The Art Major gelding Belmont Major N, after getting a big second quarter breather, prevailed in the $16,500 claiming handicap pacing feature Sunday evening (May 25) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Author: from the PHHA/Pocono
John Martin, 73, dies
John Allan Martin, 73, born Nov. 19, 1951, died peacefully May 19, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.
Prince Hal Hanover jumps up five spots in Road to the Meadowlands Pace
Off a lifetime-best 1:49.3 score last week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the Dr. Ian Moore-trained Prince Hal Hanover made a big move in Dave Little’s Road to the Meadowlands Pace poll, as the son of Captaintreacherous-Percy Bluechip jumped up from No. 9 to No. 4 in the weekly Top 10.
One cool ‘Amigo’
Amigo Volo might not be the same horse who set at least one world record at ages 2, 3, and 4 in addition to capturing two Breeders Crown titles and a Dan Patch Award, but the now 8-year-old trotter is still producing winning performances and big miles. His next start comes in Sunday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Maxie Lee Memorial Invitational for older trotters at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for May 24
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (May 24).
Gaitway Farms to host qualifiers/2-year-old races
Gaitway Farms, Manalapan, N.J., will once again be hosting qualifiers/2-year-old races.
Kele Kele convincingly captures Aces distaff feature
The featured event on the Thursday night (May 22) card at Running Aces was the $14,750 Mares Open Pace which offered a talented field of eight competitors.
Busy weekend at Cumberland
Over the last six weeks Cumberland Raceway has enjoyed brisk participation on both the racetrack and at the windows on Fridays, and this week is no exception. The upcoming program has five of 11 races dedicated to the diagonal gate. With Memorial Day weekend the unofficial start of summer, both the Friday (May 23) and Saturday (May 24) cards will show that charcoal grills won’t be the only things getting fired up.
Saunders eyes another ‘A’ effort from Manolete in NJSS final
Manolete is the type of horse who always strives to deliver a top effort, and trainer Bruce Saunders is expecting nothing less when the colt gets behind the starting gate for Saturday’s (May 24) $225,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes championship for 3-year-old male pacers at The Meadowlands.
Divine karma led hockey coach Dale Hunter to own star horse Crack Shot
A few days after Ontario-sired Crack Shot stormed to victory on May 17 at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the C$126,912 SBOA final for sophomore pacing colts, and just hours before leaving with his team for the Memorial Cup in Rimouski, QC, London Knights coach Dale Hunter was marveling about the power of karma and how he came to have the good fortune to own a piece of such a talented horse.