Borderline Mobby and James MacDonald upset reigning Canadian and U.S. Horse of the Year Beau Jangles in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold second-leg event for three-year-old male pacers on Saturday, June 27 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
MacDonald pushed Borderline Mobby off the gate from the outside post seven and settled in third as No Waitlist (Doug McNair) led the field to the :25.4 quarter with Redland Rocket Man (Louis-Philippe Roy) in hot pursuit. Beau Jangles (Bob McClure) made his move to the front from fourth up the backstretch and took the field to the half in :53.3. Before the three-quarter pole, Roy put Redland Rocket Man in gear with Borderline Mobby taking his cover. Redland Rocket Man poked a head in front of Beau Jangles nearing the third station in 1:21.3 and had cleared him by the head of the lane. Borderline Mobby chased the new leader with No Waitlist threatening between horses and Wholetthedogsout (Mark MacDonald) closing from the back. In the four-horse dash, Borderline Mobby got his head past Redland Rocket Man for the 1:48.2 victory. No Waitlist was third. Beau Jangles finished fifth in the field of seven.
The mile was one-fifth of a second off the 1:48.1 OSS record set by Michaels Power in 2012 at Woodbine Racetrack and came just a week after Borderline Mobby set his career record of 1:48.1 in an overnight at Mohawk.
MacDonald told Woodbine broadcaster Randy Waples that he didn’t think he had the race won, “until halfway down the lane, because Mobby, last year, he'd give you a big kick, but then he got green when he got by them or close to them. Until you get all the way by, especially going for big money, and in with great horses, you never know. About halfway down the lane, he kind of stuck his head in front and kept driving, and it was a four-across finish, but he raced great.”
The son of Cattlewash-Hot Gossip, bred by Nicholas Malcolm of Milton, Ont., took his first career OSS win in his eighth start in the program. He is owned by Menary Racing Inc. of Cambridge, Ont., Larry Menary of Branchton, Ont., Ryan Morefield of Howell, Mich. and Pit Bull Stable LLC of River Vale, N.J. Borderline Mobby, trained by Dave Menary, improved to 4-4-0 in 18 career starts and increased his bankroll to $253,645. He is now 3-3-0 in eight 2026 starts and has seasonal earnings of $159,636. He paid $14.70 to win.
Beau Jangles received his first OSS defeat after winning all five Gold starts in the program and the $300,000 Super Final as part of his 12-for-12 season last year. He won the first Gold event of 2026 on May 23 at Mohawk. Beau Jangles came into the race after back-to-back third-place finishes in the elimination and $1 million final of the Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk.
“That's why we always say they race the horse race,” MacDonald said. “We all thought, obviously, if Beau Jangles is himself, he's probably next to unbeatable in there. But my horse has been getting better and better, and raced super last week, and there was a whole field of great horses. It just goes to show you how deep this whole three-year-old crop is across North America, and it's going to be a lot of fun.”
Ultimate Desbi N looks to be the newest star sourced from Down Under by trainer Jacques Dupont and owner Ecurie CSL as she fended off Lets N Joy N, who has dominated the top distaff level this year for those connections, in the $40,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace.
Bob McClure, driving Ultimate Desbi N for the first time, pointed the six-year-old forward as the wings folded and had her first at the quarter in :26.2. As she reached the half in :55.2, stablemate and fellow Kiwi-bred Lets N Joy N (James MacDonald) looked to throw her weight around with a first-over push. Ultimate Desbi N quickened to three-quarters in 1:23.1 and turned for home assailed by Lets N Joy N while Talk Curdy To Me (Louis-Philippe Roy) wound up off that foe's cover. The outer-flow attackers continuously shrunk the gap down the stretch, but Ultimate Desbi N hung on by a neck to prevail in 1:49.4. Lets N Joy N finished second over Talk Curdy To Me.
Ultimate Desbi N has won back-to-back starts at Mohawk for her Sorel-Tracy, Que.-based owner after a show finish in her North American debut on June 5 and a neck defeat in fourth in the Open on June 12. The daughter of Ultimate Machete-Motu Racy Girl's first Open win brought her seasonal record to three-for-five (including a win in New Zealand). She has won nine of 38 career outings and earned $204,475. The win price was $5.60.
Dupont and Ecurie CSL combined on another two wins on the 12-race card. Miraculous Desbi N ($4.70) scored in 1:49.4 in his division of the Pop-Up Series, and Carrera Sunset N ($27.20) flew to a 1:48.1 victory while stepping up in the conditioned ranks. With the triple, Dupont is 25-for-147 this year and is nearing a career-high for earnings in a season, currently sitting on $555,245.
Also winning $20,000 Pop-Up Series second-leg splits were Cold Creek Queso ($4.60) and A Class Yankee ($8.90). The series is for pacing horses and geldings that started for a purse of $12,000 or less in their previous four starts or have averaged less than $2,000 in earnings per start in 2025-2026. Horses that have earned more than $50,000 this year are ineligible.
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click the following link: Saturday Results - Woodbine Mohawk Park.
(Ontario Racing & Standardbred Canada)