Ontario’s exciting three-year-old pacing colts will sweep into Georgian Downs on Saturday, July 27 for six Grassroots divisions, and local colt Champagne Phil will be looking for his second victory on the Ontario Sires Stakes circuit.
Champagne Phil posted a 1:52.4 personal best in the Grassroots season opener at Mohawk Racetrack and will be looking to replicate that effort from Post 2 in the fourth $15,000 division on Saturday.
In eight sophomore starts, Champagne Phil has posted two wins, with his other victory coming over the Georgian Downs oval on July 6. Competing against non-winners of three races company, driver Brad Forward and the son of Shanghai Phil logged a 1:53.4 triumph. Kenneth Oliver conditions Champagne Phil for ICR Racing of Pefferlaw.
Joining Champagne Phil on the gate in the fourth division is Rude Boy, who faded to seventh in the season opener after having suffered broken equipment. The Armbro Deuce gelding will be looking to atone for that result from Post 3 at Georgian Downs.
Michael Sinclair trains Rude Boy for Rosemary Shelswell of Cookstown, Steve Organ of Aurora and Guy Beaulieu of Chelmsford. Through 12 starts this season, the gelding has tallied two wins and two seconds.
Trainer Gary Kingshott gave Stonebridge Adam a test run over the Georgian Downs oval on July 20 and the colt delivered a 1:55.2 victory. The son of Stonebridge Regal was a winner in the Grassroots season opener, laying down a personal best 1:53. Bob McClure will steer Stonebridge Adam from Post 5 in the tenth race for Rockwood resident Kingshott and his partners Shannon Bennett of Toronto, Gregory Kingshott of Rockwood and Terence Molony of Mississauga.
The three-year-old pacing colts will wage their Grassroots battles in Races 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 10 on Saturday evening, with Georgian Downs sending its first race behind the starting gate at 7:25 p.m.
To view the harness racing entries for Saturday at Georgian, click the following link: Saturday Entries - Georgian Downs.
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