UFC champion Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira nearly won his official U.S. pari-mutuel driving debut on Tuesday (May 5) in race 13 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, finishing second by a nose in a thrilling stretch drive.
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Concise completes Weiss sweep
Concise capped a sweep of the Bobby Weiss Trotting Series for 3-year-old fillies with a lifetime-best 1:54.3 score in the $50,000 final on Tuesday afternoon (April 28) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
A Thursday of speed and upsets at Philly
The Thursday afternoon (April 23) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia was full of both fast winning times and mutuel upsets led by Dame Good Time’s 1:51.4 victory in the $13,000 trotting feature.
Trotting filly Concise 3-for-3 in Weiss prelims
Just as in the Bobby Weiss Series preliminaries for males, where only trotter Confident Volo swept all three preliminary legs, so the case proved to be in Tuesday’s (April 21) $17,500 third-round events of both Weiss series for females, as 3-year-old trotting filly Concise scored her third preliminary win with a 1:55.3 performance at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Weiss glamour division up for grabs after last prelim
Next Saturday (April 25), Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania hosts the $50,000 final of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old pacing males, and after this Saturday’s (April 18) final preliminary round, conducted in three $17,500 divisions, you’d be hard pressed not to give a decent chance to several different horses.
Todd McCarthy drives seven winners at Philly
In Todd McCarthy’s first 2026 action at Harrah’s Philadelphia, this past Sunday (April 12), he failed to hit the board in six drives. But on Thursday (April 16), the transplanted Australian made up for lost time, visting the winner’s circle on seven occasions including after both feature races.
Concise, ‘Allioop’ repeat in Weiss filly trot
Concise and Allioop Blue Chip were repeat winners in Bobby Weiss Series action for 3-year-old trotting females on Tuesday afternoon (April 14) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, while no first-round winners on the pacing side could repeat in their second-round divisions. Each purse on both gaits was $17,500.
Fillies contest first-round Weiss splits
Sophomore fillies were in the Weiss Series spotlight on Tuesday afternoon (April 7) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, as four fields of trotters and three of pacers each went for $17,500 purses in their first-round preliminaries.
PHHA hosts legislators and staff at Pocono Downs
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania welcomed 40 legislators and staff members as guests of the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association on Monday (March 30).
Two paces, two trots featured Tuesday at Pocono
A quartet of $15,000 races — two for conditioned pacers and two for claiming trotters — topped the Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 1) program at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.