Mohegan Pennsylvania News
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs lowering Takeout on Superfectas and Trifectas
WILKES-BARRE, PA —Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs will be lowering its takeout on Superfecta and Trifecta wagers beginning Monday, August 2, pending approval by the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission. The promotion of lowering the takeout percentage from 35 to 25...
Mike Lachance wins four W.N. Reynolds Memorial Races at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
WILKES-BARRE, PA —Mike Lachance won four of the seven W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stake races Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. On day three of Grand Circuit Week, Lachance got things start in the opening division of the Meda for three-year-old trotting...
Ruffle’s Kiss, Odds On Moinet and Aspectofmusic Pa. Sire Stakes Winners at Mohegan Sun at Pocono downs
WILKES-BARRE, PA —Ruffle’s Kiss, Odds On Moinet and Aspectofmusic captured the three $87,000-plus Pennsylvania Sire Stakes races Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. It was a thrilling stretch duel between Ruffle’s Kiss (Joe Pavia Jr.) and 1-5 favorite...
Nova Artist fastest of Pa. Sire Stakes Winners at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
WILKES-BARRE, PA —Nova Artist, driven by George Napolitano Jr., and trained by Lou Pena, went wire to wire Monday night in winning one of three Pennsylvania Sire Stakes races for three-year-old colts and geldings. Time of the mile was 1:51.2. This was the second...
Pang Shui and Aracache Hanover to battle in Pa. Sire Stakes at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
WILKES-BARRE, PA --Aracache Hanover and Pang Shui, both $100,000 winners in purse money in 2010, will battle in the first of three Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions for three-year-old colts and geldings Monday (June 28) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Both topnotch...
Larry Stalbaum collects 4,000th Win at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
WILKES-BARRE, PA -- Larry Stalbuam won the 4,000th win of his harness racing career Monday, June 14th at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. It came in Race 4 with Mountain Air, a horse trained by his partner Kimberly Asher. The 46-year-old Stalbaum left quickly and got the...
Pilgrims Chuckie equals World Record for Three-year-old Trotting Colts
WILKES-BARRE, PA -- Pilgrims Chuckie equaled the world record of 1:53 for a three-year-old trotting colt on a five-eighths mile oval in winning an $86,245 division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Monday, June 14th at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Trained by Scott...
Arch Madness Produces Fastest Trot Ever on Five-Eighths Oval
WILKES-BARRE, PA -- Arch Madness, driven by Brian Sears, made harness racing history Tuesday, June 8th at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs when the aged trotter stopped the timer in 1:51. The 1:51 mile is the fastest ever produced on a five-eighths mile oval in the history...
Fancy Filly draws Nine Post in $250,000 James M. Lynch Memorial Pace
WILKES-BARRE, PA -- “It’s not the ideal spot and not where we want to start from,” said George Teague Jr., trainer of one of the James M. Lynch Memorial Pace favorites Saturday, June 5th at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. “But it is what it is.” Teague’s prized...
Ashtoreth Hanover wins Claiming Handicap Pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
WILKES-BARRE, PA -- Ashtoreth Hanover, reined by Jim Morrill Jr., came from off the pace Wednesday, June 2nd to win the $20,000-$25,000 claiming handicap pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Paper Cut (Andrew McCarthy) cut out the first-half of the mile with times of...