Mohegan Pennsylvania News

FIRST RACE – 90 degrees, with a stretch tailwind … SAMMY THE BULL N left between horses and tucked in the pocket 3/16, a bit loose down the back, but got into a better gear when coming out early stretch and just up late. ROYAL HEART was the innermost of the leavers...

FIRST RACE – Low to mid 80s … Stretch headwind … WINNING IS SWEET was three-wide to clear at the 1/8, immediately yielded to the brusher, stayed in the pocket to the Pocono Pike, inched by a stubborn JANAID. The latter was innermost of the three leavers, relinquished...

FIRST RACE – Upper 70s to mid 70s on the twilight card … HURRIKANE EMPEROR made the lead before the 1/8, set the pace, ripped down the back in 26.2 to string his opposition out and was much the best. PATERNITY SUIT A went out to garner the pocket, started to gap off...

FIRST RACE – Rain before the races had the track “sloppy +1” for the first seven races; gradual drying allowed it to be updated to “good +1” for the next six races; then rain during the 13th brought it back to “sloppy +1” for the last … Stretch headwind … INDIGO ART...

FIRST RACE – Mid 60s … SAMMY THE BULL N was reserved off the early fireworks, made one big sweeping move that carried him quickly from sixth to first down the backstretch, drew away. ROCK KING DEO was out in the three-wide path behind the winner, couldn’t stay with...

FIRST RACE – Mid 60s … No wind in the early races … In the opener, everybody was in the path of the favorite for a long way, but when he got clear, … ARTACHE HANOVER was surrounded by horses leaving and tucked, then was pinned in from past the 1/8 until just past the...

FIRST RACE – 79 degrees and a stretch headwind to start; midcard, it would drop 13 degrees as rains came for a period, and the flag did a 180o to a stretch tailwind … SKYY spotted third early, moved soon after the first turn and needed the length of the frontstretch...

FIRST RACE – Floating around 90 degrees today … Stretch headwind … Being inside or first-over were very important today … SEXY BLUE CHIP was three-wide 3/16 then two-wide 5/16 to get the lead past the fast ¼, wouldn’t let the potential retaker go by, opened up a clear...

FIRST RACE – Mid 60s up to 70 by card’s end … MUSCLE MACH A backed out to third-over 11/16, briefly blindswitched then was able to swing three- then four-wide near headstretch, wore down JAGGER ROCKS late. The latter took an early tuck, followed second-over at the...

FIRST RACE – Temperature started at 78, dropped 10 degrees as rain came through … Track “fast +0” races 1 and 2; then rain: “sloppy +1” races 3 through 7 and “good +1” races 8 through 11; then track had dried and “fast +0” the remainder of the card … Stretch headwind...