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Optrix became the first horse to pay over $50 to win twice at the 2023 meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, making a strong backstretch move to the lead and going on for a new lifetime mark of 1:55.1 in his start on Monday (July 17).
Both Lyons Legend and Geocentric notched their second straight Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) wins among the four divisions of the $168,864 second preliminary for two-year-old pacing fillies, and both the repeaters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Sunday were guided by the driver of the weekend: Tim Tetrick.
WILKES-BARRE PA – Both Lyons Legend (Stay Hungry) and Geocentric (Sweet Lou) notched their second straight Pennsylvania Sire Stakes harness racing wins among the four divisions of the $168,864 second prelim PaSS event for two-year-old fillies, and both the repeaters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Sunday (Jul 16) were guided by the Driver Of
The Captaintreacherous colt Ken Hanover, away from the races since rocketing home in :25 to be second to Christchurch in a Meadowlands Pace prep, showed no ill effects from the time away, setting a soft pace then turning up the speed to win in 1:51.3 in the $17,000 featured pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon (July 15).
Drivers Yannick Gingras and Tim Tetrick took down all of the big money as the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series two-year-old trotting males raced their first preliminary leg on another hot afternoon Friday, July 14 at Harrah’s Philadelphia.