Wilkes-Barre, PA — Four of the five winners in Tuesday afternoon’s (April 16) $20,000 second-round divisions of the Bobby Weiss Trotting Series for sophomore fillies at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania were repeat winners from last week. In five $17,500 third-round preliminaries of the Game Of Claims Trotting Series for $30,000 horsess, driver Simon Allard and trainer Mark Akins teamed for three winners, including a pair of prelim sweepers – but only one of those horses will be coming back for them in next Tuesday’s series Championship.

Team Orange Crush — driver Andy Miller and trainer Julie Miller — sent out two of the misses winning in the Weiss. One of them was the Walner filly Tove Palema, who tied for fastest Weiss cut of the day while setting a new mark of 1:54.3 for Andy Miller Stable Inc., Patrick Hoopes and Mortgage Boys Stable.

Tove Palema won handily in a Bobby Weiss Series event for sophomore fillies Tuesday at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

The Millers also combined on the one non-repeater, the Muscle Hill filly Bikini Model, who broke in the first leg but rebounded to put up a new mark of 1:55.1 for Frederick Hertrich III.

Hall Of Famer David Miller also enjoyed a Weiss driving double. The International Moni distaff Elista Hanover turned in a 1:54.3 mile, a lifetime best, to tie for fastest Weiss time for trainer Annie Stoebe. Just a tick behind in earning a new speed badge was the Tactical Landing filly Tactical Lori, now three-for-three in 2024 for trainer Nifty Norman.

Also perfect after three seasonal starts and two Weiss races is Kinesiology, who gave sire Walner a second credit when she won in 1:54.4 for driver Todd McCarthy, trainer Ron Burke, and Burke Racing Stable LLC, Beasty LLC, Lawrence Karr and J&T Silva-Purnel & Libby.

In the Game Of Claims, the one horse earning his way to the final for Allard and Akins was Kinnder Thinktwice, who was an easy third-time winner in 1:54.1. Fight Song, who was claimed out of a 1:53.1 divisional speed mark last week, won Tuesday in 1:54.3, but will change barns for the final as he seeks a fourth straight victory. Chief Rocco was the fastest of Tuesday’s Game Of Claims winners in 1:53.2, but is ineligible for the final after having missed the first leg of the series.

Keystone Apache (1:56.1, David Miller) and Jula Magician (1:55.2, Ridge Warren) also won their respective splits

Racing at The Downs resumes on Saturday afternoon (April 20) at 1 p.m., with sophomore pacers going for $20,000 a division in their final Weiss Series action before their finals seven days afterwards: there will be four sections of males and three of females bidding to ensure themselves a spot in their rich Championship payday. Free Pocono programs are or will be available via the PHHA website.