Hasty Bid produced impressive late-stretch haste to pass three rivals in the last eighth of a mile and snag the $40,000 Open Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Sunday, April 12, three races after fellow six-year-old trotter Ghostly Casper hit $1 million in career earnings.

With Sid The Kid (Tyler Borth) and Mr Bluebird (Travis Cullen) leaving to his inside, James MacDonald pulled the reins on an eager Hasty Bid and dropped him in third while Sid The Kid led to the quarter in :28. Amigo Volo (Louis-Philippe Roy) vaulted from fourth to the front before the half in :57.3, relegating Hasty Bid to fourth, and the new leader brought a single-file field of six to three-quarters in 1:26.3.

Sid The Kid then vacated the pocket to attack the leader, and they came to blows down the lane with Mr Bluebird and Hasty Bid in tow. Still fourth past the eighth pole, Hasty Bid had to angle out further in mid-stretch as Mr Bluebird swung out from behind the leaders, but once straightened, the gelding took flight and rocketed past them all to prevail by a length in 1:54.4. Mr Bluebird charged for second over Sid The Kid.

Hasty Bid, following a third-place finish behind Mr Bluebird in the New Holland Trotting Series final, notched his third victory from 10 tries this year. The Paige MacDonald trainee is now 13-for-64 lifetime and has earned $887,154. Paige MacDonald co-owns the son of My Mvp-Sunshinenlollipops with 1000063663 Ontario Inc. of Guelph, Ont. The win price was $3.40.

After Poseidon Seelster's milestone moment last night, Ghostly Casper won the sixth race on Sunday to become the second horse of the weekend at Mohawk to achieve millionaire status. The son of Resolve-Cold Creek Breeze, driven by James MacDonald, assumed command on the first turn, put up panels of :27, :56.3 and 1:25.1 and cruised to a 1:53 victory in the $26,000 upper-level conditioned race. Pennteller Hanover (Louis-Philippe Roy) following him throughout and was second by a length, with Right Here Hanover (Tyler Borth) 6-3/4 lengths farther back in third.

Ghostly Casper scored his second straight win for trainer Ben Baillargeon, raising his 2026 totals to two wins in 12 starts. He attained the seven-figure milestone in his 93rd career start and 16th win as he raised his earnings to $1,009,312. The 2023 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final champion and 2022 William Wellwood Memorial show finisher is owned by Baillargeon of Guelph, Teresa Davidson of Milton, Ont., Santo Vena of Cedar Valley, Ont. and Nunzio Vena of Bolton, Ont. He returned $9.30 at the windows.

An optional-claiming Pop-Up Series began on the card, with the $14,000 divisions going to Gloryview Image ($4.20), Southside Eddy ($6) and Livinthebeachlife ($2.90). The series is for pacers that have started for a purse of $10,000 or less this year and have not earned more than $65,000 in 2025-2026, or are in for a tag of $12,500.

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

(Standardbred Canada; photo of Hasty Bid winning on April 12)