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Normally the Weiss Series for sophomore trotting males would be the Sunday evening (April 9) feature during April at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, but that series was rerouted to Saturday night this week to honour the wishes of horsemen who did not want to race on Easter.

Driver Simon Allard won three of the five $20,000 first-round preliminaries in the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old male pacers on Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, while in the two parallel events for trotters driver Tyler Buter piloted both winners home first.

On a warm April afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, driver Jim Pantaleano won three of Tuesday’s (April 4) five $20,000 divisions of the first preliminary leg of the Game Of Claims Trotting Series for $25,000 base-tag horses, including two horses trained by Scott Betts. 

A trio of $15,000 conditioned features for developing horses highlighted the first Sunday evening (April 2) card of the season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Favourites won all three $9,000 divisions of the first preliminary round of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for $10,000 base-priced horses on Monday afternoon (April 3) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Bettors Donttell, a 1:47.3 winner last year, improved off a third in his 2022 debut to take the $18,000 fast-class pace in 1:52.3 Saturday afternoon (April 1) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Matt Kakaley will enter Monday’s third round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series with three horses within nine points of the top eight in the standings and an eye toward enhancing their chances of qualifying for the lucrative April 24 championship.

Bettors Western had been racing from behind as his form sharpened during his Game Of Claims Series action for $7,500 base-tag horses, but when he went for $15,000 in his series championship on Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, George Napolitano Jr. took him to the front and authored a 1:53.3 victory.

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Despite a surface rated “good” most of the afternoon, fast times and inside-placed speed were the order of the Saturday card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.