Ottawa, ON — The 3-year-old pacing colts touched down in Ottawa Sunday night for a C$157,200 Ontario Sire Stakes Gold division at Rideau Carleton Raceway, and Stockade Seelster was victorious in an impressive effort from the outside post position.

The reigning king of the OSS suffered his first defeat in the provincial program on July 22 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but would not to be denied Sunday night.

Jody Jamieson and the son of State Treasurer left hard from post eight, beating out fellow quick leavers Moment Is Here and Macs Delight, to make the front just as the field was exiting the far turn.

“I expected to take about a three-eighths park before I could get there,” said Jamieson. “But three steps out of the wings it looked like I was going to be able to cross over pretty easy, and from there he kind of did his own thing. He just wasn’t getting beat tonight.”

Stockade Seelster’s margin grew as large as two lengths as he led the field through fractions of :26.4, :55, and 1:22.3, while Moment Is Here was given a pocket trip by James MacDonald. Moment Is Here came with a good strong late kick, pacing the final quarter in :27.3, but fell short of overtaking his rival, and Stockade Seelster won by a half-length. Whatchulookin At was the final podium finisher.

“Around the last turn I thought I had it in the bag,” said Jamieson. “When James popped in there, I heard him yell, but I just had a really good feeling about my horse tonight. It didn’t matter who was on my back to be honest. I was really proud of him tonight, he was exceptional.”

The final time was 1:50.3, a 2023 seasonal record for Canadian five-eighths-mile racetracks, and he paid $10.80 for the win.

Trained by Dr. Ian Moore, Stockade Seelster now has seven wins from eight career OSS starts, and has banked over C$475,000 in the program. His total earnings are over C$1.1 million for owners Sally and Paul MacDonald.