Wilkes-Barre, PA — Because of a major winter storm set to pass through northeast Pennsylvania, The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono is canceling the racing program scheduled for Saturday (March 12).

The Game Of Claims Pacing Series for base-tag horses at the $25,000 and $15,000 levels have now had preliminary legs postponed twice, following the delay of the second leg which was to have been contested on Feb. 26. This now means (barring any additional weather problems) that all five sections in the Game Of Claims program will have their third and final preliminary legs the weekend of March 19-21, and all five will have their championships on the weekend of March 26-28.

The Pocono track crew, horsemen, and management will be working hard to have the track ready to go for the next scheduled day of racing at the mountain oval, this coming Sunday at 5 p.m., which is set to feature four divisions of the second preliminary of the Game Of Claims action for $15,000 base-priced trotters.