Wilkes-Barre, PA – Dribbling Bi established early command in the $15,000 trotting feature on Monday (Aug. 8) afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, then kept the lead to the wire while lowering his mark to 1:56.

The sophomore Cantab Hall gelding was three-wide early as Argento to his immediate inside made the lead on the first turn, then went up in the two-path to take over the racetrack before the :27.4 quarter. Trainer/driver Jeff Gregory was able to give the favored 3-year-old a breather to the half, reached in :58, then accelerated the throttle as second choice In A Tiny Way started up to challenge towards the 1:26.4 three-quarters. In A Tiny Way proceeded on gamely, but it was Argento who gave Dribbling Bi the hardest time in stretch, scoring over the potential pocket rocket by half a length, with In A Tiny Way another neck back in third. Jeff Gregory Inc. and Jesmeral Stable share ownership of the winner.

Dribbling Bi retains control to the wire in winning the Monday feature at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

Marcus Miller had four winners on the day, two for trainer/father Erv Miller. Steve Smith guided three horses home first, all trotters, and two for trainer Karen Garland.

The Pocono racing week ends Tuesday (Aug. 8) afternoon at 1:30 p.m.; program pages are available at https://www.phha.org/downsmsppps.html. The track has plans for Saturday, August 20 in high gear, as many of North America’s top horses will be coming to town for the $2 million Sun Stakes Saturday, the main features being rich stakes events for all four divisions of 3-year-olds, plus an Invitational on each gait for the fastest older horses.