One track record was broken and one was tied in C$90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series races for rookie trotters on Wednesday night at Grand River Raceway. Flowing Tribute's track record mile came in the second division for fillies with Bob McClure in the bike. Sent off as the 1-5 favorite, Flowing Tribute led the field through fractions of 27 2/5, 57 3/5 and 1:27 1/5 and defeated two-time Gold champ Bingo Night (Tyler Jones) by 2 1/4 lengths. Barbara May (Doug McNair) was third in the field of seven, followed by Lo And Behold (Louis-Philippe Roy) and A Splash Of Green (James MacDonald). Flowing Tribute paid $2.60 to win. Her mile was just two-fifths of a second off the Canadian and OSS record for a 2-year-old trotting filly of 1:55 set by Hall of Fame mare Bee A Magician at Georgian Downs in 2012. It was the third Gold Series victory of the year for Flowing Tribute, a daughter of Green Manalishi S-Watch The Show trained by Paul Reid for owners Patrick Dillon, Laurie Rooney, Brian Kleinberg and Rick Beinhauer. The victory improved Flowing Tribute to 4-1-0 in five career starts and upped her bankroll to C$165,600. She previously had won her Gold events on July 11 and July 25, both at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Bingo Night and Cher Hill won the Gold events on Aug. 4 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Bred by Diane Ingham and Brenda Barnim, Flowing Tribute was purchased for C$30,000 at the 2024 London Classic Yearling Sale. Back in the first split, HP Crystaline (Louis-Philippe Roy) posted her first career victory, notching a 1:58 2/5 triumph in the five-horse field that was 2 1/4 lengths better than Timeless (Todd Ratchford). Social Wizard (Tyler Borth) was third, Figuratively (Tyler Jones) was fourth and 3-5 favorite Cher Hill (Doug McNair), the only previous Gold winner in the field, made a break in the last turn and finished last. HP Crystaline, sent off at 4-1, led from gate to wire through fractions of 27 4/5, 56 2/5 and 1:27 4/5. The homebred daughter of Alarm Detector-HP Bruxelles - owned by Claude Hamel and Jean-Denis Pelletier and trained by Chantal Mitchell - improved to 1-2-1 in five career starts and increased her bankroll to C$69,848. The trotting filly paid $10.10 to win. ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter The first grouping for colts and geldings saw Trouble With Names (Bob McClure) lead the field of seven at every station (fractions of 27, 57 1/5 and 1:26 1/5), but 18-1 longshot The Green Gazoo (Trevor Henry) shot up the inside in deep stretch to win by a neck over Trouble With Names in a career-best 1:56 3/5 that tied the track record for a 2-year-old trotting colt. The mile was three-fifths of a second off the 1:56 Canadian and OSS record set by Windsong Espoir in 2007 at Windsor Raceway. Tavern Onthe Green (Louis-Philippe Roy) finished third, followed by First Class Mass (Jody Jamieson) and previous Gold champ Crunchintheodds (James MacDonald). Race favorite Touchedbyanangel (Doug McNair) finished sixth. It was the first time Henry had driven the gelded son of Green Manalishi S-Tommi My Girl, bred by Dustin Jones Stables Inc. and Hebert Horses Inc. The Green Gazoo, owned by Coyote Wynd Farms and the geldings trainer Clark Beelby, was purchased for $65,000 at the 2024 Standardbred Horse Sales Company yearling sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The win improved The Green Gazoo to 2-1-0 in five career starts and upped his bankroll to C$80,950. He paid $38.60 to win. Strobe Lite (James MacDonald) broke his maiden in the other clash for the boys, cruising to a three length win over previous Gold winner Mike Me Up (Louis-Philippe Roy) in 1:58 1/5. Mike Me Up led the field through the 28 2/5 first quarter, but MacDonald had Strobe Lite on the move past the toteboard the first time and on top before the 58 4/5 half. The son of Alarm Detector-Shine Bright rolled through the 1:28 three-quarters and on to an eased-up victory. Notatthetablcarlos (Bob McClure) was third, Mass Deployment (Tyler Borth) was fourth and favorite Another Great Mass (Trevor Henry) made a break but still grabbed the final check in the field of six. Sent off at even money, Strobe Lite paid $4.10 for the win. Bred and co-owned by Glengate Farms, Strobe Lite is also owned by his trainer Benoit Baillargeon, Claude Hamel and Nunzio Vena. The colt was purchased for C$16,000 at the 2024 London Classic Yearling Sale. Strobe Lite is now 1-2-3 in seven career starts and has earnings of C$148,310. --edited press release (Ontario Sires Stakes)--