Milton, ON — The march to the Mohawk Million is entering the final stage, with slot owners required to finalize the 2-year-old trotters that will race in their slots by Monday (Sept. 21) at noon.

The Mohawk Million for $1 million (U.S.) will be the richest Standardbred race contested in Canada since 2012. The event for rookie trotters will headline a C$2.5 million-plus card next Saturday (Sept. 26) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

The Mohawk Million had nine slots available for purchase at a cost of $110,000 each. The 10th and final slot in the race was awarded to the winner of last Saturday’s William Wellwood Memorial, On A Streak.

The winner of the race will receive the traditional 50 percent of the purse. All starters will receive at least 1 percent of the purse. The purse distribution breakdown is listed below:

1st: $500,000
2nd: $225,000
3rd: $108,000
4th: $72,000
5th: $45,000
6th-10th: $10,000

Each slot is an entity that may be sold, traded or subject to lease.

The nine slot owners are listed below:

Brad Grant
Courant Inc. (Anders Ström)
Determination (Serge Godin)
Diamond Creek Racing (Adam Bowden)
Dreamland Farms (Gina Ghent)
Fashion Farms (Jules Siegel)
Glengate Farms (Jim Bullock)
Jeffrey Snyder
John Fielding

The Mohawk Million card will also feature the C$720,000 Metro Pace, C$455,000 She’s A Great Lady and C$215,000 Milton Stakes. Eliminations for those three events take place this Saturday (Sept. 19).