Blue Jean Gal set an Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record while winning the first of two $100,000 Gold third-leg divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday, July 12 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

James MacDonald drove Blue Jean Gal to the 1:51.3 mile, which bested the previous OSS record of 1:52 shared by Righteous Resolve (2023) and Bright Green (2025). The clocking also shaved nearly three seconds off Blue Jean Gal’s previous career best of 1:54.2 set on May 24 while winning her first-round Gold division at Mohawk.

Sent off from the rail as the 6-5 second choice in the field of six, Blue Jean Gal settled in third as Barbara May (Doug McNair) led to the opening quarter in :26.1. Favourite Bingo Night (Tyler Jones) was out and moving after the quarter and was on top by the :55.3 half-mile station. Blue Jean Gal started making her move on the final turn as Bingo Night led the field to the three-quarters in 1:23.3. In the stretch, Blue Jean Gal and Bingo Night battled before the former chugged away to win by 3-1/2 lengths. Barbara May was third.

Blue Jean Gal, a homebred daughter of Trixton out of Pine Knolls, is now 4-1-0 in six 2026 starts, and has a lifetime record of 11-1-0 in 15 outings. She has earned $200,012 this year and $298,512 lifetime. The filly, trained by Julie Walker, was bred by the late Len Gamble of Etobicoke, Ont. and is owned by Gamble Farms Ont Ltd. of Fergus, Ont. She paid $4.70 to win on Sunday.

MacDonald told Woodbine broadcaster John Rallis that Walker and her team had made some equipment changes on Blue Jean Gal.

“We've been pretty cautious with her, just getting her around, racing her off the pace, even grinding first up,” MacDonald said. “But we haven't really asked her to snap yet, and Julie thought it was time. She made a shoeing change, took the hood off and put in the plugs. So, my plan was to blast.

“But they were just trotting so hard off the gate, I had to kind of call an audible, and then I knew I was in a bad spot, but the horse was just so great, she overcame it. So, kudos to them. They did they did all the hard work.”

Walker said Blue Jean Gal “always gives us her top effort,” but “we had changes to make, and it was time to make them. We’ve been patient with her… She was racing in plastic shoes, and it was time to get real. It was time to race.”

At two, Blue Jean Gal won three OSS Grassroots events and then her $75,000 Grassroots Final at Mohawk. This year, she’s stepped up to win two Golds and finish second in the other. Walker said Blue Jean Gal will be pointed toward Grand Circuit competition later in the year but will not leave Canada to race.

The second contest was initially was recalled after Flowing Tribute had an equipment malfunction. But a few minutes later, the field of seven was off and trotting in a race that produced some big mutuel numbers when 12-1 Lo And Behold (Louis-Philippe Roy) edged out 38-1 shot M E Laurel (Mark MacDonald) by a head in 1:53.

Favourite Th Trix R Forkids (James MacDonald) left well off the gate and led the field to the :26.3 quarter. Cher Hill (McNair) claimed the front shortly after and was in front at the :55.3 half. Th Trix R Forkids was back in command by the three-quarters in 1:24.3, but in the lane, despite a battle looming with second choice Flowing Tribute (Bob McClure), both fillies tired, allowing Roy to shoot up the middle with Lo And Behold and Mark MacDonald to head up the inside with M E Laurel. Those two fillies closed in tandem, with Lo And Behold reaching the line first. Th Trix R Forkids held on for third. The exactor paid $644.

“When we got down the lane, Bob's horse was drifting out, and Dougie’s seemed tired.” Roy said. “I had room in between them. I didn't think I was going to win at that point until [Lo And Behold] came in between, and then I really asked her. She went forward there, and right then I was just trying to resist Mark’s filly… coming on the inside there.”

The mile was a career best for Lo And Behold, a daughter of Green Manalishi S out of Beholder bred by Prince Lee Acres of Uxbridge, Ont. She is owned by Bill Donovan of Delray Beach, Fla. and trained by Meg Crone. Lo And Behold took her second lifetime win in 15 starts and her first in 2026 from eight tries. The $50,000 payday upped her bankroll to $153,269 lifetime – $87,399 of it coming this year. She paid $27.60 to win.

Logan Park maintained his iron grip on the Mohawk Open Trot ranks with a dominant victory in the $44,000 undercard feature. Canada's three-time Older Trotting Horse of the Year thundered off the wings from post five for regular reinsman Doug McNair, ceded the front to P L Spencer (Bob McClure) before the quarter in :26.4, then moved back to the top on the backstretch. Allowed middle splits of :56.2 and 1:26.3, Logan Park was ready roll as they turned for the stretch, and a :26.1 final quarter had him to the line a 2-1/2-length winner in 1:52.4. P L Spencer was second best, while Gaines Hanover (Jody Jamieson) finished sharply off cover for show.

Logan Park has reached the winner's circle in four of his five Mohawk Open starts this year, making a break in his sole defeat in the class. The Kyle Fellows trainee is four-for-seven overall in 2026. He scored his 48th lifetime victory on Sunday and has now earned $2,383,405 in 109 starts for owners Outofthepark Stable of Rockwood, Ont., Reg Higgs of Blenheim, Ont. and Arpad Szabo of Bradford, Ont. He paid $2.40 to win.

Roxie Hart ($17.50) circled the 10-horse field in the $30,000 Pop-Up Series final, closing from ninth with an eighth of a mile to go to win in 1:53.1 for driver Tyler Borth and trainer Ben Baillargeon. The series was for trotters that started for a purse of $12,000 or less in their prior four starts or had not averaged $2,000 per start in 2025-2026. Winners over $50,000 this year were ineligible. P L Robert G ($5.70, 1:53.1) and Daffy Hanover ($29.50, 1:53.2) took the Pop-Up Series consolations.

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

(Ontario Racing & Standardbred Canada)