The Breeders Crown Finals are always highly-electric events, and the 2019 $786,000 ($600,000 USD) Breeders Crown Final for two-year-old colt & gelding pacers was no exception in more ways than one. Cattlewash (Louis-Philippe Roy) was the first away after the wings of the starting gate folded, eventually yielding to second choice Tall Dark Stranger (Yannick […] Read more »
Records Set In First London Session
The opening session of the 2019 London Selected Yearling Sale made Canadian history within the first hour of the sale, and it ended with record numbers. Marlboro Seelster entered the sales ring at the Western Fair District Metroland Media Agriplex in London, Ont. as Hip 25 on Saturday (Oct. 19), and when the hammer fell the […] Read more »
Yearling Sale Weekend In London
Today officially kicks off the start of the 2019 London Selected Yearling Sale (LSYS) Weekend at the Agriplex at Western Fair. The LSYS is a collaboration between Forest City Standardbred Sales Inc. and Standardbred Canada (SC). Today (Friday) is ‘preview’ day when trainers and owners visit the sales pavilion to inspect the yearlings that are […] Read more »
OSS Super Finals Complete
The 2019 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season concluded on Saturday (Oct. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with eight OSS Super Finals showcasing the province’s best pacers and trotters competing for a total of $1.8 million in purses. The evening saw several OSS champs reclaim their titles as well as some dominating their divisions grabbing the […] Read more »
OSS Grassroots Champions Crowned
A convoy of two- and three-year-old pacers and trotters shipped into Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday evening to contest eight OSS Grassroots Championships, with year-end bragging rights on the line. Driver Doug McNair had a profitable evening despite missing some of his early assignments as a result of a longer than expected plane ride back […] Read more »
Alicorn Ties Her Own OSS Record
Two-year-old pacing filly Alicorn wrapped up the Gold Series regular season on Monday evening with another impressive effort over the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval, matching her Ontario Sires Stakes record with a spectacular late sprint. Lining up at Post 5 in the six-filly field, driver Louis-Philippe Roy opted to ease Alicorn away from the gate […] Read more »
