Wilkes-Barre, Pa – Share The Wealth made an early move to the lead, and then he was in control the rest of the way to score handily in 1:55.1 in the $15,000 featured trot Monday (Aug. 29) afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

Share The Wealth is all alone at the wire in winning the Monday feature at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

Driver Braxten Boyd reserved the son of Muscle Hill off a :28.1 first quarter set by Tranquility K, then brushed him to command and posted midsplits of :58.1 and 1:26.3. By A Hoff Hanover came up uncovered and got to about even with the pocketsitting Tranquility K, but both were left behind in the lane as Share The Wealth won by 3-3/4 lengths over Tranquility K, with By A Hoff Hanover another half length behind. Hunter Oaks trains the winner for Elite Harness Racing LLC.

Two races later, the Deweycheatumnhowe sophomore colt Weather Vanes lit up the board, paying $116.40 while winning his event in a new mark of 1:57.4. Kasper Foget made two moves with the sophomore and he went on gamely to the wire for trainer Per Engblom and Winning Key Inc.

The racing week closes Tuesday (Aug. 30) with a 1:30 p.m.; when racing resumes on Saturday (Sept. 3), it will be the last of the four-card-a-week main seasonal schedule, with the $320,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series Championships on the Labor Day Monday card. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available at https://www.phha.org/downsmsppps.html.