Daiquiri Hanover handles opponents easily

WILKES-BARRE PA – Daiquiri Hanover (Bar Hopping) had little trouble handling his harness racing opponents in 1:53.2 in the $15,000 featured trot Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

The $251,646-winning son of Bar Hopping laid just off a three-way battle during a :28.1 quarter, then was moved frontward before the finish line the first time, making the lead before the :57 half. 1:25.2 speed to the three-quarters saw Daiquiri Hanover in control, and he extended his dominance by trotting his last quarter in :28 and winning by 5¾ lengths. The Tony Alagna trainee, owned by one of harness racing’s few Louisiana-Utah-California partnerships – Adam Hawthorne, Jade Hadfield, and Itzak Madae was driven by Pocono’s leading driver, Tyler Buter.

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A $12,500 fast-class trot went to the Italian-bred Demone Deiventi IT, an altered son of Mago D’Amore who went to the lead at the quarter, then held off a late comeback attempt by the horse he had passed early in the mile, Happy Chopper, by a head. Time for the mile was 1:53.3 for the horse whose name translates to “Demon of the Wind,” who was driven by Simon Allard for trainer Hunter Oakes and Flying A Racing Stable. The drivers of the feature winners, Allard and Buter, tied for the day’s honors with three victories.

Anthony Napolitano is the third-leading driver at Pocono, so it is a bit surprising that he has driven the last three $50+ winners at the northeast Pennsylvania track, and leads all horsemen for the year in this category with eight. After guiding home a “bomber” in consecutive races a week ago Saturday, “ANap” added to his total by going wire-to-wire with P L Quinella in Tuesday’s race twelve – and not too many $81.60 winners triumph by 2½ lengths. This was also the fifth straight Pocono $50+ horse to strike in a race whose number runs to double digits.

 Racing resumes at Pocono on Saturday with a 1 p.m. card that will feature a carryover into the first race Superfecta pool; it is noted that the card scheduled for Sunday, August 24 at 6 p.m. has been cancelled. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

From the PHHA / Pocono Downs