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The roads we travel across Ireland today are steeped in history and mythology.

My father always told me that my pedigree came from a long list of a duke's mixture. In his colorful explanation, that meant our family could trace our history through the Germans, Scots, Dutch, Irish, Native Americans and Jewish. "Don't try to find them, son. We came from a jaded past, which means oddballs and horse thieves."

Ontop Rainman delivered as the even-money choice to open the Ontario Sired Spring Series for colts and geldings on Friday night (April 22) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, helping driver Mike Whelan reach a career milestone.

Baby Bonita wasn't a familiar face in the Ontario Sires Stakes program as a 2021 two-year-old, but a late season purchase and new connections appear to have the filly pointed for the provincial program as a 2022 sophomore.

Professional, easy-going, strong, willing — trainers Nick Gallucci and John Pentland called on similar adjectives Friday night to describe their two-year-old pacing colt Gold Series winners Betterhavemymoney and Stonebridge Helios. The pacers took very different trips around the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval to get to the winner’s circle, but they tripped the teletimer in identical 1:51.4 clockings and both looked impressive in the effort. Starting from Post 6 in the first $103,800 division, Betterhavemymoney and driver James MacDonald spent most of the mile in the outer lane, had to dodge a...