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