June 9, 2013
Romantic Moment picked up her first victory of 2013 in impressive fashion, hanging tough on the front end to win the featured Preferred pace for mares on Sunday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race carried the night’s top purse of $25,000.
Coming off a 3-year-old season in which she won ...
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Uncle Peter Shatters World Record in Win at Pocono
2013-06-09June 8, 2013
Another Saturday night, another world comes under assault at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
This time around, it was the mark for 4-year-old trotting stallions on a 5/8-mile oval that was obliterated by star trotter Uncle Peter in the Preferred trot on Saturday night. The race carried a purse of $25,000.
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Shebestingin Still Unbeaten After Weiss Win at Pocono
2013-04-10April 9, 2013
Shebestingin now has five wins in five starts in her career after a victory in a division of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race carried a purse of $15,000.
Shebestingin (Bettor’s Delight-Armbro Tussle), won her split ...
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Week in Review
2012-09-22September 14-20, 2012
We had only two nights of live racing this past week at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, so the Weekly Awards will have to take a little hiatus until next week. Instead, I thought we’d play a little game of “Where Are They Now?”
If you’re like me, you’re fascinated by all those shows ...
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Week in Review
2012-08-07July 27-August 2, 2012
We only had two nights of racing this past week at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. That fact makes doing a Weekly Awards pretty impossible, since there aren’t that many candidates and a pretty small sample size from which to choose.
The reason for the short racing week was an 80’s-themed ...
Trotting Fillies Obliterate Records at Pocono in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Action
2012-07-20July 18, 2012
All three winners of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs went faster than the existing track record for three-year-old trotting fillies, with Holier Than Thou matching a world record in her division win as a 27-1 long shot. There were three divisions of the Sire Stakes held at Pocono for the sophomore distaff trotters ...
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Week in Review
2012-07-13July 6-12, 2012
One of the most fun parts of any racing season occurs when the younger horses take center stage. These stars of tomorrow are often green in terms of experience but great in terms of talent. From July 3-8, Grand Circuit Week at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs featured some outstanding 2 and 3-year-old trotters and pacers in the Pennsylvania All-Stars races. Let’s ...
Meirs Hanover Matches Track Record in Open Win at Pocono
2012-07-08July 7, 2012
Meirs Hanover matched a track record at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs with his victory in 1:48:1 in Saturday night’s featured Open pace. The race carried a purse of $50,000.
Meirs Hanover, a 5-year-old stallion from the Ron Burke barn looking for a bounce back after breaking stride in the Ben Franklin ...
Freshman Pacing Fillies Take Center Stage at Pocono
2012-07-06July 4, 2012
Antigua Hanover’s victory in 1:53:3 was the fastest of seven divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars races held on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs for 2-year-old fillies on the pace. Each of the races carried a purse of $30,000.
Antigua Hanover, driven By Jim Morrill Jr. for trainer ...
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Week in Review
2012-07-04June 29-July 5, 2012
When I first heard that we at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs were going to be hosting not one, not two, but three major stakes races in a single day, I immediately thought back to the last time we had that kind of star-packed card, the 2010 Breeders Crown. While 3 stakes races can’t quite match up to the 12 we had that October night two years ago, the excitement ...