from the Ontario Sires Stakes

Campbellville, ON — Jet Airway’s Ontario Sires Stakes record for the year is now a perfect four-for-four following a 1:50.1 tally in the first of two C$105,000 Gold Series tests for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Friday night (Sept. 26) at Mohawk Racetrack. Three Of Clubs was the winner of the other division.

With Randy Waples at the lines, Jet Airway worked out a second-over trip behind Speckled Door (Doug McNair) as he attacked leader Play It Again Sam (Jody Jamieson) on the way to the 1:21.4 three-quarters. Waples tipped Jet Airway three-wide for the stretch drive after the covered-up trip, and Jet Airway would pace around the battling leaders on his way to a 1-3/4 length victory. Play It Again Sam held second with Boomboom Ballykeel (Sylvain Filion) up for third.

Jet Airway, a Jereme’s Jet colt, is trained by Tony Alagna for owners Ervin Miller Stable Inc., Tangie Massey, Paul Sunderhaus and Larry Agle. Jet Airway posted his seventh victory from 15 trips behind the gate this year and he now has ten career triumphs. He has pocketed C$278,947 in 2014.

Jet Airway has also enjoyed some success against Grand Circuit company this season, finishing third in a division of the Simcoe Stakes and fifth in the prestigious Meadowlands Pace.

In stark contrast to Jet Airway, Three Of Clubs (Doug McNair) came into the second Gold Series contest without a victory since a Gold event last September at Grand River Raceway. Moving back into OSS competition after finishing fifth in a Little Brown Jug elimination last Thursday, Three Of Clubs went to the point and he would chop out fractions of :26.2, :54.4, and 1:23.2.

Through the stretch Three Of Clubs was able to keep first-over challenger Silverhill Shadow (Chris Christoforou) at bay, and with pocket-sitter Victor Bayama (Sylvain Filion) locked up, Three Of Clubs was able to get to the wire just over a length to the good in 1:51.2, which now stands as his lifetime mark. The trapped-in Victor Bayama was the runner-up and Silverhill Shadow wound up third.

Trainer Gregg McNair also co-owns Three Of Clubs, a colt by Mach Three, with Hall of Famer Keith Waples and Tony Lawrence. Three Of Clubs got his first win from 11 efforts this year, and he now has five career victories. He has earned C$130,480 on the campaign and C$337,097 lifetime.

This was the final event of the regular season for the 3-year-old male pacers of the OSS Gold Series. They will be back to compete in their Super Final event on Oct. 11 at Mohawk. For full results and charts of Friday’s races at Mohawk, please head to this link.