Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Huntsville mare Threecurtaincalls, a stakes winner at British Columbia’s Fraser Downs in 2024 and 2025, went the mile of her life on Monday (June 29) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, ringing up a new mark of 1:51.2 while taking the $17,500 featured distaff pace.
Anthony Napolitano got the Deborah Dauget trainee, owned by J J J Stables, into a good striking position second-over after front splits of :27 and :55.1, tipping her three-deep shortly after the 1:23.1 three-quarters, and then powering off late to be a 2-3/4 length winner.
The top trot on the Monday card was a $16,500 matchup of developing horses, with the Tactical Landing gelding Caballero winning his second straight and third in his last five while reducing his lifetime best to 1:53.3. For the second straight time Caballero had to go up first-over, but he proved equal to the assignment, wearing down odds-on pacesetter Onemore Volo by 1-1/4 lengths. Anthony Napolitano completed a sweep of the features with the winning steer behind Caballero for hot trainer Anthony Faulkner (eight wins in 34 June starts) and owner Jaypaul Hanover.
Pocono’s top driver Tyler Buter had four victories, including bookending the card with Ron Burke trainees – Burke was the only two-time training winner, and the “B And B Boys” strengthened their respective leads in the Pocono colony. Anthony Napolitano and Braxten Boyd, second and third respectively behind Buter, each had a driving triple.
Trotters of both the fast-class and developing variety will have feature races on the Tuesday (June 30) 1 p.m. card; there will also be a carryover into the fifth race Pick 5. The next pari-mutuel card after that one, scheduled for Saturday (July 4) at 1 p.m., will see two-year-olds in their first stakes action at Pocono, with three $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars contest for trotting colts. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.