The fifth leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series was contested on Monday (Sept. 11) for two-year-old pacing fillies and three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Tribal Dancer led the action with a 1:52.2 victory in the $22,200 division for the young ladies.
Two more harness racing divisions completed their Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots regular season as the two-year-old pacing fillies and sophomore male trotters contested their fifth legs on Monday (Sep. 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. In the first filly pace division, Gold winner Resilience (Jimmy Freight, Louis-Philippe Roy) made it two-for-two in the Grassroots. She turned
Woodbine Mohawk Park featured a card comprised of the Dream Maker Final, Whenuwishuponastar Final, OSS Grassroots, and a Free For All top pace on Saturday (Aug. 12) evening with Anthony Beaton trainees shining in the two series finales.
New Rules established himself as one of the main horses to beat in the 2023 Dream Of Glory Trot after notching the fastest elimination win on Saturday (July 29) at Hanover Raceway with the largest margin of victory.
Darbyshire led the three-year-old Grassroots trotters with a 1:53 career-best effort in the fastest of five $22,000+ Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) divisions featured at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, June 23.