New face to the free-for-all pacing scene Best Chip asserted total control in the $705,000 Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby final to equal the stake record with a 1:46.4 effort on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Super Chapter dominant in Maple Leaf Trot
Dexter Dunn made an authoritative brush to the lead with odds-on favorite Super Chapter heading to the half and strode confidently to a track- and Canadian-record 1:49.3 victory in the $620,000 Grade 1 Maple Leaf Trot, a trotting free-for-all event, on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Francent N fierce in Canadian-record Milton victory
A $20,000 supplement became a six-figure payday for the connections of Francent N, the 6-year-old mare who took the lead, lost the lead around the last turn and reemerged in front through a game stretch drive to win the $255,000 Grade 2 Milton Stakes, for aged pacing mares, in a stake, track and Canadian record on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Storybook Love lands in Simcoe Stake
Matt Bax pupil Storybook Love, who surprised last fall to win the Grade 1 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Trot, notched the first win of her sophomore season with a comfortable 1:53.1 victory on home turf at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the first of two divisions of the $156,000 Grade 3 Simcoe Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Sept. 4).
PrimeTime Racing to broadcast Canadian Pacing Derby and Maple Leaf Trot
PrimeTime Racing returns this Saturday (Sept. 5) for live national coverage of the Canadian Pacing Derby and Maple Leaf Trot from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
‘Fours’ look to score in Maple Leaf Trot
Thirty-two 4-year-olds have tried to upend their older rivals and win the Maple Leaf Trot since Market Share became the last of their age group to capture the race in 2013. Based on the morning-line odds for this year’s C$620,000 Grade 1 Maple Leaf Trot final, that 12-race skid could come to an end Saturday (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Mohawk Monday Entry Box remains open
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to inform trainers that the entry box for this Monday’s (Sept. 7) card will remain open until Friday morning (Sept. 4) at 10:30 a.m.
Beau Jangles back to winning ways in OSS Gold
Beau Jangles surpassed C$2 million lifetime and equaled his 1:48.3 career-best mile with a victory in the lone C$150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold leg four test for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 30) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
For Once Inmy Life, Prince Hal Hanover victorious in Canadian Pacing Derby elims
Woodbine Mohawk Park contested a pair of C$50,000 eliminations for the Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby on Saturday night (Aug. 29), with For Once Inmy Life comfortably popping to win the first elimination and Prince Hal Hanover clinching a tight victory in the second.
Athena’s Girl gallant in Peaceful Way final
Odds-on favorite Athena’s Girl grabbed command early and edged away under a hand drive to crush her rivals in the C$425,000 Grade 1 Peaceful Way, for 2-year-old female trotters, on Saturday night (Aug. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.