MILTON, April 15, 2025 – Stakes action is set to ramp up Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park for the opening leg of the Canadian Sired Graduate Series. Canadian sired four-year-olds will square off in the Canadian Graduate, which consists of two preliminary legs and an added money final. This week’s opening leg will feature $25,000 divisions in the Trot and Mare Pace categories. The Open Pace event did not fill and will now skip to leg two on Saturday, April 26. The Canadian Graduate Mare Pace will see a field of five clash in Friday’s second-race. All five starters have earned between $158,000 and $218,000 in their racing careers. Coco Jo Jo (PP5, James MacDonald) is entering off a fourth-place finish in the Fillies & Mares Preferred on April 4. The Tony Beaton trainee is one for three this season and has multiple top-three finishes in Grand Circuit events. Sorcha Seelster (PP4, Bob McClure) has also raced in the Mares Preferred this season. The John Pentland student most recently finished third in an overnight event last Friday at Mohawk Park. The daughter of All Bets Off made over $147,000 last season. The highest earner in the field is Collusion Hanover (PP2, Tyler Jones) at $218,089. The Luc Blais trainee made the Breeders Crown Final to cap off her 2024 season and was beat just less than two lengths in her season debut last Friday. One More Bet (PP1, J.R. Plante) for trainer Jean Tourigny and Resilience (PP3, Louis-Philippe Roy) for trainer Eric Nadeau complete the field for Friday’s opening leg. The top-two finishers from last year’s Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final are set to make their season debuts in Friday’s first leg of the Canadian Graduate for trotters. Paquet (PP3, Jody Jamieson) captured the OSS Super Final by over four-lengths last October as part of a three-year-old season that saw him post four wins and earn over $344,000 in eight starts. The Carl Jamieson trainee tuned up for his season debut with a pair of qualifiers at Mohawk. Paquet winning the OSS Super Final last October. (New Image Media) What About Elmo (PP5, Tyler Jones) ships north for trainer Paul Reid after two qualifiers at Spring Garden Ranch in Florida. The son of Il Sogno Dream was an OSS Gold winner last September and finished off a $175,000 earning season with a second in the Super Final. The field of six for the Canadian Graduate Trot opener, scheduled as Race 10 on Friday, is completed by Grambling Hall (PP1, Tyler Borth), R Peaky Blinders (PP2, Louis-Philippe Roy), Hungry Hill (PP4, J.R. Plante) and Mrstery Deal (PP6, Todd Ratchford). Following this week’s first leg, the Canadian Graduate Series continues with the second leg for the Trot and Mare Pace on April 25 and the Open Pace on April 26. Friday evening’s card also features a $36,000 Fillies & Mares Pace (Race 9). Post time Friday is 6:35 p.m. For the latest news and information on live racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park, visit Woodbine.com/Mohawk or follow @WoodbineSB and @WoodbineComms on X. Share This:Share
