Wilkes-Barre PA — The Stay Hungry–Skinny Dip 2-year-old pacing filly Lyons Legend remained undefeated after four purse starts, taking one of two $40,000 divisions of her section’s Pennsylvania All-Stars event in a lifetime best 1:51.4 on Sunday (July 23) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Lyons Legend scored in a lifetime best 1:51.4. Curtis Salonick photo.

After a :27.2 battle for the lead past the quarter, driver Matt Kakaley moved Lyons Legend to the lead, put up middle fractions of :56 and 1:24.2, then finished in hand while keeping pocket sitter Asweetbeachhere 2-1/2 lengths behind.

Trained by Jim King Jr., Lyons Legend is owned by Threelyonsracing, and with two PA Sire Stakes wins under her girth already, the budding star filly may be back at Pocono on Sept. 2 for her $250,000 Sire Stakes championship.

Strange Fruit made the lead before the :28.3 quarter in her All-Stars division, then yielded to favored Ginger Tree Belle and sat in the pocket while the chalk put up middle splits of :56.4 and 1:25.2. The price of pacing went up in the last quarter as these two drew away from the rest, and Strange Fruit, the close second choice, was able to rally into a :27.1 back quarter to break her maiden in 1:52.3 in her second purse start, with the official margin a neck.

The daughter of Sweet Lou–Bettor N Better was driven by Scott Zeron for trainer Linda Toscano and the partnership of Let It Ride Stables Inc., Bottom Line Racing and Mac Nichol.

Racing will continue at Pocono Downs with Monday and Tuesday cards beginning at 1 p.m. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available at the PHHA website.