MIC'D UP |
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Did you miss the latest edition of "Mic'd Up"? James MacDonald delivered great insight from start to finish with pacing mare Hello Love.
"Now we just lean back and get our picture taken!"
New "Mic'd Up" debuts Monday evening!
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The harness racing industry has lost one of its greatest ambassadors in Dave Brower.
Woodbine extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Dave Brower.
You don’t see this everyday! 👀
With major traffic issues on Guelph Line, trainer Issac Waxman made sure pacing mare Sunday Afternoon wouldn’t be late for her paddock time!
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Bold Eagle lands in the winner’s circle after taking the $655K
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Open Trot Final with Brian Sears driving for Sebastien Guarato & Ecurie Pilarski!
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TEAMWORK | 👏
Great job by our start car crew and drivers Sylvain Filion and Doug McNair to keep Classic Pro contained after his bridle came off prior to the start of Race 5!
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Bulldog Hanover's first foal arrived on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the Lucan, Ont. farm. Deb, a Sportswriter mare out of Seelster’s own Atlantic Seelster, delivered just the first of many 'Bulldog' babies expected at the farm this season.
📷: Seelster Farms
RETURN TO RACING: Following today's designation of the Halton Region being placed in the 'Red' zone by the Government of Ontario, Live Racing, without spectators, will resume at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday, February 18.
Arguably the greatest pacer of all-time, SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE has passed away at age 13 following a battle with cancer.
Woodbine would like to send condolences to the connections of “The Beach”.
REMEMBERING BILL GALE
Horsepeople and Industry Participants joined the family of Bill Gale, including his wife Janice, in the Winner's Circle Thursday evening to honour the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame driver.
TRAINING TO RESUME: Following today's update from the Government of Ontario, Woodbine Entertainment will reopen Woodbine Mohawk Park for training starting this Thursday.
The date Live Racing will be permitted to resume without spectators is not yet known.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The $6.7 million (USD) Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional championship series, returns in the last weekend of October 2022 to Woodbine Mohawk Park
MR. TEN THOUSAND! 🎉
By winning tonight’s 1st Race, Sylvain Filion records career driving victory 10,000!
Filion becomes the 23rd driver in North America to reach 10,000 wins and the first Canadian based driver to hit the milestone.
Congratulations Sylvain!
MIC’D UP PRESENTED BY INFOTRAC | 🎤
Yannick Gingras (
@Gingras3
) spent a successful several weeks racing here during our stakes season. We couldn’t miss this opportunity to strap the microphone on one of the sport’s very best drivers!
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#SantaTracker
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas flew into
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Monday evening to get in some final practice prior to his big trip!
Safe travels, Santa! 🎅
Woodbine Entertainment today announced the 2021 Standardbred racing season at Woodbine Mohawk Park produced an all-sources handle of $324,038,371.56, the highest total by any Standardbred track in North America in 2021.
✨ | James MacDonald & Louis-Philippe Roy have each pledged their driving earnings from tonight's card to a cause.
MacDonald to the family of 21YO PEI horseman MacKenzie Smallman, who passed Monday. Roy donating to Moisson Mitis, a Food Bank in his hometown of Mont-Joli, Quebec.
KADABRA | Legendary trotter and stallion Kadabra passed away this weekend. The Hall of Famer made an incredible impact on Canadian racing as a game-changing stallion!
Kadabra's dominance on the racetrack included a victory in the $1.1M Canadian Trotting Classic! 👇
Woodbine Entertainment announced today that long-time on-air simulcast host Jason Portuondo is leaving the organization to pursue a new opportunity. Jason’s last broadcast show will be on June 26, 2022.
ENAVANT AND
@BobMcClure2
| 🎤
4-Year-Old pacer Enavant is now 11 for 11 after winning Race 2 earlier tonight.
Let's go back to his 10th win and show you how much fun driver Bob McClure was having. It appears more than
@Jamesomac26
...
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MIC'D UP |
@TheRealCCjr1
Chris Christoforou lets us in on his drive behind three-year-old pacing colt One For Julius!
"Good mile for him, he needed one like that, he needed a win!"
Watch for a new edition of 'MIC'D UP' each Monday.
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PHOTO WITH THE CHAMP!
Bulldog Hanover is in the house for his retirement party - Photos with Bulldog Hanover are taking place in the paddock until 7pm!
MIC'D UP PRESENTED BY INFOTRAC | 🎤
Tag along with an energetic Bob McClure (
@BobMcClure2
) as he guides undefeated pacer Enavant to victory. New editions of MIC'D UP PRESENTED BY INFOTRAC drop every Thursday.
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@InfotracInc
Sending good vibes to drivers Phil Hudon, Anthony MacDonald and Bob McClure for speedy recoveries following an accident during this morning's qualifiers.
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MIC’D UP | 🎤
Tune in tonight to Woodbine Racing Live for the debut of “Mic’d Up”. Doug McNair (
@Dmcnair12
) will take you through a couple of his drives from Saturday night.
Here’s a quick preview!
⏰| 6:20 p.m.
💻|
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TOP EARNING DRIVER | 🇨🇦
Bob McClure made the most of 2020, leading all Drivers in Canada with $6.6M in earnings. His season total for North America came in at a career-high $7M!
Congratulations, Bob!
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It’s official! 🖊 🇫🇷
The legendary French trotting sensation Bold Eagle has been officially entered in
#Crown19
after his connections accepted the Foreign Classic invitation. He will compete in the $500,000 Open Trot on Saturday, October 26.
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BACK ON TRACK! 👌
Horses returned to our track Wednesday morning for the first day of training.
New protocols for training include trainers reserving time slots in order to limit number of horses in the paddock and on track at once.
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7,000 WINS! | 🤩
Congratulations to driver Trevor Henry on scoring his 7,000th career driving victory on Friday night! The milestone victory was a thrilling last to first rally, giving him a Hat-Trick on the card. RECAP:
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Live
#HarnessRacing
is operating safely at Woodbine Mohawk Park, supporting thousands of jobs in the region & ensuring proper care of the horses. A shutdown to racing could have dire consequences to the industry.
We asked horsepeople how a shutdown of racing would impact them.
Congratulations to Doug McNair on being presented his Canadian colours and driving helmet.
We can't wait to cheer Doug on August 13th-18th at the World Driving Championships in Europe
Woodbine would like to extend our appreciation and best wishes to longtime Racing Host & Analyst Chad Rozema!
Chad is off to Grand River Raceway to serve as Racing Manager. Thanks
@RozemaChad
for your dedication and we'll certainly be seeing you around!
It's the little things...
Jody Jamieson (
@Jodyjamracing
) making the night of a couple youngsters following his victory in the Mares Preferred with Witch Dali.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Woodbine Entertainment announced today that Standardbred Racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park will resume this Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12.
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MOST WINS | 🇨🇦
Doug McNair made 289 trips to the Winner's Circle in 2020 to lead all Drivers in Canada. The nation's wins leader also drove the winners of $6.2M!
Congratulations, Doug!
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Our 2021 Leading Driver, Owner & Trainer were recognized for their outstanding seasons on Saturday evening!
Congratulations to James MacDonald (Driver), George Millar (Owner) and Richard Moreau (Trainer).
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What a ride! 2020 was a year like no other, but our community rallied together to pull off a season full of winning moments that are worth celebrating. We are
#StrongerTogether
🤝 ❤️
BREAKING: Pending final approval Monday, Woodbine Mohawk Park will host a doubleheader this Wednesday (Dec. 23).
Card One is the previously drawn Dec. 22 card from Flamboro.
Card Two is a new addition - Draw will be held Monday.
Post Times: 2PM & 7:30PM
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He's the first driver since 2006 to win 400 races in a season, amassing over $8.8 Million in earnings along the way.
James MacDonald (
@Jamesomac26
) is your back-to-back winner of the Woodbine Driving Title
Racing’s newest millionaire! 💰
Forbidden Trade returns following his
#Hambo19
triumph and shows his heart to win an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions.
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YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST | 🥇
Congratulations
@DarylThiessen
on scoring your first career Woodbine Mohawk Park win in Race 5 with pacing mare My Baby Girl.
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"He's big, he's strong, and he's got it going on!" This was a
#BigMoment
in Woodbine Mohawk Park history when Somebeachsomewhere won the 2008 Pepsi North America Cup 🔊 SOUND UP 🔊 👀 Full Race Here:
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Woodbine would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Hall of Fame trainer Bob McIntosh.
McIntosh passed away Sunday at the age of 71 and will be remembered as a harness racing icon.
BREAKING: Woodbine and Adriano Sorella partner to introduce the $100,000 Jimmy Freight Stakes. Event to debut in 2023 for 2-Year-Old offspring of Jimmy Freight, who stands his first season of stallion duty
@WinbakFarm
(Ontario) in 2020. DETAILS:
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New starting gate, new camera angle! 👀
A new addition to our nightly broadcasts, we’re bringing you along on the wings of the starting gate!
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BREAKING | The 2021
#MohawkMillion
is officially a go after all the slots in harness racing's richest race for 2-Year-Olds were sold by the February 15 deadline!
👂🏻Woodbine Entertainment CEO
@JJL_Sports
advocates for fair consideration, highlighting the impact the province-wide shut down has on horse racing, in an interview with Ponies 24-7 ➡️
$100 MILLION |
@MarkMacRacing
A huge congratulations to 2010
#NACup
winner and former
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leading driver Mark MacDonald on recently surpassing $100 Million in career earnings!
BREAKING: Woodbine Entertainment is pleased to announce that the slots for the inaugural Mohawk Million have been filled. The $1M (USD) race will officially take place on Saturday, September 26, 2020.
➡️ |
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He's coming! "The Wonder from Down Under" Lazarus is coming to the Canadian Pacing Derby. Join us next Saturday (August 25) for the eliminations!
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Tonight, Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson will be inducted into the Burlington Sports Hall of Fame!
Congratulations to
@JJL_Sports
& his entire family on an amazing achievement 👏👏👏
ICYMI:
@BoldEagle_Trot
is nominated to the 2020 Maple Leaf Trot! The full list of major stakes eligible horses is available now!
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(Michael Burns photo)