Dismissed at 16-1 because of his poor post position, Tamarind circled the field early and held on late to score the upset in Tuesday’s $22,500 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows. Although Tamarind has been perhaps the most consistent of The Meadows’ elite trotters in 2014 — he already had […] Read more »
Sudoku And My Secret Belle Win OSS Gold Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly Divisions
Three-year-old pacing fillies sparred in a set of $105,000 OSS Gold Series divisions Monday evening at Mohawk Racetrack, with Sudoku and My Secret Belle winning their respective assignments. Sudoku was next-to-last at the half-mile marker, but she kicked home gamely to win by a length in 1:53.3 for driver James MacDonald and trainer Tony […] Read more »
Go and Play Stables
They call themselves ‘Go and Play Stables’, but this dedicated bunch of Standardbred horse lovers should be named ‘Go and Work Stables’. This tireless bunch of women and men from the Peterborough, Ontario area have dedicated their spare time to retraining and rehoming retired Standardbred race horses. The organization is the brain child of […] Read more »
Six Divisions Of Grassroot OSS Three-Year-Old Trotting Fillies Compete At Mohawk
Six divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes were contested Tuesday evening at Mohawk Racetrack, with three-year-old trotting fillies sparring in the Grassroots tilts worth $18,000 apiece. Torches Star got the Grassroots party started with a come-from-behind score at odds of 13-1 for the tandem of Hall of Fame driver Steve Condren and trainer Ben […] Read more »
Muscle Babe Wins OSS Gold In Mohawk
Fresh off her sweep of this year’s SBOA Stakes, Muscle Babe returned to Mohawk Racetrack and dominated the three-year-old filly trotters she faced in Monday’s OSS Gold Series division. With James MacDonald at the lines, Muscle Babe watched Riveting Rosie park Tosca through first-half fractions of :26.4 and :55.3 before serving up a three-wide challenge […] Read more »
Liberals Win Majority In Ontario’s Provincial Election
The results are now in, and as they say in horse racing, the results have been made official. The Ontario Liberal Party has won a majority government in Ontario’s 2014 Provincial Election. As of 11:00 p.m. (ET), both CTV and CBC put the seat totals as follows. LIB – 58 PC – 27 NDP – […] Read more »
