Nordic Catcher S won Saturday’s (Aug. 22) $100,000 Grade 3 Sebastian K Trot, for older trotters, by 2-3/4 lengths over Resolve To Win in 1:50.3 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, equaling both the world record for a 4-year-old trotting stallion on a five-eighths-mile oval as well as the track record.
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Stakes winners set to clash in Hempt
So far this season, there have been three Grade 1 stakes and three Grade 2 events held for 3-year-old male pacers. And those six races have produced six different winners. On Saturday (Aug. 22), five of those winners will meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for the Max C. Hempt Memorial.
Steady-earning Minoan looks for more in Beal
When it comes to earning paychecks, Minoan has become a horse trainer Noel Daley can bank on.
Sangria Summer plays it cool
Going on the road doesn’t bother Sangria Summer. It seems not much else does, either. The filly, who has the second-fastest mile of the season for a 3-year-old female pacer thanks to her 1:48.1 win in the Shady Daisy on Aug. 8 at the Meadowlands, next visits Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for this Saturday’s (Aug. 22) $250,000 Grade 1 James M. Lynch Memorial.
Freshmen featured in Tuesday Pocono action
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured four $16,000 events for 2-year-olds as its Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 18) features. While these horses are coming along a little late to race in Pocono’s $1.4 million Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships for freshmen on Sept. 7, they have shown the potential to climb quite high in their development, and the best state-sired performers may just be able to earn spots in the 2027 sophomore Sire Stakes finales.
Captain Corey offspring again sailing to victory at Pocono
Those watching the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series are very used to seeing sons and daughters of sire Captain Corey sail away sail away sail away in the stretch to victory. Captain Corey swept the two PaSS divisions of the third preliminary round for baby freshman trotters Monday (Aug. 17) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania: with Orinoco, who followed two Sires seconds with a win, and then Two Day Hangover, now two-for-two in the Sires while handling an off track brought out by midcard rain.
Sun Stakes Saturday draws stars to Pocono
The lure of $2.3 million in purses, plus in many cases divisional bragging rights, have attracted a sizable portion of harness racing’s stars to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for its biggest card of the year, Sun Stakes Saturday, this Saturday afternoon (Aug. 22).
Hernandez, Baker take AHDC Philly paces
Geovany Hernandez went pillar to post while Bruce Baker rushed off the speed to win their respective $8,500 divisions of American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) paces at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Aug. 16).
Endofstory noses out Congressional Saturday at Pocono
Endostory and Congressional slugged it out most of the length of the stretch in the $21,000 fast-class pacing feature Saturday (Aug. 15) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and it would be Endofstory (ironically-named as an altered son of Lazarus N) who had provided his backers the endofstory they wanted, getting a nose decision in 1:50.3.
Declarations for Sun Stakes Day at Pocono due Monday (Aug. 17)
Horsemen with Grand Circuit-caliber 3-year-olds and free-for-allers of both gaits are reminded that the draw will be held THIS COMING MONDAY (Aug. 17) for Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s annual highlight of the campaign, SUN STAKES SATURDAY, which will be contested on Saturday, Aug. 22, with a 2:30 p.m. first post.