Canada's Biggest Upsets of 2023 - #1 & #2

2. Longshot players at Truro Raceway were rewarded on July 9, thanks to Jamie Ramsay and Tobins Reward. After going 1-for-13 as a two- and three-year-old and trying to switch gaits at four, the son of Tobago Cays put it all together on the pace for a 94-1 shocker. View Chart


1. Canadian harness racing saw its biggest shocker in 2023 with On The Ropes posting his first win in two years on Nov. 24. Winless in 10 starts in 2022, the trotting gelding came into 2023 last victorious on Nov. 7, 2021. The eight-year-old got off the scnheid in his first start for trainer Brian Lee, with Brett MacDonald finding a seam for the come-from-behind score — his second appearance in the longshot top 10 — at odds in excess of 97-1. View Chart