History flashes home as Pelling team lands feature double

WILKES-BARRE PA – A good helping of “pedigree” – both equine and human – helped the harness racing winners of three $16,000 events for two-year-olds at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on a cool (but finally sunny) Tuesday afternoon.

Team Pelling – driver-son Jack and trainer-father Brett – took the two paces, one for each gait, with a stakes-placed youngster. History, a colt by Downbytheseaside out of Balance, a half-sister to millionaire two-time O’Brien winner L A Delight, showed a closing kick reminiscent of his stablemate, star sophomore filly Miss Jum Jabber, as he broke his maiden in 1:52.1 for Diamond Creek Racing. Sixth, four lengths behind, and inside at the three quarters, History angled wide and flashed home in :27.2 to win by 1½ lengths.

HISTORY REPLAY

The freshman pacing filly winner for the Pellings was Gift Of Faith, a daughter of Captaintreacherous out of Cannae Cammie, a three-quarter sister to the $2.4M winner Test Of Faith. Gift Of Faith took over the racetrack by the quarter and stopped home in :28.2 to capture her first race in 1:54.2 for David Mc Duffee, Paul Bordogna, and Melvin Hartman.

Another father-son duo – trainer Chris Ryder and driver Patrick – accounted for the sole trotting feature, for females, with Andersson Hanover, by the white-hot sire Captain Corey out of Angel Eyes Hanover, a half-sister to the exported $700,000+ winner Ambassador Hanover. Andersson Hanover, second in her Stallion Series Championship, regained the lead at the half and won in 1:57.4, now giving her three wins and three seconds in six starts for owner John McKeon Jr.

Braxten Boyd led all drivers with three victories. Team Pelling, as mentioned, and Team Ryder, who also combined on an overnight winner, each had two victories per generation; other drivers doubling up were meet leader Tyler Buter, Anthony Napolitano (giving him eight wins in the three-day racing week), and Ridge Warren.

Pocono opens its October action on Saturday at 1 p.m., with several of the highest-levels of fast-class veteran pacers being brought together. 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