Wilkes-Barre PA –– Both Lyons Legend and Geocentric notched their second straight Pennsylvania Sire Stakes wins among the four divisions of the $168,864 second prelim PaSS event for 2-year-old fillies. Both the repeaters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Sunday were guided by Tim Tetrick.

Surprisingly, neither of these two winners took a lifetime mark, as they had gone faster in afternoon Sires action at The Meadows.

Lyons Legend scored in 1:52.4. Curtis Salonick photo.

Lyons Legend will get top billing here because she was the faster of the two this night at 1:52.4, and because she is now perfect in three purse stats. The daughter of Stay Hungry–Skinny Dip let the dust settle to the :28.1 quarter, moved and took over the top at the :57.2 midway point, maintained control past a 1:25.3 three-quarters, then came home in :27.1 for trainer Jim King Jr. and Threelyonsracing.

Geocentric, a daughter of Sweet Lou–Geometry, was looped early and got command by the :28.3 quarter, got a breather to the half in :58.2, then stepped up the pace so that the timer read 1:26.3 at the three-quarters and 1:53.1 at the wire — her own back fractions in :54.4-:26.3. Geocentric has now won both of her starts for trainer Brian Brown and the partnership of Milton Leeman, Alan Keith, James Stambaugh, and Joe Sbrocco.

Tying Lyons Legend at 1:52.4 for fastest Sires mile of the night was the Captaintreacherous–Eloquent Grace freshman Caviart Belle, who took the top early for Yannick Gingras and posted fractions of :28.2, :57.2, and 1:26, sprinting home in :26.4 for a lifetime mark. Second in a Kindergarten event in her only other purse start, Caviart Belle is trained by Nancy Takter for Caviart Farms.

Crashing the Sire Stakes winner’s circle party as the longest (38-1) shot in her division, Canigetalouploup lowered her mark to 1:54.3 in her second purse victory. David Miller worked out a good inside trip with the daughter of Sweet Lou– Continual Velocity behind fractions of :28.2, :58.3, and 1:27, then kicked home sharply into the :27.3 last quarter to post the upset for people not normally associated with equine outsiders — driver David Miller, trainer Ron Burke, and the partnership of Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Lawrence Karr, and Phil Collura.

All four of the Sire Stakes were won by 1-1/2 lengths or more; four of the five $20,000 companion Stallion Series divisions were decided by a neck.

The fastest StS winner was the only one to have had a purse start before Sunday, the Stay Hungry–Dance Until Dawn miss Stayinforthedance. She was also an upsetter, being dismissed at 22-1 yet winning in 1:54.1 for driver Matt Kakaley and trainer Joseph Lucas, co-owner with At The Wire Farms.

Andrew McCarthy drove two of the successful Stallion Series fillies: the Sweet Lou–Caviart Sarah distaff Caviart Sophie, a 1:55.2 winner for trainer Tony Alagna and Caviart Farms, and Bares All, a daughter of Heston Blue Chip–Skinny Dipper whose 1:55.4 victory for trainer Robert Cleary and Let It Ride Stables Inc. was accomplished by the “luxurious” margin of a half-length.

Captaintreacherous is the sire of Shebebakin Hanover (out of the great mare Shebestingin), who won her StS section in 1:55.1 for driver Dexter Dunn, trainer Nifty Norman, and Pinske Stables, Yankeeland Partners LLP, and David J. Miller.

And a son of “The Captain,” first-crop sire Captain Crunch, got the other production credit in the PaStS with Duffy’s Opinion (dam Strong Opinion), home first in 1:54.4 for driver Todd McCarthy, trainer Brett Pelling, and owner David McDuffee.

The racing week at Pocono will continue with cards on Monday and Tuesday at 1 p.m., with a $1,702.15 carryover into Monday’s Pick-5 bet on races eight through 12. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available at the PHHA website.