King fillies sweep $100K Ontario Series
Date: 7 Sep 2026
King Of The North fillies Major Contender and Flawless Lady
each won a $100,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 4 division for
2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Sept. 4) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Major
Contender (Jody Jamieson) winning the first of two $100,000 OSS Gold
divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies (New Image Media Photo)
In the first division (race 5), Major
Contender, sent off at 6-1 in the field of nine, led gate-to-wire for
the father-and-son team of trainer Carl Jamieson and driver Jody
Jamieson to win by a half-length over the 1-9 favourite Verily
(Louis-Philippe Roy) in 1:54.
Major Contender posted fractions of :27.3,
56.3 and 1:25.3 and came home in :28.2 to record the victory. Rebel Moon
(James MacDonald) went four wide to finish third, followed by Simea
(Trevor Henry) and Kings Lady (Tyler Borth).
“[Major Contender is] so smart,”
Jody told Woodbine broadcaster John Rallis. “She was just waiting on me
to call on her at any point, behind the gate or whatever. And you know,
I just reacted. Louis was coming out of there [with Verily]. It looked
like he was going to get an easy lead, so I pushed through the middle
and you know forced the pace a little bit, causing him to go back, and
my filly just did her thing. She’s never been tired crossing the line
other than, maybe, some bad drives or some tough trips that I’ve given
her.”
It was the second win of Major Contender’s career in her seventh start. Her other victory came in Gold competition on July 23.
Major Contender has now earned $161,533 and has a record of 7 2-2-0.
Out of the mare Major Muscle, Major
Contender is owned by Carl and Jody, along with Dave Lemon and George
Harrison. The colt, bred by Princeton Farms, Mark Etsell, Robert Newton
and Chuan Tan, was purchased for $110,000 at the 2025 Standardbred Horse
Sales Company yearling sale in Harrisburg, PA.
“This filly is just a
sweetheart,” Jody said. “I call her pretty lady when I come over and
talk to her… I’ve loved her since the day I first day I laid eyes on
her, and it was love at first sight. We bought her in Harrisburg last
year, and you know we couldn’t be happier with her how she’s going.”
In the second division (race 9), James MacDonald piloted 1-2 favourite Flawless Lady (King Of The North) to a head victory over fast-closing Twin B Kingsley (Henry) who gave sire King Of The North the quinella in the race, with Dreamtrade (Bob McClure) just a few more inches back in third.
It was the first OSS victory for Flawless Lady.
After Song From Heaven (Borth) led the field
to the :28.3 quarter, Flawless Lady took over and posted fractions of
:57.4 and 1:26.3 to win with a :28.2 final quarter.
“[Flawless Lady] felt like she was trying
hard and traveling well,” MacDonald said. “So, I just tried to squeeze
as much out of her as we could to kind of hang on, but she raced awesome
and I’m just happy to be along for the ride.”
Flawless Lady, who is out of the Muscle Hill
mare Hillbar, was purchased for $30,000 at the 2025 Lexington Selected
Yearling Sale by Doug McIntosh, Bev Snobelen and Randy Liepa. Previously
trained and driven by recently-retired Hall of Famer Paul MacDonell,
Flawless Lady is now conditioned by Julie Walker.
“She was looked a little erratic early, and
Paul did a great job getting her settled down,” James said. “Now she’s
kind of been put on the front both times, but both times she raced
really well, and hung on tonight,”
It was the second straight win for the trotting filly, who is now 2-0-0 in six career starts and has earnings of $69,775.
