Oss Grassroots

2021 Grassroots Finals Complete

October 09, 2021

The Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Series came to a close for 2021 with an evening of nearly half-a-million dollars in purses for the eight divisions on Saturday (Oct. 9) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Sweet Soul David On A Special Journey

October 07, 2021

Pat Lang has worked with a long list of superstar horses, but the trainer puts three-year-old trotting gelding Sweet Soul David — who makes his bid for the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Champio...

Grassroots Finals Set For Saturday

October 06, 2021

The 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots season will wrap up on Saturday night (Oct. 9) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with eight divisional championship titles and $480,000 in purses up for grabs.

Sophomores Featured In OSS Semi-Finals

October 02, 2021

Woodbine Mohawk Park turned the spotlight onto the top three-year-olds in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots program on Friday, Oct. 1, with the trotters and pacers battling for a top five finish in ...

Rookies In Semi-Finals Spotlight

October 01, 2021

The curtain went up on the Ontario Sires Stakes post season Thursday evening, as the top two-year-old trotters and pacers from the Grassroots program gathered at Woodbine Mohawk Park for eight $20,000...

MacIntosh Nabs His 1,000th Win

October 01, 2021

The wait is officially over for trainer Blake MacIntosh who joined the 1,000-wins club thanks to a pylon-skimming score with homebred Sports Fan in the Thursday evening finale at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

OSS Trainers Seek Peak Performances

September 30, 2021

On Friday, Oct. 1, the top three-year-old Grassroots horses will square off in eight $20,000 Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and trainers Carl Jamieson and Brian Lee are hoping their h...

Fillies Overcome Early Hiccups To Make Semis

September 28, 2021

It has been six years since Ken Sucee raced a horse in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, so the Oshawa, Ont. resident was delighted when two-year-old trotting filly Portofino won her last Grassroots s...

'Opportunity', I Da Princess Sparkle In Rain

September 22, 2021

They may have had to travel over a "sloppy" track, but three-year-old trotting fillies P L Opportunity and I Da Princess still managed to look impressive as they wrapped their Ontario Sires Stakes Gra...

Clockwork Orange Sharp In Grassroots

September 21, 2021

Stormy skies greeted the two-year-old trotting fillies as they gathered at Flamboro Downs for their last regular season Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots contest on Tuesday (Sept. 21), but the weather d...

Grassroots Mania At Mohawk Park

September 21, 2021

Woodbine Mohawk Park hosted five Grassroots divisions on Monday, Sept. 20 and there were not many surprises as the two-year-old pacing fillies and three-year-old trotting colts wrapped up their regula...

Thrilling Finishes In Grassroots

September 18, 2021

Ontario’s talented three-year-old pacing fillies kicked off an exciting night of stakes action at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, Sept. 17 with a dead heat finish in the first $22,150 Ontario Sires St...

Regular Season Over For Rookie Colts

September 16, 2021

The regular season came to a close on Thursday night (Sept. 16) for the two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots competitors and a trio of top ranked youngsters padded their point totals and polished their...