Wilkes-Barre, PA — Matt Kakaley added more four wins to his recent hot run at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Tuesday (Nov. 8) including the afternoon’s $15,000 feature trot, which he took with the Walner sophomore colt Street Smarts, who overcame the outside post seven to equal his lifetime mark of 1:54.4.

Street Smarts had plenty of gate speed to reach the top early, passing the quarter pole in :28 before yielding the lead to Bully Boy Hill, who had the wind at his back much of the way en route to a quick half of :56.2 while keeping challenger Scottish on the rim. These positions were unchanged to the 1:25.4 three-quarters, and with favored Distance Learning having traffic problems in midfield, the stretch battle came down to the pacesetter and pocket sitter, with Street Smarts proving best late by a half length.

Street Smarts was one of four winners for Matt Kakaley, taking the Tuesday feature at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

Street Smarts now has two wins and two second-place finishes in his last four starts for trainer Tom Cancelliere and owner John Cancelliere.

This was the second successful win on the afternoon between Team Cancelliere and Kakaley, who now has 24 wins over the last six Pocono cards while opening up a nearly insurmountable lead over 10-time defending dash champion George Napolitano Jr., who is a clear second with four cards left in 2022 at the mountain oval.

Pocono will return for its last full three-card week on Saturday (Nov. 12) at 1:30 p.m.; following that date will be Monday and Tuesday racing at the same post time, and then the final card of the season on Nov. 19. Program pages for all Pocono races will be available on the PHHA website.