Two longshot daughters of Papi Rob Hanover used speedy tactics to post clear wins in their respective divisions of three $30,000 Pennsylvania All-Stars races for 2-year-old pacing fillies during the Sunday (July 12) twilight card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The other cut was won by the favorite, a daughter of Captaintreacherous who came from behind to win by the smallest possible margin.
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Dandy Ideal equals world record at Pocono
On an unprecedented Saturday (July 11) for Standardbred speed in northeast Pennsylvania, Dandy Ideal equaled the world record for a 4-year-old pacing gelding on a five-eighths-mile track by way of a 1:47.2 win in the $27,500 top fast-class pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Fast Freshmen in Tuesday Pocono Spotlight
Two-year-old pacers Crunchstyle and Riverranch Miki impressed while capturing the $16,000 freshman features for males at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday (July 7) afternoon.
Buter wins five at Pocono, sweeps features
The leading horsepeople (and defending champions) in their respective statistical categories at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, driver Tyler Buter and trainer Ron Burke, combined to win Tuesday’s (June 30) $20,000 featured fast-class trot at the mountain oval with Southwind Coors, who boosted his lifetime earnings to $752,456 with a 1:52.2 victory.
“Anthony Nap” sweeps Monday features at Pocono
The Huntsville mare Threecurtaincalls, a stakes winner at British Columbia’s Fraser Downs in 2024 and 2025, went the mile of her life on Monday (June 29) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, ringing up a new mark of 1:51.2 while taking the $17,500 featured distaff pace.
Clark, Capone double on busy AHDC Sunday
A total of six splits for American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) action were contested across two tracks on Sunday (June 28) and driver William Clark Jr. was the lone reinsman to snag a double on the day, while he and Cameron Capone both snatched training doubles on the day.
Svanstedt trotters notch impressive wins at Pocono Sunday
The Pennsylvania All-Stars races for state-sired two-year-olds will be raced at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during the first half of July, with the first the event for trotting males on July 4th, this coming Saturday. Several classes of two-year-old prep races, for $16,000, were written for the Sunday (July 5) twilight card at the mountain oval, and among the baby colts to race in Saturday’s debut stake, the 1-2 finishers on Sunday (June 28) – Yankee Boss and Celebrity Hunter – may be worth keeping an eye on.
Dandy Ideal wins ‘millionaires’ showdown’ at Pocono
The American Ideal gelding Dandy Ideal finished with an explosive late kick to down fellow millionaires Ken Hanover and Ruthless Hanover in 1:48.3 over a “sloppy” oval while taking the $27,500 fast-class handicap pace Saturday afternoon (June 27) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Several repeat winners in Pocono baby qualifiers
n the final morning session for baby qualifiers at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, five of the eight freshman contests were for pacing colts, and they were swept by trainers Travis Alexander and Hunter Oakes.
Dame Good Time again giant at Pocono
For the second time in as many starts at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, Dame Good Time, a 5-year-old gelded trotter by Chapter Seven, put in a free-for-all-caliber mile, following up on his 1:50.2 world record-equaling clocking with a strong 1:51 victory on Tuesday (June 23).