Wilkes-Barre, PA — Two of the three $20,000 second-round divisions of the Bobby Weiss Series for sophomore trotting fillies saw repeat winners in Tuesday’s (April 18) action at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, but the other success story, the debutante Kaddari — who, like the other Weiss winners is a daughter of Walner — posted the fastest time of 1:55.1.

Unraced at 2, Kaddari, a $375,000 yearling, began paying back that sizeable investment for Courant Inc. Mattias Melander quickly made the top with the filly — trained by his brother, Marcus — and kept the lead the rest of the way, with Baby Oil three-quarters of a length back.

Kaddari made her career debut a winning one, earning the speed badge in Tuesday’s Bobby Weiss Series preliminary action at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.

The aptly named Quite Fast remained unbeaten for the year as she lowered her mark to 1:56.1, edging favorite Over Board by a nose for driver George Napolitano Jr., trainer Pete Kaiser, and the ownership of Bax Stable, Glengate Fams and Brilo Farms. A Good Chardonnay is also unbeaten in a pair of 2023 starts after a 1:58 victory for driver Andy Miller, trainer Julie Miller, and the ownership of Andy Miller Stable Inc., Michael Anderson and Jean Goehlen.

The Tuesday card also hosted five $20,000 final-round divisions of the Game Of Claims Trotting Series for horses with a base tag of $30,000. No one effected a sweep of the three rounds, but two horses recorded their second series victories: Can’t Say No (1:54.4, driver George Napolitano Jr.) and the Elegant Dulupin FR (1:55.1, Mark MacDonald).

George Napolitano Jr. took a second Game Of Claims win with Warrior Way in 1:55; Braxten Boyd also won two races in the claiming series, with Lady’s Image (1:56.3) and Crazycat (1:56.4). None of the winners were claimed on Tuesday, with the group’s $40,000 championship looming just a week away.

The Bobby Weiss Series will begin to conduct its third and final preliminaries on the next card at Pocono, Saturday (April 22) at 1 p.m., with the 3-year-old pacing males trying for spots in their $50,000 Championships the following week. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available on the PHHA website.