The father-son team of Gregg and Doug McNair was the star of the show on Monday’s abbreviated Boxing Day card at Woodbine Racetrack. Mild temperatures and consistent rain took a toll on the racing surface throughout the card, which forced officials to cancel the final three races due to unsafe track conditions. However, the […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Cant Stop, Wins Flamboro Preferred
Cant Stop defied her long odds with a wire-to-wire winning effort in Wednesday night’s $7,500 Preferred 3 for distaff pacers at Flamboro Downs. Scott Coulter teamed up with Cant Stop for the first time in their careers and guided the five-year-old mare on the lead through panels of :28.2, :58.1 and 1:26.3 to the […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Boomboom Ballykeel, Takes London’s Preferred
Not even a Post 7 handicap could keep Boomboom Ballykeel from finding his way to victory lane in Monday’s $8,000 Preferred 3 for pacers at The Raceway at Western Fair District. With Alfie Carroll in the bike, Boomboom Ballykeel got away fifth before latching onto third over cover as the field headed to the half. […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Mach It So, Wins $45,000 Open Handicap Pace At Yonkers
Mach It So (Jason Bartlett, $7.90) picked off pacesetting First Class Horse (Matt Kakaley) nearing the wire on Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $45,000 Open Handicap Pace. As was the case a week ago, the two lads led the way, with First Class Horse working around Mach It So—from outside post positions seven and […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Mariner Seelster, Victorious In Saratoga Feature
The final Open Pace of the year at Saratoga Casino Hotel yielded its biggest upset of the season. Mariner Seelster pulled off the shocker in the $18,000 Saturday night (December 17) feature by surging up the passing lane to win at odds of 55-1. Mark Ford owns and trains the seven-year-old son of Camluck who […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Awesomeness, Takes Leg Of Valedictory, And Modern Legend Wins Preferred
The second leg of the Valedictory Series featured career-best performances by three-year-old pacers Awesomeness and Lyons Sands at Woodbine Racetrack while Canada’s 2014 Older Pacing Horse of the Year, Modern Legend, made his return to the races in Preferred action on Saturday evening (December 17). Awesomeness opened the Saturday card with a 1:52.3 pocket-pulling […] Read more »
