Innisfil, ON — The glamour boys were at Georgian Downs Sunday (Aug. 7) for a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions, and the father-son duo of Gregg and Doug McNair swept both events for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings.

Sport Secret started the night off earning his first stakes victory in the C$102,200 first division (race one).

Doug settled the Sportswriter colt off a brisk early pace set by the trio of St Lads Sterling, Southside Eddy and Magical Arthur, who led the field through a first quarter of :26 as they battled for position.

“They mixed her up big time on the front end, and he benefitted from that,” said Gregg.

Southside Eddy, the betting favorite, emerged to take the lead at the half in :54 but was overtaken by St Lads Sterling as he powered to a three-quarter time of 1:22.

As the field entered the stretch, Sport Secret found racing room and closed from third with a final panel of :28.1 to win by 1-1/2 lengths over a late-charging Century Inspector in 1:50.2. Ron closed from the back of the pack to finish third.

The third time was the charm for Sport Secret, getting a quality trip to win in his third OSS outing.

“We’ve only raced him in two stakes races, and last Gold he got parked the whole way,” said Gregg. “Then the start before that, he was first-over and it was tough for him, but he raced good tonight.”

The win was Sport Secret’s sixth of 2022, pushing him over C$175,000 in earnings for Gregg and his ownership partners Frank Brundle, Jeffrey Skinner and Ross Holmes.

In race three, the C$101,300 second OSS Gold division, Stonebridge Helios picked up his third consecutive win since transferring to the McNair barn.

The Sunshine Beach colt was impressive from start to finish. Sent off at 1-9 from post four, he settled off a :26.4 first quarter and made a powerful first-up move as the field passed the grandstand for the first time, going from fourth to the front, and leading the rest of the way to win by 2-1/4 lengths. Macho Phil was second from a pocket trip; Cold Creek Queso rallied for third, 5-1/4 lengths farther behind.

Stonebridge Helios’ final time of 1:49.4 is only three-fifths of a second off his career mark of 1:49.1, which he set in his previous start.

“He seems to be getting stronger every start,” said Gregg. “He went a nice mile last week at Mohawk, and tonight was a big trip, doing quite a bit of the work, and leading them through the half in 54.0. It was a good mile for him.”

He now has C$491,000 in earnings for owners John Fleischman and Angie Stiller.