Wilkes-Barre, PA — Lexus Ranger improved his record at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania to three wins in four outings since arriving from The Meadows, winning the fastest of Tuesday’s (May 23) three $15,500 top-level claiming handicap trots at the mountain oval.

Lexus Ranger, an altered son of Archangel, made every pole a winning one for driver Jim Pantaleano, keeping pocket-sitting favorite Justlikehim 1-3/4 lengths at bay to the wire in a lifetime best 1:53.4. The three-for-four record of this horse recently extends to trainer Pierre Paradis and Elite Harness LLC, who acquired him on April 14.

Lexus Ranger lowered his lifetime mark to 1:53.4 with a win in one of Tuesday’s three co-featured trots at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

Marcus Miller, whose five wins led all drivers on the card, took the other two co-featured events. Mushana, on a roll in this class with victories in three of his last four starts, braved an uncovered trip to win in 1:54.4 for trainer Steven Brabrook and owner Jaypaul Hoover. In the other cut, Miller, sitting second with favored Diehard Seelster, literally got a big break when the pacesetter broke turning for home, easily working through at the inside for a 1:54.3 lifetime best for trainer Marc Mosher and owner Jerry Zollo.

Racing at Pocono resumes on Saturday (May 27) with a 1 p.m. card, featuring a $25,000 Open Handicap Trot with On Higher Ground, whose 1:51.4 win in last week’s Open was the fastest trot mile of the meet to date, starting from the outside in a field of six. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available on the PHHA website.