FRASERVILLE, ON — Tyrone Megabucks put together an impressive come-from-behind effort at Kawartha Downs on Tuesday afternoon to earn her first Ontario Sires Stakes victory and secure a berth in the lucrative Grassroots post season.

With Tony Kerwood in the race bike for breeder Dave Boyle of Bowmanville and trainer Robert McIntosh of LaSalle, Tyrone Megabucks got away last in the field of eight and was forced to travel the long way up the outside. Twelve lengths off the pace at the quarter-mile marker, Tyrone Megabucks made steady progress toward the leaders and was just three lengths back in third when pacesetter Lookit turned for home.

The charge down the stretch featured four talented fillies, and only one length separated the group at the wire, but it was Tyrone Megabucks who prevailed by a nose over Lookit in a personal best 2:00.1. CR Campfiregirl captured the third place share of the $16,598 purse while Meadowviewprincess, owned by Meadowview Farms Inc. of Orono, settled for fourth.

Tuesday’s victory propelled Tyrone Megabucks from the thirty-second spot in the Grassroots standings into a tie for ninth, and guaranteed the San Pellegrino daughter a berth in the Oct. 7 Grassroots Semifinals at Georgian Downs.

Division point leader K T Cha Cha heads up the group of 16 trotting fillies who will extend their Ontario Sires Stakes season in to October. The Angus Hall daughter and driver Bruce Richardson captured their third straight Grassroots victory in the last division at Kawartha on Tuesday, circling the five-eighths mile oval in a personal best 1:58.4.

Playfull Image closed hard to claim the runner-up spot, and Emme Emme rounded out the top three.

Trainer Bud Sinclair of Stratford, Bill Elliott of Thorndale, Murray Neilson of London and Dr. Norman Amos of St. Marys share ownership on K T Cha Cha, who wrapped up her regular season with three wins, two seconds and one fifth in six starts for a total of 205 Grassroots points.

Kind Gesture logged the fastest win of the six Grassroots divisions, hitting wire four and a half lengths on top in 1:58.2. Win Some Way earned a semifinal berth with her second-place effort and Princess Emma rounded out the top three.

Wayne Henry drove Kind Gesture to the win for the Henry Stable of Arthur and Daniel McCann of Parkhill. Reigning Johnston Cup winner Ross Henry trains the Angus Hall daughter, who boasts a record of five wins and two seconds in 12 starts this season.

The Brown brothers scooped up the top prize in the other three Grassroots divisions, with Gord Brown notching a pair of wins with Valorosa and Paco Dream and Doug Brown piloting Dream On Bernie to victory.

Trainer Pasquale Paolicelli of Milton and his partner Joseph De Angelis of Milton share ownership on Valorosa, who was making just her fifth start of the season. The Royal Ballad daughter bested Im Eager and Perfect View to claim the 1:59.4 victory.

Brown teamed Paco Dream to a 2:00.2 triumph in the sixth race, hitting the wire one and a quarter lengths up on Leeattes Misslavec and four ahead of Spring Emmy. Jason Libby trains Yankee Paco daughter Paco Dream for Egbertha Postmus of Ingersoll.

Doug Brown earned his Grassroots win aboard George Zirnis’s Dream On Bernie in Race 4. The pair cruised around the Kawartha oval in 1:59.2 without facing a challenge, sailing down the stretch four and a quarter lengths ahead of Kilmartin Orphan and six ahead of favourite Hologram Hanover.

Elmira resident Zirnis, Janet Fairall of Windsor, Tanya Martin of Elmira and Nancy Holmes of Clinton own Dream On Bernie, who is a three-time Grassroots winner this season.

The top 16 point earners will now prepare for their Oct. 7 Grassroots Semifinal, bidding for one of eight spots in the $100,000 Grassroots Championship on Oct. 15 at Georgian Downs.

Kawartha Downs wraps up its Ontario Sires Stakes schedule on Saturday, Oct. 1 with the last regular season Grassroots competition for the outstanding two-year-old pacing colts.

For complete results please go to:

http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/results/data/rkdftu.html