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G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes Preview: V V's Dream Returns to Action (Alpine Princess / Hughes Photo & Courtesy of the Fair Grounds) From the Fair Grounds Media Team / Kevin Kilroy: MJM Racing and Magdalena Racing's V V's Dream will make her sophomore debut on Saturday Feb. 17 in the $300000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes presented by Fasig-Tipton (G2) at…

Aaron previews the 2024 Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) from Fair Grounds Race Course, then gives his top picks from this Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep race. MJM Racing and Magdalena Racing's V V's Dream will make her sophomore debut on Saturday Feb. 17 in the $300000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes presented by Fasig-Tipton (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course &…

Mickie Mantle collected his second B.C. Breeders Stakes title while Red N Ready upset defending filly champion Side Piece in a pair of $100000 finals for three-year-old pacers co-featured at Fraser Downs on Friday night, Nov. 24. Mickie Mantle delivered on his pari-mutuel promise as he held off a pair of upset-minded 50-1 shots in the six-figure…

Hightstown, NJ - Prohibition Legal (Big Jim -Catch A Wish) was an O'Brien Award-winner at age 2 in 2021, when her only loss in nine starts was a second-place finish behind Dan Patch Award-recipient Niki Hill in the She's A Great Lady Stakes. Following a one-win campaign last year, trainer Nick Gallucci gave the female pacer an extended rest before…

Pass Line (All Bets Off) became the fastest two-year-old harness racing filly in Ontario Sires Stakes history on Saturday (Sep. 2) in the $199900 Gold fourth leg at Woodbine Mohawk Park. She watched from fifth for driver Yannick Gingras as three lead changes in the first half produced:26.1 and:54.1 fractions. Gingras gave her the green light as the…

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - There is no question Rose Run Quest (If I Can Dream) is on top of his game as he seeks his fourth straight harness racing victory Saturday (Aug. 26) evening at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The city track has 15-dashes set for a 6 P.M. post time on Saturday with the $3300 top event lining up…

With some fresh competition joining the fray, Chip Of Evil will try to remain perfect in Lady Slipper stakes action ion Sunday, Aug. 27 at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway. The Prince County oval has a terrific stakes-laden card with 13 dashes getting underway at 1 p.m. Chip Of Evil (pictured above) gets top billing in her $21100 Lady Slipper…

Maple Leaf Mel fell just before reaching the wire a winner Saturday in the Grade 1, $500000 Test Stakes, and had to be euthanized. Godolphin homebred Pretty Mischievous crossed the wire first after the incident, posting a head victory by a head over Clearly Unhinged in the seven furlong race for 3-year-old fillies. Maple Leaf Mel buckled just…

Woodbine Mohawk Park held another action-packed 10-race harness racing card that saw Ontario star Adare Castle (Muscle Mass) get back in the win column in the $32000 Preferred-2. It also featured two divisions for the second leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Grassroots for two-year-old trotting fillies. The Preferred was won by Adare Castle and…

Three divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots were hosted at Woodbine Mohawk Park as freshman trotting fillies took the stage for the second leg of the series on Monday (July 31) evening. Birthday Money posted the fastest time of the evening among the Grassroots divisional winners, winning by a half-length in 1:58.4. Todd Ratchford and…

CharleneMage, shown winning this year's Kentucky Derby, takes on some tough rivals in Saturday's $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park. Photo by and courtesy of Katsumi Saito July 21 (UPI) -- The Triple Crown races are well in the rearview, mirror but the battle for supremacy in the 3-year-old division rages on this weekend as Monmouth Park hosts its…

TORONTO, JULY 17, 2023 - The Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) was in harness racing action across the province this weekend, with Gold and Grassroots racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park and Rideau Carleton Raceway. On Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, there were eight OSS divisions, two Golds for freshman male trotters and six Grassroots dashes for…

Leg one of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for two-year-old trotting fillies was featured in four $22200 divisions on Monday (July 17) evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park and All Out Marilyn posted the fastest time of her classmates. All Out Marilyn capped off the OSS Grassroots action on the evening card with a mile in 1:57.3, charting the fastest…

One regular Woodbine Mohawk Park (WMP) handicapper had a not-so-regular night at the office on Monday (June 26). Ghislain Paquet gave out nine straight winners on a 10-race card, at a track where favorites are currently winning at a 45 per cent rate for the meet (as of July 5), and have missed the board entirely in 25 per cent of races. Paquet is…

Forte, shown winning the'22 Hopeful Stakes, missed the first two legs of the Triple Crown, but is favorite for Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association June 9 (UPI) -- A three-day weekend packed with important stakes races is on tap at Belmont Park, including the finale of the U.S. Triple Crown and the start of…

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - Another superb Preferred Pace will grace the harness racing track Saturday evening (May 27) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The Capital oval has a 6 P.M., opening post time for the 12-dash program with the $3800 Preferred 1 Pace hitting the track in race 11. Roll Em (Time To Roll) is the top…

TORONTO, MARCH 23, 2023 - It might not feel like it, but according to the calendar spring started this week, and that means the harness racing stakes season is right around the corner. With that in mind, we checked in with last year's Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final winners to see how they are preparing for their return to the…

Ce Ce in her workout. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes/Edited LEXINGTON, Ky.-Last year, Bo Hirsch's Ce Ce played the spoiler at 6-1 when she denied defending Filly & Mare Sprint champion Gamine the repeat victory in the 7f race. This time around, it is the 6yo Exclusive Quality mare that will have the bullseye on her back as she looks to join…

The fields are set for the two-year-old divisions of the Breeders Crown following Friday night's (Oct. 21) elimination round at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The $2.4 million freshman championships will be contested next Friday, Oct. 28. Recaps and replays of the eliminations are available below, along with the post draws for the finals. Two-Year-Old…

Trois-Rivieres, QC - There are seven two-year-old pacing fillies competing Sunday (Sept. 25) at the Hippodrome 3R and all of them are looking to put in a good mile before next week's Lucien Bombardier Pace. The final stakes event at H3R for the 2022 season has 36 fillies still eligible for the Bombardier, named after one of the great supporters of…

Milton, ON - Prohibition Legal, an Ontario Super Final champion in her rookie season, will make her return to the races after a two-month absence in one of two C$104000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Monday (Sept. 26) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The daughter of Big Jim was nearly flawless as a freshman, winning…

There wasn't much surprise when a trotter from the barn of John Bax was revealed as a Mohawk Million entrant on Monday (Sept. 19). If there was a surprise, it came when Righteous Resolve's name wasn't mentioned. Bax, who had a surprise of his own on Tuesday morning when he got the call to inform him that he was a finalist for the Canadian Horse…

MILTON, August 11 - Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing took over the card tonight (Aug. 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with two Gold trotting and five Grassroots pacing divisions for first-year fillies. The highlight of the night was Righteous Resolve (Resolve) winning her second straight Gold division in impressive fashion. In race 8, the second…

Ron Winchell's Just Wicked, impressive winner of the $200000 Adirondack (Grade II) at Saratoga four weeks ago, headlines a field of eight 2-year-old fillies entered for Saturday's 47th running of the $200000 Pocahontas (GII) at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race is the richest of four stakes events on an 11-race opening weekend card at the famed…