After pushing the favorite past the quarter then surrendering the lead to sit the pocket, Absolute Power stayed with Staying With Emily as the rest of the field struggled, then moved in the lane and just caught the pacesetter to win a $17,000 distaff pace for improving horses Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 8) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:51.1.
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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.
Featured events on both gaits Tuesday at Pocono
Three $15,000 featured events — two for developing horses, one for high-dollar claiming trotters — shared the Tuesday (Sept. 24) spotlight at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Pantaleano sweeps Pocono trot features
A pair of $15,000 trots headed the Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 17) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania after the races took a short break for the track’s Oktoberfest celebration. Driver Jim Pantaleano won both co-features with second choices recording their second straight wins, but using decidedly different tactics.
Kakaley hits for six at Pocono
Three $15,000 features for developing youngsters topped the Tuesday (Sept. 10) action at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Matt Kakaley, Pocono’s leading driver, accounted for the two highlight divisions for males, winning both by 4-1/2 lengths, and he almost won the third, having to settle for six winners at Pocono before heading to Yonkers.
$1.2 million on the line in 3-year-old PASS finals
The shining stars among the 2024 Pennsylvania-sired 3-year-olds, some of whom have been racing against the very best sophomores in North America, will be coming to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon (Sept. 9), with all four groups of 3-year-olds sporting $252,000 championship races and $50,000 consolation races.
Sharp winners tally in Pocono features
Three $15,000 featured events topped the bill of fare at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 3).
Carabao A takes 1:48.2 mark in Pocono feature
Carabao A won his fourth race in his last six starts, taking a new mark of 1:48.2 in Tuesday’s (Aug. 27) $17,000 featured pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
The Beaudenblues N, Bourbon Courage win at Pocono
The Beaudenblues N picked up his first U.S. victory in the $15,000 pacing section of Tuesday afternoon’s (Aug. 20) featured class at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania while trotter Bourbon Courage got back into the win column after an absence of almost two years.
Endofstory takes new life mark in Pocono feature
Endofstory brushed to the lead past the quarter – and, boom, end of story. He won Tuesday’s (Aug. 13) $17,000 pacing feature at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in a lifetime best 1:49.4.