from the Ontario Sires Stakes

Toronto, ON — A total of 16 Ontario-sired performers will compete in the Breeders Crown races at the Meadowlands, which have attracted the top harness horses from across North America and beyond.

There are a total of 12 divisions, divided by age, sex and gait, and the OSS is represented in all but one, the 3-year-old pacing fillies. There are elimination races being held Friday and Saturday night at the New Jersey track to determine the finalists.

Five of the divisions did not require eliminations and will go straight to the finals the following weekend. These include the Mare Trot which features reigning Horse of the Year in both Canada and the US and former OSS champion Bee A Magician. A 4-year-old daughter of Kadabra, Bee A Magician was unbeatable last year at three, winning all 17 of her races for $1.5 million in earnings.

Owned by Mel Hartman, Herb Liverman and David McDuffee, Bee A Magician has $2.6 million earned lifetime. She will start from post three in the Breeders Crown final on Nov. 21 and will prep for the race Friday night at the Meadowlands in a free for all trot.

The other OSS performer in this group is quite familiar to Bee A Magician as they battled for two years in the Ontario program. Charmed Life, a daughter of Majestic Son, has post six in the Breeders Crown event. Owned by trainer Dave Menary, Brad Gray and Michael Geurriero, Charmed Life, a winner of $643,853 in her career to date, will also start in the FFA against Bee A Magician, leaving from post eight.

The division with the most OSS starters is the Mare Pace where three Ontario-sired distaffers are among the contenders. They are Camille (Camluck), Voelz Hanover (Astreos) and Regil Elektra (Mach Three). They have drawn posts one, three and 10, respectively in the final.

Modern Legend, a son of Modern Art, will leave from post two in the final for Open pacers on Nov. 22. Owned and trained by breeder Dave Drew, Modern Legend is one of seven starters in the final for this division. He’ll face the formidable trio from the Ron Burke stable led by the richest harness horse of all time and the defending champion, Foiled Again ($6.7 million) and his stablemates Sweet Lou and Clear Vision.

Between them, the Burke boys have won more than $12 million lifetime, but Modern Legend has already shown he can defeat them. In August at Mohawk he captured the Canadian Pacing Derby, defeating the six other starters in his Breeders Crown final, Foiled Again, Clear Vision, Sweet Lou, State Treasurer, Thinking Out Loud and Bettor’s Edge.

The other two Breeders Crown divisions which did not require eliminations are for sophomore trotters and each features an OSS Super Final winner.

Harper Blue Chip, undefeated in the OSS this season, will face a tough group including Jimmy Takter’s duo of Father Patrick and Nuncio, but the Majestic Son colt has already shown numerous times this year he can roll with the best. Owned by the Landmark 6 Racing Stable, David McDonald, David Reid and George Judson, Harper Blue Chip comes into the event with a summary of 6-3-3 in 14 starts for $615,141 earned this year. The draw for this final will be made next Tuesday.

Riveting Rosie, who ended her OSS career with three straight victories, including the Super Final, will leave from post eight in the Breeders Crown final for sophomore trotting fillies. The Canadian 2-year-old filly trotter of the year in 2013, for owners Parkhill Stud, Don Allensen, Joe Parkinson and John Hayes, Riveting Rosie has earned more than $360,000 at both two and three and has $814,806 banked to date in her career.

Rosie’s trainer John Bax will also start 2-year-old trotting filly Stubborn Belle in Friday night’s eliminations where she’ll leave from post seven in race 12 with regular driver Paul MacDonell at the lines. A daughter of Taurus Dream, the filly has $448,354 banked to date.

The other elim for this group, race two, finds Danielle Hall, a winner of five OSS races this year including the Super Final, also leaving from post seven. Jody Jamieson will be up behind the Deweycheatumnhowe filly for his dad Carl who trains and co-owns along with Tom Kyron.

The other OSS star competing in eliminations Friday is rookie pacing filly Sports Chic who has post six in race six. Trained by Blake MacIntosh, who co-owns with Hutt Racing, Sports Chic won four of six OSS events during her debut season.

In the elimination races on Saturday evening, the OSS is represented by Flanagan Memory and Arch Madness in the Open Trot, Jet Airway in the 3-year-old pacing colt division, Go Daddy Go in the rookie pacing colts and Infiniti AS in the 2-year-old trotting colt tilts.

The Breeders Crown finals will go postward on Nov. 21 and 22 and in many cases will determine the year-end champions.