Wilkes-Barre, PA — Driver Jim Pantaleano won three of Tuesday’s (April 4) five $20,000 first-round divisions of the Game Of Claims Series for $25,000 trotters — two of them trained by Scott Betts — at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Pantaleano and Betts produced the fastest Game Of Claims winner in the Muscle Massive gelding Manofmanymuscles, who led the entire last half and lowered his mark by two seconds to 1:54.2 for owner Timothy Betts.

Manofmanymuscles took a new mark of 1:54.2 in the Game Of Claims Trotting Series at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

The trainer-driver team also won with Worthy Of Honor, who covered the mile in 1:56.3.

Pantaleano’s other winner was Nice Stuff, now two-for-three in 2023 after a 1:56.3 success for trainer Laura Angle. The other two first-round series winners were It’s A Horse (1:54.3, Matt Kakaley) and Elegant Dulupin FR (1:56.2, Mark MacDonald).

None of the five winners were claimed out of the first leg; in fact, there were only two horses who changed hands in the five races.

The Bobby Weiss Series, named after the legendary longtime Pocono trackman, get underway with a bang on Pocono’s next card of action, Saturday (April 8) at 1 p.m. Sophomore pacing colts will compete in five $20,000 first-round divisions, and 3-year-old trotting colts will meet in two $20,000 sections. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available on the PHHA website.