Wilkes-Barre, PA — Beach Cowgirl, a 2-year-old pacing daughter of Captaintreacherous-Stonebridge Sundae, was astounding in winning her $54,986 division of the second Pennsylvania Sire Stakes preliminary for her division during the Sunday twilight card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

Her 1:50.2 clocking was a fifth of a second short of the track and world record set by Allstar Rating in a 2013 Breeders Crown elimination, also at Pocono. She is now the fastest freshman filly on any size of track this year, and ranks behind only two 1:50.1 Kindergarten winners at The Meadowlands Friday among rookies of either sex.

And she did that in her second lifetime start, after setting a 1:51 stakes record at The Meadows in her debut, also in a Sire Stakes.

Beach Cowgirl paced 1:50.2 in her second career start to win a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Sunday at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

Joe Bongiorno was content to wait third with his brilliant filly as Proud Mary rolled to the quarter in :26.3 and Ginger Tree Coco went around that one to the half in :55.1. Beach Cowgirl roared out of the hole near the five-eighths, blasted to the lead at the 1:22.4 three-quarters, and finished in :27.3 under only mild coaxing for a 2-1/4-length win over 29-1 closer Hello Yes Hi for trainer Jenn Bongiorno and the ownership of Joseph DiScala Jr., Zippett Racing Stables, Scarlett Stables LLC and JAF Racing LLC.

Also notching a second Sire Stakes win was My Little Captain, who shares with Beach Cowgirl a two-for-two life record and sire Captaintreacherous. Driver Mike Wilder moved My Little Captain, out of My Little Delight, out on the far turn by driver Mike Wilder behind Absolute Power, whose uncovered move had carried her to the lead, and chased that foe down in 1:53.2 for trainer Andrew Stafford and EVM Racing LLC.

The third PASS winner was the Stay Hungry-Four Starzz Melisa distaff Racing Hungry, who challenged front-stepping favorite Dole Whip in the last quarter and gamely caught that one by a neck while posting a speed mark of 1:53.3. Racing Hungry is now two-for-three in her brief career for trainer Charlie Norris and the ownership of Scott McEneny (her developer in Canada), Teresa Davidson and Floyd Marshall. Her driver, Matt Kakaley, Pocono’s leading driver, won five times on the night.

Ambushed took top honors among five Stallion Series divisions, pacing in 1:53.2. Braxten Boyd drove the Always B Miki-Sweet Body filly for trainer Hunter Oakes and the partnership of D Racing Stable and Donald MacRae. Nevertellmetheodds (1:54.4, Kakaley), Ginger Tree Lena (1:55, David Miller), Little Lady J (1:54, David Miller) and Frondeur (1:54.3, Marcus Miller) won the other splits.

In a $25,000 pace for fast-class mares, Sly Eleanor N won by a flared nostril over No Win No Feed A in 1:51.2. No Win No Feed A took the field to the quarter in :26.4, but Matt Kakaley moved Sly Eleanor N to the lead in front of the stands and put up middle splits of :56 and 1:23.4. The race boiled down to a stretch sprint between these two, with the McArdle mare Sly Eleanor N edging her Pocono Pike opponent by the smallest of margins for trainer Travis Alexander and owner Gary Lance.

Four divisions of 2-year-old trotting fillies will headline the Monday (July 18) card at Pocono, competing in $30,000 sections of their Pennsylvania All-Stars event. Post time is 1:30 p.m.; program pages are available on the PHHA website.