Our Mojo Currently Tops His OSS Division For SBOA Mentoring Group And Trainer Keeling

Mike Keeling is heading to Clinton Raceway on Sunday with a trio of three-year-old trotting colts hoping to pad their Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots’ resumes.

Our Mojo bats lead off for the Keeling team and the gelding will be looking for his third Grassroots trophy from post three in the first $24,000 division. The Kadabra son heads into Sunday’s test off a runner-up effort in Grassroots action at Kawartha Downs on August 11.

As a three-year-old he’s become a lot more racey,” says Keeling, who conditions Our Mojo for the Caveator Stable of Hamilton.

“I think he’s in the toughest division though. There are two or three in there, a couple of them won the other night up at Kawartha,” he adds.

The colt that bested Our Mojo at Kawartha, Cool Creek Magic, will be looking for a repeat performance and Ill Be There was also a winner in the August 11 skirmish.

While he was not on hand for the Kawartha event, London resident Ted Taylor is looking forward to watching Our Mojo compete in Clinton. A member of the Caveator Stable, the tenth in a series of new owner mentoring groups created by the Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association, Taylor has thoroughly enjoyed learning the business from Our Mojo, owner mentor Dan Clark, and Keeling.

“We have Dan Clark as a mentor and he’s very knowledgeable and willing to explain things to the beginners,” says Taylor. “And Mike Keeling is an exceptional trainer.”

Our Mojo has provided the group of novice racehorse owners with two wins, three seconds and one third in 11 starts this season, adding $44,385 to the $6,840 he earned in five starts as a two-year-old. Although he lagged behind his stablemates last season, the son of Kadabra and Got Sno Socks is at the top of Keeling’s three-year-old trotting colt class and also sits atop the division standings with 125 Grassroots points.

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