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Grismore Scores Victory #5,000

May 26, 2008

Greg Grismore scored his 5,000th career victory with Real Nasty Miss at Pocono Downs on Monday afternoon. The 38-year-old, a native of Bluffton, Ohio, was a pernennial driving leader at Northfield Park before moving his base to Westchester in late 2006. Grismore drove his first winner--True Breton--at Toledo's Raceway Park in 1987.

He wasted no time establishing a single-season best in 2007 with more than $5.8 million in purses, including wins in final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series here with Maltese Artist as well as the American-National at Balmoral and the Tattersalls at the Red Mile, both with Won the West.

Won the West and Grismore also teamed to win this past Saturday night's $200,000 Dan Patch at Hoosier Park. Grismore, with more than $24 million in career purses, currently ranks third in both local wins and earnings thie season, behind Jason Bartlett and Stephane Bouchard.

"When I started out, driving horses for my family, I never thought about winning this many races," Grismore said. "There are so many people who have helped me along the way."