Maple Leaf Trot

“Just the excitement once you see your horse’s name on the start list. To read up on it the week before the race and see what other horses are in the race. Then you come up to race day, it’s just exci...

“She’s really good right now, but this is a full field of 10 (males), so this is asking a lot. If she can do this I think it really would equate with her being something special.”

It was wall-to-wall stakes on Saturday evening at Mohawk Racetrack, as the oval hosted the Champlain Stakes, the Simcoe Stakes plus eliminations for the Canadian Trotting Classic and Maple Leaf Trot.

“I’m confident, I have a driver who’s confident, and the horse is as sound as he has ever been. I have done all my homework on him to keep him sound. If you ask me, I think our chances are just as goo...

It’s been a banner year already for trainer Luc Blais, who has topped $1 million in purses for the first time since he trained for Bayama Farm 15 years ago, and it’s about to get even more busy.

While his owners are preparing for the World Cup of Hockey, Nahar has been preparing for the Maple Leaf Trot and getting used to his new surroundings.

The sport’s finest trotters will be on display at Mohawk Racetrack this Saturday (September 10) for the Maple Leaf Trot and Canadian Trotting Classic eliminations, as part of a stellar Grand Circuit c...

Two of the most prominent owners of Standardbred racehorses in the National Hockey League just might make an appearance at one of Canada's most prestigious stakes events next month.

Bee A Magician joined elite company during Saturday's stakes card at Mohawk Racetrack as she became the first mare to win the $680,000 Maple Leaf Trot since the great Peaceful Way accomplished the fea...