Riveting Rosie equalled Flamboro Downs’s track record for aged trotting mares with a 1:56.1 triumph in the $11,000 Preferred 2 Trot on Sunday night while Adkins Hanover gave trainer Joe Pereira his 1,000th career win in the co-featured Preferred 2 Handicap Pace. In the trotting feature, longshot Were Rolling (J.R. Plante) left sharply from the […] Read more »
Ontario Bred Trotters Show Their Stuff At Mohawk
Seven of North America’s top older trotting mares contested the $40,000 second leg of the Miss Versatility Series during Friday evening’s card at Mohawk Racetrack, and Paul MacDonell pulled off a major upset with Riveting Rosie. The O’Brien Award-winning Riveting Rosie rushed to the lead from Post 3 and made every pole a winning one. […] Read more »
Eight Divisions Of OSS Super Final Action Completed At Mohawk Raceway
Eight new Ontario Sires Stakes divisional champions were crowned on Saturday night as this season’s provincial stars faced off in the $2 million Super Finals at Mohawk Racetrack. The 40th anniversary season of the Ontario Sires Stakes concluded with three-year-old trotting filly Riveting Rosie defending her divisional title and giving driver Paul MacDonell his […] Read more »
Gold OSS Trotters Compete In Mohawk On Tuesday
The regular season is officially over for the stars of the Ontario Sires Stakes after a five-pack of OSS Gold Series divisions were contested Tuesday evening at Mohawk Racetrack. A set of $105,000 splits for three-year-old trotting fillies were followed by a trio of $70,000 divisions for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Sweetie Hearts […] Read more »
Riveting Rosie And Sweetie Hearts Wins OSS Gold In Grand River
Last year’s two-year-old trotting filly of the year in Canada, Riveting Rosie, recorded her first 2014 victory in the second of two $105,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies tonight at Grand River Raceway. A winner of $468,000 last year, the daughter of Muscle Mass had a rough start to her three-year-old […] Read more »
Seelster Farms Win The 2013 ‘Armstrong Breeder Of The Year’ Award At The O’Briens
Seelster Farms, of Lucan Ontario, took home the prestigious ‘Armstrong Breeder of the Year’ award, and Ontario sired standout, Bee A Magician, took home the ‘Horse Of The Year’ award at the O’Brien Awards held February 8, 2014. Other great Ontario sired O’Brien winners were: Mister Herbie, Flanagan Memory, Riveting Rosie, and Arthur Blue Chip. ——————————————————————————————————- Standardbred Canada […] Read more »
