Following up a night freshman photo finishes on Thursday, the three-year-olds took their turn in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots semi-finals on Friday, Sept. 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and the favourites ran the show.
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.
Ontario-sired three-year-old trotters settled the harness racing eliminations for the Dream of Glory, the signature race of Hanover Raceway, on Saturday (Jul. 29) at the half-mile oval. The Hazelton (Muscle Mass, Bob McClure) set every fraction on his way to a 1:58.1 victory in the first elimination. He defeated Resolve To Win (Scott Young) by