Ontario Sires Stakes

OSS Stallion Registration Open For 2023 Season

December 05, 2022

Stallion registration with the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program for the 2023 breeding year is now open. The deadline for registration is Jan. 16, 2023.

Resolve To Win wins in the OSS for trainer John Bax and driver James MacDonald

OSS Titles To Bax, MacDonald

December 02, 2022

Trainer John Bax and driver James MacDonald claimed the top spots in the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) over the 2022 season, taking home the 2022 Johnston Cup and Lampman Cup titles as the leading OSS tr...

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SIP Committee Seeks Input On OSS Program

November 03, 2022

Ontario Racing’s Standardbred Improvement Program (SIP) committee is dedicated to ensuring the SIP and its flagship Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) remain industry leading programs. In the spirit of that ...

Silver Label Bests Stablemate In Super Final Revenge

October 16, 2022

In the $225,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for three-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday night (Oct. 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, Silver Label used a strong final quarter to surge to victo...

Cold Creek Queso Caps Hot End To OSS Season

October 16, 2022

Standardbred owner Dan Walker of Cold Creek Standardbred in Grafton, Ont. got a phone call from his trainer, Murray Brethour of Sunderland, Ont., about a week after sending Brethour one of the farm’s ...

Stockade Seelster Perfect In OSS Sweep

October 15, 2022

Stockade Seelster stamped himself as one of the best two-year-old pacing colts in the history of the Ontario Sires Stakes with another impressive performance in Saturday's $225,000 Gold Super Final at...

Christoforou Clan Collects OSS Upset With Safe Conduct

October 15, 2022

Safe Conduct, close in many of his recent Ontario Sire Stakes (OSS) contests, put it all together at exactly the right moment when closing strongly to win the $225,000 Ontario Sire Stakes Super Final ...

Mischevious Rose Conquers Adare Castle In Super Final

October 15, 2022

The third race of the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Final saw the second straight upset of the night on Saturday (Oct. 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with Mischevious Rose besting heavily favour...

DWs Point Man Lands Final-Stride OSS Blow

October 15, 2022

The second Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Final event of the Woodbine Mohawk Park Saturday night (Oct. 15) card was a war of the noses, as a pair of two-year-old trotting males were nearly inse...

All Grins For Cheesy Smile's OSS Score

October 15, 2022

Cheesy Smile was the leading point earner in the two-year-old pacing filly division this season and she kept her name at the top of the list with a resounding win in the $225,0000 Ontario Sires Stakes...

All Things Right For Righteous Resolve

October 15, 2022

Prohibitive 1-9 favourite Righteous Resolve, Canada’s fastest trotting two-year-old of 2022, once again showed her class in taking her division's $225,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Super Final o...

Bax Trotters Primed For A Super Night

October 12, 2022

Terrific trotting two-year-olds, a tongue twister that doubles as the 2022 slogan for John Bax’s stable. Heading into the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Super Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park, Bax has a five...