by Sandra Snyder, for the Ontario Sire Stakes

Campbellville, ON — Ontario’s exciting 2-year-old pacing colts are back in action at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday (July 8) in their second Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series leg.

The first two C$52,500 divisions are crowded with colts who have already found their way to the Mohawk winner’s circle.

Arthur Blue Chip and driver Jody Jamieson recorded the fastest mile in the Gold Series season opener and will be looking for a second stellar performance from post four in the first division. Dr. Ian Moore and his partners in the Shadow One stable acquired the Shadow Play-Advantest colt, a half-brother to $1.5 million winner Kenneth J, for $135,000 from last year’s Standardbred Horse Sale.

Hoping to prevent Arthur Blue Chip’s repeat are Chris Chistoforou and Mach Three colt P L Hellcat, who will line up at post seven in search of their second Gold Series win, and Doug McNair aboard Grassroots division winner On The Big Swing, who will start from post eight.

Two races later Grassroots winners Crafty Master, Western Fella and Reasonable Force will go head-to-head from posts two, three and nine. McNair will be aboard Crafty Master, Paul MacDonell will steer Western Fella, who was the quickest of the Grassroots winners, and Billy Davis, Jr. will pilot Reasonable Force.

Following the wide open third division, Shadowbriand will be looking for another golden performance from post three in the 11th race. The Shadow Play son, a $10,000 purchase in Harrisburg, is owned and trained by Jack Darling and Jody Jamieson will be back in the race bike.

The 2-year-old pacing colts battle in races five, seven, nine and 11 on Mohawk Racetrack’s Monday evening program, which gets underway at 7:25 p.m.

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