Metro Pace

Unlikely Pacer Gunning For Metro

August 23, 2012

If you had asked Cosmo ‘Sam’ DePinto months ago if Smokealittlesmoke would contest a $40,000 Metro Pace elimination this Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack, his answer would be simple.

Colt Has 1:51.1 Mark, Still Learning

August 22, 2012

“For a big horse, he’s real athletic. That’s what I love about him. He gets over the ground easy and he loves doing it. The last one I had like him was (stakes-winner) The Quiet Mon and he wasn’t as n...

Stars Out For Shes A Great Lady, CPD, Metro Pace Elims

August 21, 2012

If Adriano Sorella wins “the big one,” the $1-million Metro Pace, with Vegas Vacation, plenty of other people, 40, to be exact, will be flying high courtesy of the two-year-old pacer's owner.

WEG Stakes Payments Due March 15

The Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced that nominations for its major stakes events, including the $1-million Metro Pace, the $750,000 (guaranteed) Maple Leaf Trot and $830,000 (estimated) Can...

Gingras Reflects On Career Year

November 30, 2011

Yannick Gingras is on a roll as he heads into the final month of the year. Over the past three months, no harness racing driver has earned more in purses

Mistake Nets Fan Nearly $11,000

September 09, 2011

When Gerry Daniels decided last minute to visit Mohawk Racetrack last Saturday for a night out with his wife, Bernice, he never thought he would walk away with pockets full of cash --- $10,925, to be ...

Simply Business In Another Metro Pace Shocker

September 03, 2011

Simply Business got up in the final strides to pull off a 20-1 upset in the $1 million Metro Pace, the richest harness race on the continent for two-year-olds, during Saturday’s stakes program at Moha...

Major Obstacle In Bombay's Way

August 31, 2011

Woodrow Wilson winner Major Bombay showed a strong kick to finish second in his Metro Pace elimination race last weekend, which might be helpful as he tries to win the prestigious million-dollar final...

"I Think We Will See A Pretty Wild Mile"

August 31, 2011

When Hurrikane Kingcole lines up in the $1 million Metro Pace this Saturday at Mohawk, he will represent memories of both past and present for co-owner John McDermott

Mulinix Ready For The "Big Dance"

August 30, 2011

Jim Mulinix believed A Rocknroll Dance was a horse capable of attending the big dances. When the colt equaled the world record in winning his Metro Pace Elimination last weekend at Mohawk Racetrack, M...

McIntosh: “I Am Pretty Old School”

August 30, 2011

Bob McIntosh, a member of Canada's Horse Racing Hall of Fame, purchased only two yearlings for himself at the 2010 Lexington Select Yearling Sale, a pacing colt and a pacing filly. Both will go to pos...

World Records Equalled In Elims

August 27, 2011

A pair of World Records were equalled on Saturday night as Mohawk Racetrack hosted eliminations for the Metro Pace, Shes A Great Lady and Canadian Pacing Derby