park is coming in hot with full fields, a new starting gate, returning stars and more for an action-packed re-opening weekend. A total of 22 races will be contested over Friday (June 9) and Saturday (June 10) evenings in Campbellville. Each card will offer plenty of full fields, much to the delight of horseplayers, and a Preferred contest to showcase some of the circuit’s top older horses. The regular wagering menu, headlined by t...

Standardbred Canada announced the winners of 2020 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, January 31. Held virtually due to the provincial lockdown in Ontario, this year marked the 32nd edition of the O’Brien Awards, named in honour of the late Joe O’Brien, an outstanding horseman and member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Richard Moreau added a record eighth O�...

Jason Malloy Photo CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The 2020 O’Brien Awards finalists have been announced and aged pacing mare finalist So Much More has etched herself into the harness racing history books as the first Island-foaled horse to be nominated for the prestigious national honour. The O’Brien Awards were formed in 1989 to honour the late Joe O’Brien, a native of Alberton, but no horse born in the province has ever made the cut as a final nominee. So Much More’s home turf is New Haven...