Mohawk Million slot owners revealed

MILTON, ON – March 10, 2022 – Woodbine Entertainment today proudly revealed the names of the slot owners for the third edition of the Mohawk Million.

The Mohawk Million, to be raced on Saturday, September 24 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, is an event for two-year-old harness racing trotters that follows a ‘buy-in’ format.

A total of nine slots were available for purchase at the cost of $100,000 (CAD) each for entry in the $1 million (CAD) Mohawk Million.

The deadline to purchase a slot passed on February 15 with all slots sold. The tenth and final slot will be awarded to the winner of the William Wellwood Memorial on August 27.

The slot owners for the 2022 Mohawk Million are listed below:

Brad Grant
Crawford Farms
Determination
Doug Overhiser
Gino Toscani
Glengate Farms
Hunterton Farms & Partners
Steve Heimbecker
TheStable.ca

The owners of the slots are not required to declare a two-year-old trotter for the race until entry time and the slot is an entity that may be sold, traded or subject to lease. Each slot owner was required to submit $50,000 by the February 15 deadline. The remaining $50,000 is due by June 1.

The Mohawk Million on September 24 is the feature event on one of harness racing’s richest cards of the year. More than $3.3 million in purses will be up for grabs on the ‘Million’ card with the $825,000 Metro Pace, $600,000 Canadian Trotting Classic, $500,000 Shes A Great Lady and $400,000 Elegantimage all slated for September 24.

Fans can track the march to the Mohawk Million by following @WoodbineSB on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The official hashtag of harness racing’s richest race for two-year-olds is #MohawkMillion.

by Mark McKelvie, for Woodbine Communications