Woodbine Mohawk Park: OSS Gold Series smorgasbord held on Monday

Several Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series races for a number of divisions headlined Monday night's program at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Driver James MacDonald won a pair of the events, guiding 2-year-old trotting filly Monalishi, the Peaceful Way Stakes champion, to a 1:54 3/5 victory in her C$140,000 contest for trainer Blake Macintosh, co-owner of the Shmuel Farhi-bred daughter of Green Manalishi with Tim Klemencic, and sophomore filly trotter Willys Home Run to a 1:53 decision in her C$140,000 test. Willys Home Run, by Archangel and trained by Kyle Fellows, was bred by Reg Higgs and is co-owned by him with Dr. Sara Gatchell, Jake Higgs and Yolanda Fellows.

A single C$140,000 dash also went behind the gate for rookie colt and gelding trotters, and favored You Go It Kemp (Sylvain Filion) got the job done in 1:55 flat. Suojalampi Stable Inc. bred the winner, a Muscle Mass gelding, with Kemppi Stables Oy Inc. and now co-own him with trainer Dan Lagace along with Brady and Brooke Lagace.

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Three-year-old male trotters were divided into two C$95,000 splits, with Il Sogno Dream gelding What About Elmo (Tyler Jones) taking the first in 1:52 4/5 for co-owner/trainer Paul Reid, breeder/co-owner Leonard Christopher and co-owners Jeffrey Nicol and Brian Kleinberg and Muscle Mass colt Paquet capturing the second section in 1:53 1/5 for co-owner/trainer Carl Jamieson and co-owners Estate of Brian Paquet, 1140545 Ontario Ltd. and Douglas Good. Paquet was bred by Seelster Farms.