Author: from PHHA/Pocono

Tuesday (Feb. 14) brought a second day of qualifying races and the draw for Sunday’s (Feb. 19) card — the second of the new season — at the rechristened Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun Pennsylvania.

Killer Instinct ($11.00) bided his time early and rallied from off the pace to score a mild upset in Monday’s (Feb. 13) $18,000 Open Handicap Trot at MGM Northfield Park.

Driver Dan Noble wasted no time blasting Let It Ride N to the front and turning every call into a winning one in Miami Valley’s $30,000 Open Handicap Pace on Monday (Feb. 13).

Driver Jim Morrill Jr. achieved another major milestone in his stellar career at Batavia Downs on Monday (Feb. 13) when he drove Sportskeeper ($4.70) to an easy gate-to-wire 1:56.1 victory in the seventh race to achieve his 8,000th lifetime win in the sulky.

A pair of high-level conditioned events and a starter allowance headline Saturday’s (Feb. 18) 2023 season opener at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun Pennsylvania, which is slated to begin at 1 p.m.

Penzance Hanover and owner-trainer-driver Art Stafford Jr. made a well-timed move to win Thursday’s (Feb. 9) $27,500 Blue Hen/Open Handicap Pace at Bally’s Dover.

It was a warm and wet Thursday afternoon (Feb. 9) at Batavia Downs, and despite the sun making a cameo appearance for a couple of races, the wet conditions may have contributed to only three favorites winning in 12 races on a day where big payouts were the norm.

Embrace The Grind set blistering early fractions on his way to a 1:53.1 win in Tuesday’s (Feb. 7) $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover.