Captains Quarters and Total Stranger might have been different when they were growing up together as young horses, but on Saturday, June 15, the three-year-old colt pacers will find themselves in the same place, competing in the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with the chance to bring home a third trophy for their family.
Sophomore trotting fillies were on display on the Thursday, May 30 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park with three divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots, the first leg of the series, each carrying a $20,000 purse. Of the three divisions, Mass Cara rode the pocket trip to the swiftest time of the evening action.
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As the calendar turns to June this Saturday, stakes action ramps up in a major way at Woodbine Mohawk Park on June 1 with divisions of the Somebeachsomewhere for three-year-old male pacers, the opening leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-olds, and a leg of the Miss Versatility Series for trotting mares.
R Liza used the pocket ride to victory in Monday evening's $140,000 first Gold Series leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes for sophomore trotting fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park.