FIRST RACE – Hot, with a stretch tailwind, and a good race to start the day … LETS ROLL lived up to his name past the half, pacing 26.3 down the back to engage the leader IMAGINARY LINE, had a short advantage most of the way from the 3/4, finally inched away from that...

FIRST RACE – Mid to high 80s; stretch headwind … MUSCLES JARED moved 5/8 and quickly went by ¾, won by a ton. CHOCOLATE MATTERS stayed semiconnected, wide into the stretch and a clear distant second. PHANTOM RUSTY had the pocket, backed out behind the winner ¾, not...

FIRST RACE – Stretch headwind … PRAIRIE HANDSOME got tighter in the strung-out field nearing the 5/8 then moved uncovered, went by past the ¾ and was briefly clear, then extended to hold off the closers. PLAY THE ACE was loose in the pocket the first 3/8 then snug,...

FIRST RACE – A card of all females on a typically seasonal-warm twilight … Stretch headwind … NUTTINBUTHEBEST was parked 3/16 for the top, in turn yielded to sit the pocket, behind a three-wide wall on the turn, but went to the Pocono Pike and easily got the job done....

FIRST RACE – Warm day; no wind to speak of at the start … BETTOR NOT TALK pushed away some then backed off, moved at the quarter, didn’t clear until nearing turn two though still slowing the pace, came under pressure from early backstretch, may have been a nose down...

FIRST RACE – A warm day with a stretch headwind … Track “fast +0” for the first ten races; rain then came through, and the surface was rerated to “sloppy +1” for the rest of the card … REYS N A RUCKUS left between horses to the lead at the 1/8, seated a rival, then...

FIRST RACE – Warm, with a stretch headwind … PLAY THE ACE wound up third early, moved out into a blindswitch 11/16, finally cleared the blindswitch by ducking inside after the pocket horse backed off, had a big burst to easily catch Y S MATHIS BRO. The latter was...

FIRST RACE – Warm twilight, with no wind to start … FLIP MY CHIP moved from third past the 3/16 to the lead 5/16, set an evenly-quick pace, drew away. FRAZZLEBERRY tucked past the 1/8, was third-in, came up the Pocono Pike and edged a few for second. DILLINGER went...

FIRST RACE – 83 degrees … Stretch tailwind … NO horse who was outside midbackstretch went on to win – staying inside, preferably on or near the lead, was a big key … PRIMARY COLORS was directly on top, set a fast pace while going comfortably, nice winner with the 27...

FIRST RACE – Temperatures building from the high 60s to the high 70s … Stretch headwind … NATHAN FEELSGOOD came out second-over down the back after a hot half, three-wide midturn, the strong horse late. REYS N A RUCKUS went to the front at the 1/8 and refused to yield...

FIRST RACE – In the low 80s … Winds varied from negligible to a mild stretch headwind, then fluctuated again near the end of the card … XMARXTHESPOT was away well, yielded, quarter-moved, put the first-over in behind him late turn, then drew away. TRUTHBTOLDBLUECHIP...

FIRST RACE – 81 degrees, with an early stretch tailwind tapering off late … INDICTABLE HANOVER moved from third to the 5/16 but was given the cold shoulder in a wickedly-hot pace, attacked the leader throughout, got a small advantage on the turn, then somehow held...