Woodbine Mohawk Park: Borderline Mobby breaks through, Beau Jangles tires to fifth

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 Series event for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday (June 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The mile was 1:48 2/5.

Beau Jangles finished fifth in the field of seven.

The mile was just one-fifth of a second off the 1:48 1/5 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 1/5 in an overnight 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 4/5 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 3/5. 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 right at the three-quarter pole reached in 1:21 3/5. In mid-stretch Borderline Mobby took the lead and led a four-horse rush to the wire as Beau Jangles faded.

Borderline Mobby defeated Redland Rocket Man by a head, followed by No Waitlist, Wholetthedogsout (Mark MacDonald) and Beau Jangles.

Borderline Mobby paid $14.70.

MacDonald told WEG 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."

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It was the first OSS victory for the son of Cattlewash out of Hot Gossip bred by Nicholas Malcolm and owned by trainer Dave Menary, Larry Menary, Ryan Morefield and Pit Bull Stable LLC. Borderline Mobby was purchased for $25,000 U.S. at the 2024 Standardbred Horse Sales Company's yearling auction.

It was also the first OSS defeat for Beau Jangles, who won all five OSS starts and the C$300,000 Super Final as part of his perfect 12-for-12 season last year. He won the first Gold event of 2026 on May 23 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Beau Jangles came into the race after back-to-back third-place finishes in his elimination and C$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 3-year-old crop is across the North America, and it's going to be a lot of fun."

Borderline Mobby improved to 4-4-0 in 18 career starts and increased his bankroll to C$253,645. He is now 3-3-0 in eight 2026 starts and has seasonal earnings of C$156,636.

--press release (Ontario Sires Stakes)--