Maple Leaf Trot

The deadline for supplements to this year’s Canadian Pacing Derby and Maple Leaf Trot was this morning (Monday, Aug. 20), and the Woodbine Mohawk Park race office received payments from the connection...

Hannelore Hanover held control upon clearing the lead at the half, strolling away to a 1:51.1 victory in the $593,000 Maple Leaf Trot on a stakes-filled program at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday, Septem...

“I wouldn’t want him sitting on my back turning for home. He knows how to go by horses in the stretch, so if he’s anywhere in striking distance I would be surprised if he’s not moving forward."

The fields are set for next weekend's Milton Stakes and Maple Leaf Trot after Friday night's (September 8) elimination round at Mohawk Racetrack.

Many of harness racing's top trotters converged at Mohawk Racetrack for Saturday's $2.6 million stakes night featuring the $687,000 Canadian Trotting Classic and $632,000 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...