from the PHHA/Pocono

Wilkes-Barre, PA — Classic Belisima stamped herself as the mare to beat in the trotting female division of the Bobby Weiss Series at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, winning her $15,000 second round division in 1:53.3, while Dress For Success joined her as a Weiss repeat winner with a 1:55.1 tally in the other cut.

Curtis Salonick photo

Dress For Success was a 1:55.1 winner in her Weiss division.

A daughter of Crazed, Classic Belisima was just overpowering while taking a new lifetime mark, trotting home in :28.1 to extend what was a 1-1/4 length lead at the three-quarters to a 9-3/4 length triumph.

A seven-time winner in nine seasonal outings, Classic Belisima, which means “most beautiful” in Italian, certainly looks that way from every angle to trainer John Cabot and owner William Cantrell.

Dress For Success also kept her record unblemished in Weiss action, and also got a new speed badge with a backstretch brush to the lead to win by 5-1/2 lengths. The daughter of Infinitif is conditioned by Christopher Freck for owners Stacey Ruddick and Denise Dennis.