Woodbine Entertainment would like to remind all owners and trainers of the upcoming April 15 stakes payment deadline for events this season at Woodbine Mohawk Park and racetracks across Ontario.

Sustaining payments are due for all of Woodbine’s major stakes in 2026. To view the current list of eligible horses, click here.

Below are all the events requiring a sustaining payment by April 15:

• Pepsi North America Cup
• Metro Pace
• ​Armbro Flight
• ​Canadian Pacing Derby
• ​Canadian Trotting Classic
• ​Casual Breeze
• ​Dream Maker
• ​Elegantimage
• ​Eternal Camnation
• ​Fan Hanover
• ​Goodtimes
• ​Maple Leaf Trot
• ​Millard Farms
• ​Milton
• ​Nassagaweya
• ​Peaceful Way
• ​Pure Ivory
• ​Roses Are Red
• ​Shes A Great Lady
• ​Somebeachsomewhere
• ​Whenuwishuponastar
• ​William Wellwood Memorial
• SBOA Stakes

In addition, stakes payments are also due for several stakes at other racetracks in Ontario.

Nominations close on April 15 for the Little Saratoga Series at Dresden Raceway. The Little Saratoga offers two pacing events (open and mares), with each for non-winners of one race or $5,000 lifetime as of midnight on March 31, 2026. The Little Saratoga will offer $5,000 preliminary legs on June 7 and 14, before a $12,000 added money final on June 21. To view the nomination form, click here.

Grand River Raceway’s Battle of Waterloo and Battle of the Belles also have sustaining payments due on April 15. Each event is for Ontario-sired two-year-old pacers.

The final sustaining payment for Flamboro Downs’ Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup is due on April 15. The event, sponsored by Great Canadian Entertainment, is restricted to four-year-old pacers and eliminations are quickly approaching on May 10.

To make stakes payments online, visit woodbine.com.

If sending stakes payments by mail, envelopes must be clearly post-marked no later than April 15, 2026, or payment will not be accepted.

(Woodbine; photo of Louprint winning the 2025 North America Cup)