This season’s Canadian freshman pacing sensation Beau Jangles and stateside invader Frantic Hanover both etched another win onto their unblemished cards in taking their respective C$40,000 Metro Pace eliminations on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park while Loua Dipa claimed top billing from the two C$35,000 eliminations for the She’s A Great Lady with a track- and Canadian-record equaling performance.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Twin B Joe Fresh reclaims crown with stakes record in Milton
After back-to-back defeats to Sylvia Hanover and a month on the bench, Twin B Joe Fresh returned to the track a dynamo and set a stakes record while crushing her peers for a repeat win in the C$210,000 Grade 2 Milton Stakes on Saturday (Sept. 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Captain Albano, Up Your Deo win Yonkers invitationals
Captain Albano captured the $200,000 Grade 2 Aria Invitational Pace and Up Your Deo was the winner of the $200,000 Grade 2 Bob Miecuna Invitational Trot on Saturday at MGM Yonkers Raceway
Lexus Kody victorious in MGM Yonkers International Trot
Lexus Kody, representing Canada, led throughout and won the 2025 edition of the $1 million Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot on Saturday afternoon at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Lexus Kody, driven by Yannick Gingras for trainer Ron Burke, completed the mile and a quarter in 2:24.4.
Apex, Atlantic Summer win Grade 1 stakes at Hoosier
Apex and driver Dexter Dunn proved to be top dogs in the $368,950 Grade 1 Peter Haughton Memorial, for 2-year-old male trotters, at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Sept. 12). The “Win and You’re In” event for the Breeders Crown highlighted a 15-race card with nearly $1.5 million in purses and also featured the $464,400 Grade 1 Jim Doherty Memorial, for freshman female trotters, won by Atlantic Summer by the narrowest of margins on the stakes-filled night.
Southwind Chaska scores in Big M’s Kindergarten
Southwind Chaska used an authoritative brush to grab the lead at the half and sailed home from there as much the best on a Friday evening when the fourth leg of the Kindergarten Series was in the spotlight at The Meadowlands.
Denarius, Shimmering Hanover victorious in Champlain filly trots
Odds-on choice Denarius and 4-1 second choice Shimmering Hanover emerged supreme from the two divisions of the C$163,725 Grade 3 Champlain Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Sept. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a card which also saw a huge upset in the C$40,000 Elegantimage Prep by Stormont Beautiful.
Grand Circuit heating up into September
September led off on Friday and Saturday with eight “Grand Circuit” events.
Hillexotic, Ervin Hanover win Grade 2 Hill and Ewart Memorials
Just two ticks off the track record, Ervin Hanover and Louis Roy took the $250,000 Grade 2 Jim Ewart Memorial Pace in 1:47.2 Saturday (Sept. 6) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Hillexotic and Austin Hanners took the companion Charlie Hill Memorial Trot in 1:51.1.
Favorites prevail in Simcoe; Windor surprises in Champlain
Odds-on chalks Ayeaye Captain Deo and Crack Shot found the winner’s circle in their respective divisions of the Grade 3 C$159,124 Simcoe Stakes for 3-year-old pacing males on Saturday night (Sept. 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park while the single division of the Grade 3 C$159,745 Champlain Stakes for 2-year-old pacing males went the way of a 29-1 upset by Windor.