Wilkes-Barre, PA — Drama Act showed superior ability in her 1:49.4 defeat of a tough field in Sunday’s (July 31) $25,000 mares fast-class pacing feature at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

Simon Allard and Drama Act were between horses during a torrid :26 opening quarter, letting Shes Pukka N go to the top after that point but quickly retaking and rating a breather to a :55.2 half. From there, the daughter of Well Said was dominant, passing the three-quarters in 1:22.2 as first-over Easy To Please ducked into a vacated pocket, then holding that rival off by 2-1/2 lengths.

Drama Act was very impressive as a 1:49.4 winner in the Pocono feature on Sunday. Curtis Salonick photo.

Drama Act, a Ron Burke trainee, has earned $331,310 this year, and her lifetime scorecard reads 28 wins in 56 starts and $752,422 in earnings for The OK Corral.

There were a pair of $17,500 co-features. The one for trotters saw the Credit Winner mare Dee’s Red Delicous win for the second straight time in a photo, holding off Mystical Wynn by a neck in 1:54.1 for driver Jordan Stratton, trainer Travis Alexander, and Fiddler’s Creek Stables LLC. The distaff pacing co-feature went to the Betting Line mare Milieu Hanover, exploding off cover to defeat Plzdontlietome by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:51.1 for driver Jim Pantaleano, trainer Nicholas DeVita, and the partnership of DeVita Racing Stable Inc., David Hamm and Christopher Giaccio.

In $11,000 races for the American Harness Drivers Club’s amateur horsemen, owner-driver Dante Scattolini won with Spree in 1:57, while the other section saw owner-driver Bob Hechkoff and River Otter refuse to give up the lead and come home first in 1:55.1.

Marcus Miller had three victories on the card.

The racing week at The Downs continues on Monday (Aug. 1) and Tuesday (Aug. 2); both cards will start at 1:30 p.m. Program pages are available on the PHHA website.