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John C. Metz Sr., founder of Metz Culinary Management and Environmental Services based in Dallas, Luzerne County, died Monday at age 83 in his home surrounded by his family, it was announced on Metz Culinary Management’s Facebook page.
Trainer Ray Schnittker and driver Mark MacDonald had a good Wednesday morning with their returning three-year-olds at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with four qualifying winners in all.
The first races of the 2023 stakes season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania took place on Sunday night (May 7), four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for three-year-old pacing fillies, and despite a “good” track the miles yielded uniformly quick clockings.
The stakes season is just getting underway but a pair of three-year-olds who were purchased at the 2021 Goshen Yearling Sale have already been headline winners.
The classy mare P L Notsonice controlled the pace in Monday afternoon’s $12,500 featured trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, drawing clear late to stop the timer in 1:53.