Beau Jangles pushed his perfect career record to 15-for-15 with a dominant 1:50.3 victory on Saturday, May 23 in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold first-leg dash for sophomore pacing colts on a cold, wet and windy night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Beau Jangles was eased out of post eight by driver Bob McClure and settled into third spot to the quarter in :25.4. McClure made his move to the front up the backstretch and Beau Jangles controlled the race from there, setting :55.4 and 1:24.3 middle fractions and pulling away from the field under wraps in mid-stretch to win by 2-1/2 lengths over No Waitlist (Trevor Henry). Tilthecowscomehome (Jody Jamieson) was third.

“[Beau Jangles] was amazing,” McClure told Woodbine broadcaster Greg Blanchard. “He was so nice and relaxed, and he got to the front and just coasted. He went :29 in the third quarter, and then at the seven-eighths pole I shook a line at him, and he went :26 flat. Wind-assisted or not, the track’s not nice. It’s just how easy he does those things. It’s not the time he's going or what he's doing, it's just how easy it's coming to him. I couldn't have been happier with how he was tonight.

“He hasn't been exerted or tested, and I think he's coming into some pretty heavy races as sharp as you can possibly have him.”

The colt, a son of Cattlewash out of Mrs Major Hill, now sports career earnings of $1,836,987 and a seasonal bankroll of $148,237 for owners Graham Grace Stables LLC of Clifton, Va., Kiwi Stables LLC, of La Plata, Md. and Bolton Stables of Clermont, Fla. The reigning Canadian and U.S. Horse of the Year is trained by Dr. Ian Moore, who said that Beau Jangles’ next race will be in the Pepsi North America Cup eliminations on June 6 at Mohawk.

“He's going to have four or five days off, and we’re going to prep him for the NA Cup elims now,” Moore said.

Beau Jangles was a perfect 12-for-12 in his tremendous two-year-old season in 2025. He is now three-for-three in 2026 following victories in both the SBOA Stakes elimination and final on May 9 and 16, respectively, at Mohawk.

Moore said part of the colt’s success can be attributed to caretaker Riley Noble.

“Riley Noble, his groom, is doing an excellent job with him,” Moore said. “And everybody else in the barn is proud of [Beau Jangles], appreciates him, and they all chip in and help.

“About 50 or 60 years ago, I [was a caretaker] myself. Back then, it used to be if you had a good horse like him you’d be on the road with him every week, travelling from track to track. I did that when I was 14. So, I do understand how important it is to keep a horse happy, and everything that we can do to keep that horse happy, from having windows open or whatever it may be, we try to do all that for him as well as the rest of them in the barn.”

Sent off at 1-9 in a field of eight with show and place wagering banned and the next-lowest-priced horse at 60-1, he returned $2.10.

A Clean Deal and Daya were victorious in the two $90,000 OSS Gold divisions for sophomore pacing fillies. Both splits featured six-horse fields.

In the first division, Doug McNair piloted 1-9 favourite A Clean Deal – Canada’s 2025 Two-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year – to a wire-to-wire 1:52.1 victory. The filly posted fractions of :26.3, :56.4, 1:25.3 and came home in :26.3 to win by 1-3/4 lengths over Shes A Bulldog (Bob McClure). Lavender Seelster (Louis-Phillippe Roy) was 3-1/2 lengths back in third.

Given the weather conditions, McNair said A Clean Deal was particularly impressive.

“That’s a big mile,” McNair told Blanchard.“It’s probably the worst conditions you can race in. It’s just about freezing – three or four degrees above freezing – and we’ve got probably 40-50 kilometre-an-hour winds coming from the east shoving us home, with rain on top of that. So, it’s tough for the horses and for the drivers to see.”

McNair said the fact that A Clean Deal handily put away a late challenge from Shes A Bulldog proves his filly is “pretty special… She gives you quite a thrill.”

The victory improved the daughter of Cattlewash-Ideal Talker to a perfect three-for-three in 2026 and 9-0-1 in 10 career starts. She upped her seasonal bankroll to $126,862 and her career earnings to $581,326 with the win. Kyle Fellows trains A Clean Deal for Yolanda Fellows of Rockwood, Ont., Blair Corbeil of Leduc, Alta., Windermere Stable LLC of New York, N.Y. and James Ross of Wingham, Ont. The filly has now won five straight races, dating back to her freshman year. She returned $2.30 to win.

In the second division, trainer Jack Darling’s homebred Daya scored a 1:52.4 victory with a late charge orchestrated by driver Jody Jamieson. Sent off at 6-5, Daya was fifth through opening panels of :26 and :55.1, moved out three-wide heading to three-quarters in 1:24.2 and rallied home to defeat Jen Tilly (McClure) by two lengths. Th Check Me Out (Tyler Borth) was third.

Daya, a daughter of Darling trainees Bulldog Hanover and Beach Of A Time, posted her first victory of 2026 in her third start. She is now 6-5-1 in 15 career starts for career earnings of $544,100. A multiple stakes winner at two, she is owned and was bred by Jack Darling Stables Ltd. of Cambridge, Ont.

“I didn't know how the race was going to go,” Jamieson told Blanchard. “I thought maybe I would go up front, or maybe sit in the two hole. As it turned out, there was lots of action and lots of pace going on. She’s never really been tired in her life, it's just a matter of me putting her in the right spot so that she can have a full run. We started at the five-eighths pole and kept going for the last three-eighths pretty good, and she just cruised under the line. I’m just really happy with the result of her now, in her third start, getting the win.”

Daya paid $4.50 to win.

The Saturday event marked the start of the OSS Gold Series in 2026. The series will run through October, with the Super Finals set for Oct. 10. Gold action continues on Sunday at Mohawk with the first leg for three-year-old trotters of each sex.

The rainy conditions did nothing to cool off the red-hot Lets N Joy N, who prevailed off a first-up trip in the $40,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace. James MacDonald dropped the mare in fourth through a :26.1 quarter provided by Simply The Best (Louis-Philippe Roy), then slid her out uncovered nearing the half in :57.1. Lets N Joy N, seeking her 10th win in 13 starts since arriving in Canada, pushed forward around the final turn, reached the leader’s wheel at three-quarters in 1:25.4, and scrambled to the front as they came into the lane. She stretched away from pursuer Grit N Grace (Jody Jamieson) in deep stretch and was home a comfortable half-length winner in 1:52.1 over the surging Talk Curdy To Me (Doug McNair). Talk Curdy To Me closed in :25.4 to finish second over Grit N Grace.

Lets N Joy N has proven to be an astute acquisition by Ecurie CSL of Sorel-Tracy, Que. The four-year-old daughter of Bettors Delight-Rock N Joy, shipping in from Australia, made her North American debut in January, won the Blizzard Series, and has ascended to the highest class for distaffs. She is four-for-six in top-level Mohawk Opens, finishing second in her two defeats. Jacques Dupont trains the mare, a 14-time winner in 20 career starts with $192,662 in earnings. The win price was $3.70.

Earlier on the Woodbine Mohawk Park card, the Ontario Sires Stakes program officially honoured the 2025 Johnston and Lampman Cup winners recognizing the top trainer and driver, respectively, in OSS action.

For the second year in a row and seventh overall, Gregg McNair earned the Johnston Cup title. He won the Cup with 203 points – 45 more than Kyle Fellows and 49 points ahead of Tony Beaton. McNair previously won the top OSS trainer award in 2024, 2021, 2019, 2014, 2013 and 2012. Only the late legend Bob McIntosh has more Johnston Cup titles to his credit. McIntosh won it eight times.

Bob McClure won the 2025 Lampman Cup race with 384 points. Finishing second was Louis-Philippe Roy with 360 points. James MacDonald, Canada’s five-time Driver of the Year, was third in the standings with 347 points. McClure, who previously won the Lampman Cup in 2020, earned his second title.

In both the Johnston and Lampman Cup, one point is awarded for each OSS start. Four additional points are awarded for a win, three for a second and two for a third-place finish. The Johnston Cup was founded in 1993 in memory of Bruce Johnston, the publisher of The Canadian Sportsman. The Lampman Cup was established in 1987 in memory of long-time Ontario Jockey Club harness racing publicist Jim Lampman.

Rick Zeron was also recognized after the fifth race for reaching 2,500 career training wins. He reached that mark when his Spare won on May 10 at Flamboro Downs.

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

(Ontario Racing & Standardbred Canada)