FIRST RACE – Stretch headwind; pleasant day in the mid 60s … KILLER MARTINI got to fourth-over from last, came sweeping to the 11/16 and passed a bunch to get to uncovered midturn, went to the lead, kept to business while drifting out a little. HASH-TAG SWAG came...

FIRST RACE – There had been moisture overnight, but the track was rated “fast” in temperatures around 40 degrees … Stretch headwind – average last quarter just over 30, seven races 30+, and two of the last four races 31.1 and 32.1 … SPORTSMANSHIP tucked third, came...

FIRST RACE – Strong stretch headwind most of the day, especially reflected in slow second quarters, with temperatures in the mid-40s … Rain midcard; track “fast +0” races 1-8; “good +1” races 9-10; and “sloppy +1” the remainder of the way … HEARTBREAK HOTEL made the...

FIRST RACE – Strange day weatherwise: Temperature starting at 60, fast track, stretch headwind; then in races 7-10, rain started, with the track “sloppy +1” after the seventh, and the temperature dropping 17 degrees in that period;  a reversal of wind direction...

FIRST RACE – A few degrees on either side of 60 on a pleasant afternoon … CAVIART VAL went uncovered on turn two, went right past the leader ¾, stayed clear. PARKLANE TERROR was second-over, able to retuck in the pocket, out again in the stretch, fair. CENTURY...

FIRST RACE – Around 40 degrees throughout the twilight card … JAHAN HANOVER was out with cover then continued on when cover tucked in the pocket, attacked the leader, went by early stretch, held off the closers. NOWHERE CREEK A was in the outer flow behind the winner...

FIRST RACE – Rain before the card and intermittently during it, making for a “sloppy +1” track that seemed a little more tiring towards the end … Temperatures in the high 40s …Swirling, changeable wind … TITO ROCKS got in front at the 1/8, buried the field with a 26.4...

FIRST RACE – Temperatures in the mid-40s all day … SPORTSMANSHIP had the three horses immediately in front of him pull out into the second turn and was last, fourth-over, three-wide through the far turn, made the lead late (30.1 last quarter). TODDLER TANTRUM was...

FIRST RACE – Rain prior to races had stopped, but track “sloppy +1” in 41 degree temperatures … DOUBLEORNOTHING N persisted to the lead 3/16, rated the half, then could not be caught. NORTHERN CREEK A took full advantage of track geometry to push the winner then yield...

FIRST RACE – Start of the second quarter of the year … and “second quarter” is also relevant in that there was an atypical Pocono stretch tailwind much of the card, helping horses in the even-numbered quarters … Temperatures in the lower 40s … CAPTAIN ROMANCE went to...