Ake Svanstedt won his third race of the day, and James MacDonald picked up a great catch-drive and did the most with it, as the Walner-Sound Check filly Warrawee Michelle was an impressive wire-to-wire winner in the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover Trot in a track and stakes-record-equaling 1:51.3 on Saturday at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs.
Odds On Platinum grinds to Lynch win
Odds On Platinum and driver Todd McCarthy came with a sustained first-over march from the backstretch and caught pacesetter Rocket Deo in the final step to win Saturday’s $250,000 James M. Lynch Memorial for 3-year-old female pacers by a nose in a stakes-record-equaling 1:49 at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs. Pocket-sitter Caviart Belle was third.
Pair of $100,000 Invitationals Saturday at Scioto
The Saturday (Aug. 17) card at Eldorado Scioto Downs is highlighted by the $100,000 #SendItIn Invitational for older pacers. First post is at 5:45 p.m. with the #SendItIn going off as race 12.
Signature Series at Woodsfield update
The box for the Paul Bolon Signature Series pace at Woodsfield will remain open until 11 a.m. Sunday.
Pembroke Scorpio on winning track at Skowhegan (Maine)
Pembroke Scorpio won for the seventh time over the Skowhegan State Fair half-mile oval with a 1:59 win on Friday (Aug. 16). It’s a pretty remarkable feat considering he’s only raced over that track 11 times during his career. And with one of those early efforts at Skowhegan resulting in a shortly-held divisional track record of 1:53.1, it seems like the now 13-year-old has saved some of his best efforts for this particular stop on the Maine fair circuit.
Freshman fillies fly Friday at Scioto
Two-year-old filly pacers held court at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Aug. 16) in Ohio Sires Stakes action, and both winners — The Word Is Out and Odds On Hialeah — took their $65,000 divisions in 1:53.
The One Where Chandler Bing Springs an Indiana Sires Stakes Upset
If you backed Chandler Bing on Friday (Aug. 16) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, he was there for you with a 62-1 upset in his third-leg Indiana Sires Stakes division for 2-year-old pacing colts. Meanwhile, the aptly-named Hopeyaliketheshow followed suit with a mild 7-2 upset of his own in the second split.
Rookies make Meyersdale (Pa.) headlines
Two-year-olds were the stars of the show at the Somerset County Fairgrounds, in southwestern Pennsylvania, as the babies set two track records and produced the fastest mile of the two-day meet in Thursday’s (Aug. 15) action.
ER Super Shady and Bourbon Express win features at Vernon
ER Super Shady (Dylan Huckabone-Miller) and Bourbon Express (John MacDonald) captured the co-features at Vernon Downs on Friday (Aug. 16).
Geocentric returns, Super Chapter seeks fourth straight at The Red Mile
Despite Hambletonian victor Karl and Sippinonsearoc, the fleetest freshman in the sport, being absent from action this week at The Red Mile, an abundance of outstanding stakes action remains on Sunday (Aug.18), Monday (Aug. 19) and Tuesday (Aug. 20). The three cards feature 51 events worth $810,00 in stakes money.