Panpero Firpo

Panpero Firpo Upsets In Vernon Open

After mustering just minor shares in recent tries against top Saratoga company, Ontario-sired Panpero Firpo ($19.00) employed a change of tactics in Saturday night's $10,000 Open Pace at Vernon Downs,...

2013 Grassroots Season Wraps Up

September 21, 2013

The 2013 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots program wrapped up on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack with eight $50,000 divisional Championships.

Sophomore Pacers To Make OSS History?

September 21, 2013

In the last decade no horse has captured an Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championship at two and come back to defend their title the following season. At Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday evening, two h...

Jamieson Reaches $100 Million Mark

August 09, 2013

Jody Jamieson joined the elite company of harness racing drivers that have steered horses to over $100 million in purse earnings on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack.

Champagne Phil Repeats In OSS Action

Champagne Phil uncorked a personal-best effort at Georgian Downs on Saturday night to capture his second Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots division.

McNairs Dominate Grassroots Finals

September 29, 2012

The 2012 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots season wrapped up on a rainy Saturday night at Grand River Raceway with eight $100,000 Championships and it was the father-son team of trainer Gregg McNair and...

Shepherd Sticks With Panongahela

September 27, 2012

When David Menary and Robert Shepherd swept the two-year-old pacing colt Grassroots Semifinals last week it put driver Shepherd in the difficult position of having to choose which talented young pacer...

More Records Fall In Semis

September 22, 2012

The second round of Grassroots Semifinals got off to a quick start at Grand River Raceway on Friday evening as two-year-old trotting filly Princess Lilly impressed fans with a track record effort in t...

OSS Double: Menary/Shepherd/Peter Pan

September 12, 2012

The team of trainer Dave Menary, driver Robert Shepherd and owner/breeder Peter Pan Stables Inc celebrated a stakes double Tuesday night at Georgian Downs thanks to OSS Grassroots wins with two-year-o...

Panongahela Sets Dresden Record

September 03, 2012

A steamy September afternoon led to a rewrite of Dresden Raceway’s record books when two-year-old pacing colt Panongahela sprinted around the half-mile oval to a 1:56 victory in the second of seven $2...

OSS Freshmen Topple Sudbury Records

August 23, 2012

Ontario’s two-year-old pacing colts and geldings arrived at Sudbury Downs on Wednesday evening, took a look at the record books and proceeded to feed them through the shredder.