When Adriano Sorella presented the concept of the Jimmy Freight Stakes, there surely wasn't a thought to having the O'Brien Award winning pacer on hand for the inaugural edition.
Drawn Impression picked a bad time to have a bad day in her most recent pari-mutuel start, but the 2023 Peaceful Way champ was back on her best behaviour during the qualifying session on Friday, Sept. 29 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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.
Climb The Pole posted an upset victory in the fourth leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday (Aug. 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and took home the winner's share of the $159,000 purse with a career best performance.