The claiming box was the hot spot Tuesday afternoon (June 10) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with the first three finishers in the $16,000 claiming handicap trotting feature changing barns, and the division reserved for claimers of the two $15,000 co-feature trots seeing three horses also going to “new” homes, including the first two finishers.
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Quiksilvr Bluechip dominates Pocono trot
Maybe Quiksilvr Bluechip wants to be the next Chapolier. “Quiksilvr” is building a resume getting closer to the stellar summary page of the other, on Tuesday afternoon (June 3) winning the $16,000 featured claiming handicap trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:53.2.
Dublin Dasher splashes to Pocono victory
Dublin Dasher continued his winning ways with a 1:52.2 victory over sloppy going in Saturday’s (May 31) $17,000 feature for developing male pacers at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
‘Quiksilvr’ rises at Pocono; Buter wins six
After having recorded just two victories over a period of 777 days, the Credit Winner gelding Quiksilvr Bluechip has now won two races in the last seven days after fashioning a career-best 1:53.1 score in Tuesday’s (May 27) $16,000 featured claiming handicap trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Chapolier wins 11th in a row at Pocono
Chapolier, a trotting gelding by Chapter Seven, won his 11th race in a row — tops among all North American trotters — by taking Tuesday’s (May 20) $16,000 claiming handicap trot feature at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:53.3.
Chapolier wins 10th in a row at Pocono
The Chapter Seven gelding Chapolier continues to be the winningest trotter in North America this year, posting his 10th consecutive win at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania by way of a lifetime-best 1:53.1 mile in Tuesday’s (May 13) $16,000 featured handicap trot.
Nine in a row at Pocono for Chapolier
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.
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.