Woodbine Mohawk Park: OSS Gold Series standout A Clean Deal improves to four-for-four

A Clean Deal maintained her clean record by powering to a career-best 1:50 victory in the lone C$140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series event for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday (Aug. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

The daughter of Cattlewash-Ideal Talker is now perfect through four career starts and three OSS Gold Series events. She won the first two Gold events in the division on July 4 and July 17, respectively, both at Woodbine Mohawk Park and already sports earnings of C$218,000.

On Thursday, regular pilot Doug McNair drove A Clean Deal to the 1 3/4 length victory in the field of seven for trainer Rob Fellows, owners Yolanda Fellows, Blair Corbeil, Windermere Stable LLC. and James Ross. Bred by Winbak Farm, A Clean Deal was purchased for $20,000 U.S. at the 2024 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale.

Despite coming into the race after a month off, A Clean Deal, the 1-2 favorite, was impressive. She led the field through the 27 3/5 first quarter before yielding the front to Daya (Jody Jamieson) through fractions of 55 1/5 and 1:23 1/5. In the stretch, A Clean Deal popped the pocket and blew past as Daya faded. Jen Tilly (Billy Davis Jr.) closed well for second-place money, followed by Naughty Delight (James MacDonald), Jay (Bob McClure) and Daya.

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"Going back to her last start, she had to do a lot of the work, and she had a month off coming into this start," McNair told Woodbine Mohawk Park broadcaster John Rallis. "So, I wasn't sure how she'd really be tonight. Some of the other fillies have raced a couple times since [the last Gold], but [A Clean Deal] was really impressive tonight.

"She's beautiful to drive - two fingers - and when you ask her to go, she goes."

Rob Fellows said A Clean Deal has been a bit of a surprise.

"She trained down very average," the trainer said. "Actually, I had a Captaintreacherous filly that wouldn't cut it. So, [A Clean Deal] did a lot of the work. She did nothing wrong, but she didn't show anything until she got behind the gate."

Fellows said the plan was just to race A Clean Deal in the OSS program this year.

--press release (Ontario Sires Stakes)--