Wilkes-Barre, PA — Eight of the first 10 races at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Tuesday afternoon were won by favorites, including Red Power ($3.40), who won the first of three $17,000 feature races before long shots Chuppah On ($34.80) and Bang Bang Boinga ($88.20) captured the other two.

Bang Bang Boinga rallied up the inside to score an upset in the featured trot at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

The Explosive Matter gelding Bang Bang Boinga raced third on the inside most of the mile, but inherited the pocket approaching the far bend. It was a cavalry charge to the finish, with the top five finishers all within three-quarters of a length of each other at the line, but Bang Bang Boinga charged up the Pocono Pike to get home first a neck ahead of the sweeping favorite So Long Hanover while equaling his lifetime mark of 1:56 for trainer-driver Joe Poliseno and owner Ellie Sarama.

The Art Major mare Chuppah On also sat third-in as the field approached the far turn — but was last in a scratch-reduced five-horse gathering. Chuppah On then put on a sharp last quarter of :27.2 to defeat pacesetter In Lou Of Money, also by a neck, for trainer Harry Landy and owner Sam Landy, while driver Tyler Buter recorded his fifth victory of the day.

The Tellitlikeitis gelding Red Power, the only favored feature winner, didn’t have it easy, having to go in :26.4 to make the lead, keeping a sustained middle-half challenge from Diamond Head at bay, then warding off potential pocket rocket Actor Hanover by a half length while reducing his mark to 1:50. Red Power has now won eight of 18 seasonal starts, with George Napolitano Jr. handling the driving duties Tuesday for trainer Brian Malone and owner Peter Paul Venturini.