Trainer Shawn Steacy surpassed $10 million in career earnings as his Outbound Train won one of seven $25,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots second-leg divisions on Tuesday, June 24 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Outbound Train floated out from post six and drove on into the first turn for Bob McClure in the second sophomore trotting male split, advancing parked-out to take the lead at the quarter in :28. Go Blue (Doug McNair) rolled to the front in a backstretch brush, seizing command before the half in :57 and heading into the final turn with the lead.

Outbound Train departed the two hole midway around the bend and chugged along the outside track through three-quarters in 1:26.2 with Go Blue holding firm. The two were flat out at the eighth pole with Go Blue still in front, but Outbound Train produced the most trot in deep-stretch and got up by a neck to score in 1:54.3. Hp Lucas (Tyler Borth) finished third.

The winning colt notched his second career victory in his Ontario Sires Stakes debut. Outbound Train, who debuted in Kentucky, moved to Ontario in May and broke his maiden in his second try north of the border. Fredericka Caldwell of Georgetown, Ky. and Bluestone Farms LLC of Hopewell, N.J. own and bred the son of Muscle Mass-Oasis Dream. He is now two-for-12 lifetime with $35,413 in earnings. The win price was $2.90.

Steacy hit the $10 million mark in his seventh season. The trainer of 2023 Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year Sylvia Hanover has never had a season in which he earned less than $1 million or won fewer than 50 races. Steacy, the son of trainer Mark Steacy, has racked up 473 wins in 3,183 starts since his debut in January 2019 for a win rate of 14.9 per cent. The resident of Millgrove, Ont. was nominated for the Trainer of the Year O’Brien Award in 2022 and is a two-time Johnston Cup winner.

There were four Grassroots divisions for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings and three contests for fillies of the same age and gait.

Move Your Mass ($5.50) took the opener, a division for the colts and geldings, motoring up the pylons to score in 1:54 with McClure at the lines. The Jeff Williams-trained Muscle Mass-Stonebridge Glider gelding took a new mark for owner Mardon Stables in his seasonal debut.

Lookatmegoamigo ($4.10) provided the fastest Grassroots mile of the night as he took the lead on the backstretch for Louis-Philippe Roy and held tough down the lane to prevail in the second colt and gelding split in a career-best 1:53.4. The Muscle Mass-Lady Bling colt is trained by Luc Blais for Determination.

Rising Interest ($3.30) rose past rivals late for Tyler Borth to capture the last division for males, taking his first win of the season in 1:55.1. Victor Puddy conditions the gelding by The Bank-Pardon Me Please and co-owns him with Michael Marocco.

Lil Sweet ($3.70), last year’s Gold Super Final champion of her division, snagged the first filly split as the daughter of Green Manalishi S-Sweetspellosuccess charged first-over on the final turn and trotted to victory in 1:54.2. James MacDonald piloted the filly for trainer Susie Kerwood and owner Armitage Farm LLC.

The Green Book ($12.70) took down pacesetting favourite Tellers Choice (Roy) from the pocket to win the second distaff division in 1:55 for Trevor Henry. The Green Manalishi S-Classic Belle miss is trained by Shannon Henry for Bill Manes and Trevor Henry Stables Inc.

Oceanview Rumours ($3.60) dominated the final group, firing to the front on the final turn and cruising to a 1:55 victory with McClure aboard. The Shane Arsenault-trained filly, a daughter of Green Manalishi S-Tyne Valley, is owned by William Roloson, Scott Roloson, and Joey Aylward.

There were also two $10,000 first-leg Pop-Up Series divisions, both $8,000 claimers for male pacers that are non-winners of $5,000 in their last five starts with allowances for age. A J Morelli ($4.40) took the first division, and Enforcer ($5.50) ended a 25-race winless streak as he won the second.

To view Tuesday’s harness racing results, click the following link: Tuesday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.

(Standardbred Canada)