King fillies reign in the North
Date: 7 Jul 2026
Queens Of Bs led a trifecta of KING OF THE NORTH sired two-year-old fillies in the first $66,666 division of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold series for two-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday, July 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Queen Of Bs, trained by Matt Bax for owner Brad Grant, kicked things off with a gritty score in the first Gold dash on the 11-race card.
Longshot Simea (also by KING OF THE NORTH) seized early command in the seven-horse field and proceeded to open up a sizeable lead in the early going. Queen Of Bs settled into second as Simea marched through an opening quarter in :27.4. Simea continued to lead the way through half in :58.4 with Louis-Philippe Roy, at the controls of Queen Of Bs, keeping close tabs on the pacesetter before moving to the outside to engage her into the turn for home. Simea repelled that initial challenge as Roy tucked his charge back along the rail ahead of three-quarters in 1:27.2.
A host of rivals then came calling down the stretch as a game Simea looked to fend off her foes. Queen Of Bs, coming up the pylons, wrested the lead away in the late going and held on for a nose win over the hard-charging Major Contender (KING OF THE NORTH) in 1:55.1. Simea was third by a neck.
The winning daughter of KING OF THE NORTH out of the Conway Hall mare Win Missy B arrived at her second start off a runner-up effort in her debut on June 26 at Mohawk.
“This filly, since day one, she wants to do it and she definitely has the talent,” said Bax. “We added a head pole – she’s just so green. You could see that tonight. She is just going to get better as the year goes on as she figures out racing. But right now, she has a nice kick going home.
“It was pretty close. I didn’t think that she had it but thank goodness she did.”
Bred by Winning Key Inc. of Leechburg, Pa., Queens Of Bs was a $140,845 purchase at the 2025 Harrisburg Sale and has now earned $38,333. She paid $9.70 for the win.
Published Standardbred Canada, 6 July 2026
