Chapolier has now won every one of his nine 2025 starts at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, making a hard trip from the outside post eight look easy as he won Tuesday (May 6) in 1:54.3 over a track rated sloppy.
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Chamba wins wild Game Of Claims final
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania rang down the curtain on its 2025 Game Of Claims Series events in classically dramatic style — there were even a Shakespearean prologue and five “Acts” to the last contest. And in the final resolution of the $35,000 Game Of Claims championship for high-level claiming trotters, the feature of Tuesday’s (April 29) program, it was 18-1 shot Chakra who got the big end of the money after In My Dreams crossed the wire first but was placed down for causing interference.
Matt Kakaley gets 7,000th driving win at Pocono
Matt Kakaley, three-time defending dash-winning driving champion at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, recorded the 7,000th visit to the winner’s circle as a driver when he guided Franzo to Victory Lane in the second race at the northeast Pennsylvania oval on Tuesday afternoon (April 15).
Pacers in Weiss Series action Saturday at Pocono
Two sophomore male pacers came to Saturday’s (April 12) Bobby Weiss Series action at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania looking to sweep their three series preliminaries. But neither was successful, and instead three horses joined them as two-time preliminary winners from Saturday’s $20,000 four divisions, promising a wide-open $50,000 final next Saturday (April 19). There were also five divisions of the first Weiss leg for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
Napolitano wins six at Pocono
The all-time winningest driver at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, George Napolitano Jr., reclaimed the seasonal lead in the driving dash derby with six winners on the Tuesday (April 8) program at the mountain oval, include three amidst the eight $15,000 divisions of the first preliminary of the Game Of Claiming Trotting Series for horses tagged at $20,000.
Captain Terminator strong in Pocono series final
Persistence paid off for owner Glasser Racing and trainer Mike Watson as Captain Terminator won a $17,500 Game Of Claims Pacing Series final on Tuesday (April 1) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Father-son duos big winners in Weiss Series opener
Father-son training and driving teams accounted for half of the six $20,000 first-round divisions of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old male pacers on a warm Saturday afternoon (March 29) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Wide-open final after Game Of Claims prelims conclude
On Tuesday (March 25) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, there were 10 $9,000 third-round divisions of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for horses base-tagged at $15,000. And, of the 10 winners, only one of them, Chiefs Beach, has a chance of making the $17,500 series final seven days hence.
Bartlett, Engblom dominate Pocono qualifiers
Driver Jason Bartlett and trainer Per Engblom put on a show during a marathon 18-race qualifying session at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning (March 19). Bartlett led the field home 10 times while Engblom harnessed eight winners, and they paired together for seven victories.
One After Nine closes as speed fails at Pocono
The front end proved particularly unfriendly on Tuesday afternoon (March 18) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania despite the temperature climbing from 48 degrees to 60 degrees during the 16-race program.