Wilkes-Barre, PA — Under patient handling from Anthony Napolitano, the Bettor’s Delight mare Betabcool N rallied from off a fast pace to take the $14,000 featured pace for mares on Tuesday (March 19) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono in 1:52.3.

Betabcool N lifted late to take Tuesday’s top distaff at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

Betabcool N was pinned in behind an early-moving flow as early pacesetter Vorst posted fractions of :27, :55.3 and 1:22.4. Vorst retained the lead into the lane, but Always A Z Tam swung wide off cover mid-turn, with Napolitano and Betabcool N following that one wide. In deep stretch, the New Zealand import proved to have the most late kick, winning by a neck over Always A Z Tam, who nosed out Vorst for second. Jose Godinez, who teamed with Napolitano for another come-from-behind victory with the trotter Crazycat earlier in the card, conditions the winner of $460,062 for the Blindswitch Racing Stable.

Younger horses looking to make their mark in the upcoming Weiss Series at Pocono showed themselves ready with Tuesday victories. The most impressive of the trotters was the Explosive Matter sophomore filly Spring In Paris, whose final time of 1:56.4 was not only a lifetime mark, but a North American seasonal record. Spring In Paris brushed from first-over to take the lead on the far turn, then drew clear by four lengths for driver Andrew McCarthy, trainer Steve LeBlanc, and the ownership of Leblanc Racing Inc., Glenn Dyke and Douglas Johnson.

Teardown This Wall posted his maiden victory and improved his Weiss outlook, rallying from the pocket for a half-length tally in 1:59 over pacesetting favorite Dawn Of Glory. Tyler Buter handled the Muscle Massive gelding out of stakes winner Vernon Blue Chip for trainer Rob Harmon and the Harmon Stable Racing Stable. Harmon also sent out the upward-bound trotter My Lindy Winner, who took a new mark of 1:55.1 to remain undefeated in two seasonal starts.

On the pacing side, Turbo Hill, a 4-year-old son of American Ideal, improved his lifetime record to 5-for-6 with a blistering front-end 1:51.1 tally for trainer-driver Hunter Oakes and owner Tom Hill. A Weiss filly counterpart, the 4-year-old Sportswriter mare Lady Ella, came into her Tuesday race having not won since her career debut over a year ago, but she looked strong in a 1:54 triumph for trainer Andrew Harris, giving George Napolitano Jr. his sixth driving win on the twilight card.