Wilkes-Barre, PA — Moni Multiplier turned a $2 win wager into $22 for his backers by winning the $15,500 featured trot on St. Patrick’s Day (Tuesday, March 17) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
The International Moni mare sat in the two-hole behind a moderate pace set by favored Bruha, then left-turned into the Pocono Pike and caught the front-stepping chalk by 1-1/4 lengths.
Moni Multiplier now sports a seasonal record of 5-2-1-0 and earnings of $17,275; she was acquired after the first of the year by JML Racing LLC and trainer Neal Ehrhart.
Moni Multiplier was driven by Anthony Napolitano, whose three wins at the mountain oval Tuesday saw him end the card second in total driving wins in both the day’s and the meet’s standings.
Just ahead of Napolitano in both categories is 2025 champ Tyler Buter, who had four wins Tuesday. He won the last two races on the card to generate a $3.40 late double, scoring with Ron Burke trainees This Is The Plan and Southwind Gendry.
Many 3-year-olds raced Tuesday while preparing for Bobby Weiss Series competition, which starts in early April. Having the most success in this area was trainer Tony Alagna, who combined with driver Anibal Borjas to put maiden marks on trotting filly Even It Up and pacing colt Vizcaya.
Racing at Pocono resumes on Saturday (March 21) with a first post of 1 p.m. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.