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Dontmesswithles and Tennessee Smooth emerged as the winners in the twin $21,622 featured paces for developing horses getting close to the top of the conditioned ladder during the Tuesday afternoon, May 14 card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Over a Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania oval that gradually dried out from “sloppy” to “good” going over the course of Monday (May 6) afternoon, the Southwind Frank mare I Cant Refuse let neither the outside post seven nor a pesky foe in Attis Rock deter her from visiting the winners circle after taking the $20,548 featured trot.
Driver Andrew McCarthy and trainer Brett Pelling each captured two of the three $41,096 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars event for three-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday (May 5), as Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania welcomed back both Pennsylvania-sired stakes racing and Sunday evening cards.
The International Moni sophomore filly Elista Hanover, racing in third-over position down the backstretch and still sixth at the stretch call, found her best strides late to easily win the $68,493 Bobby Weiss Trotting Series Championship at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Tuesday (April 30) afternoon, with her new mark of 1:53.1 also equaling the fastest trotting mile of the season at the mountain track.
The Grand Circuit makes its first stop of the season in Massachusetts on Thursday afternoon, May 2 when seven swift side-wheelers will go to post in the $100,000 USD Paul Revere Pace for three-year-old Open pacers.