Wilkes-Barre, PA — Weather Vanes and Emira Mil IT emerging victorious with strong late moves in their respective $15,000 headlining trots on Monday (June 19) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Emira Mil IT brings with her as good a pedigree as you will find in literally the world: the 3-year-old filly is a daughter of Face Time Bourbon out of a Varenne mare, both males international superstars. Emira Mil IT is in top form opening her 2023 campaign, lowering her lifetime mark to 1:53 for Pimpricks Inc. after winning her first three starts.

Emira Mil IT, pictured winning the Tuesday co-feature at Pocono, is yet another powerful three-year-old trotting filly for Åke Svanstedt. Curtis Salonick photo.

Trainer-driver Åke Svanstedt got Emira Mil IT in the pocket behind Kaddari well before the :29 quarter, then saw even-money favorite Tactical Mounds move to the lead and speed away to middle fractions of :57.1 and 1:24.4. Svanstedt sat chilly with the stablemate to contemporaries Special Way and Bond until nearing head-stretch, then moved her out and made up close to three lengths in the drive with a wicked late burst to beat Tactical Mounds by a head.

In the other feature division, Jim Pantaleano made a well-timed sweeping move with Weather Vanes, clearing to the lead early on the far turn and going on to equal his lifetime mark of 1:56.1. David Hoover owns and trains the son of Deweycheatumnhowe.

The Pocono racing week ends with Tuesday’s (June 20) 1 p.m. card; there are three $16,000 divisions of a high-level class for developing horses. Also, the first field exclusively made up of 2-year-olds kicks off the pari-mutuel freshman racing at Pocono for 2023, with trotting fillies first in the spotlight. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available on the PHHA website.