Wilkes-Barre, PA — Fans trying to solve the $13,000 featured pace on Monday night (Oct. 29) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono had a hard time in their deciding; one horse was sent away at 2-1, with three others at 5-2. That quartet finished 1-2-3-4, with the winner being the A Rocknroll Dance sophomore gelding Record Machine in 1:54 over a “good” track.

Record Machine got the jump on his field early, moving to the lead after the :27.2 quarter, then getting a big-time breather to the :57.4 half. From there he was able to sprint home for driver Eric Carlson in :56.2, downing Bag Pipe Major by a length, with Atomic Seelster third and Just My Kinda Guy (the lukewarm 2-1 favorite) fourth.

Gilbert Garcia-Owen trains the winner of $65,775 this season for his father Gilbert Garcia-Herrera.

The meet’s leading driver, George Napolitano Jr., had three sulky successes on the card; his brother Anthony, Matt Kakaley, and Åke Svanstedt each had a pair.