LCYS Graduate UNSTABLE GENIUS Takes OSS Gold

James MacDonald aboard Unstable Genius winning in 1:54.2. (New Image Media)

Unstable Genius broke his maiden in his first career pari-mutuel start, winning the lone $150,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series Leg 1 event for two-year-old trotting colts on Monday (July 6) in 1:54.2 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

The victory, which came after a long technical delay caused by a mass network outage, put $75,000 on the card of the gelded son of Muscle Mass out of Pretty Crafty and pushed winning driver James MacDonald over $90 million in career earnings.

“That’s kind of unheard of for two-year-old trotting colts starting out here – a mile in :54 and finish the way we did,” MacDonald told WEG broadcaster John Rallis. “We were smoking. So, definitely a great first impression, and a great first debut.”

The mile was just three-fifths-of-a-second off the 1:53.4 OSS record for a two-year-old trotting colt on a seven-eighths mile track set by You Got It Kemp in 2024 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

A $140,000 yearling purchase at the 2025 London Classic Yearling Sale, Unstable Genius (previously named and sold as D A Mindcraft) was bred by Ashley and Dean Wilson, is owned by Pollack Racing LLC of Venetia, PA and trained by Dave Menary.

“Dave was so high on [Unstable Genius training down],” MacDonald said. “He is such a great trainer and has had so many great horses. So, when they’re talking them up like that, it gives you a little extra confidence in them. He was spot on because the horse couldn’t have been any better tonight.”

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