Ontario-Sired, Shadow Place, Takes $60,000 Sobey’s Gold Cup & Saucer

Shadow Place, sent off at odds of 10-1, pounced on the speedy tempo set by 2-5 favourite Always At My Place to take the $60,000 58th renewal of the Sobey’s Gold Cup & Saucer in 1:53.2. Launching to the top, Always At My Place took control from Sapphire City and the two were lengths ahead […] Read more »

Three-Year-Old Pacing Colts Highlight Mohawk’s Tuesday Card

  Three-year-old pacing colts and geldings found themselves in the spotlight Tuesday at Mohawk Racetrack as the Ontario Sires Stakes rolled into town and presented four Grassroots divisions. Regal Babe was a popular winner in his $18,000 division for Team McNair. The homebred son of Stonebridge Regal-Nascar Babe came first-over through fractions of :56 and […] Read more »

New Track Record Set By Shadow Place And Then Equaled By Shadios In Hanover

Coming into Sunday evening’s program at Hanover Raceway, the track record for a three-year-old pacing gelding was 1:55.1, established by Bandexter on July 17, 2010. Well, after the five $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots dashes that took place over the half-mile oval, the mark had been lowered to 1:53.4, and it belonged to a trio […] Read more »