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WILKES-BARRE PA — The Gimpanzee filly Concise didn’t exactly make short work of her harness racing opposition, but the answer to every question she was asked in the Bobby Weiss Trotting Series for fillies was “Correct” – she won all three of the preliminaries and then the $50,000 Weiss Championship on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Dilly Hanover (International Moni) won the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championship for 3-year-old male trotters on Monday (April 27) by 2-1/4 lengths over Confident Volo in a career-best 1:54.2 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Nose Jammer finished third, pictured out for second at 49-1. Dilly Hanover, trained by Emily Bost and […]
Captain Vodka (Captain Corey), a 3-year-old male trotter co-owned and trained by Robert Baggitt Jr., won both his harness racing starts with Warren in the sulky by more than three lengths this month at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The first time they were united, in a second-round division of the Bobby Weiss Series on […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Concise and Allioop Blue Chip were repeat winners in Bobby Weiss Series action for three-year-old trotting females on Tuesday afternoon, while on the pacing side no first prelim winner could duplicate that victory in their harness racing divisions of the second leg. Each purse on both gaits was $17,500. Concise, a daughter […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Sophomore fillies were in the Weiss Series spotlight on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, as four fields of trotters and three of pacers each went for $17,500 purses in their first round preliminaries. Despite stiff winds, a temperature hovering near 40 degrees, and 16-1 tote board status, the Huntsville […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – The Weiss Series for developing three-year-olds in all divisions started its April-long stay at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday, with Twin B Thriller (Always B Miki) getting the pacing male sector off to a flying start with a 1:49.4 victory in his $17,500 division of the first prelim on a […]
WILKES-BARRE – Three-year-olds looking to take major steps up the classification ladder will be meeting at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania throughout the month on April in the Bobby Weiss Series, with the first preliminary action set for this Saturday, April 4. Named after the longtime master trackman at Pocono, the Weiss Series features sections […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – One sign of spring at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania is the appearance of promising three-year-olds preparing for Bobby Weiss Series action, an annual event for all divisions of sophomores that begins this year on Saturday, April 4. Another sign of a change in the fortunes with weather was the upswing of […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – The Six Pack filly Halfadozen had been the only three-year-old trotting miss to sweep her three Bobby Weiss Series harness racing preliminaries, but come the $50,000 Weiss Championship on Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the crowd still dismissed her at 12-1. The tote board did not dismay her at […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Three-year-old trotters were spotlighted in $20,000 preliminary harness racing divisions of their respective Bobby Weiss Series at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday, with males going in their third and final preliminary before next Monday’s $50,000 Championship, while the distaffs contested their second prelim. There were three divisions for each sex. […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The Cantab Hall colt Blackhawk Zette completed a clean sweep of the Bobby Weiss Trotting Series for three-year-old trotting males on Monday at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, capturing the $50,000 Championship while equaling his lifetime best harness racing mile of 1:54.2. Four Sixes left strongly from post seven, just outside Blackhawk […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The stretch drive of the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championship for three-year-old harness racing pacing fillies on Saturday (April 27) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania came down to two battlers unbeaten in the prelims, with Whassup Hanover (Captaintreacherous) edging Beautiful Roz by a nose in 1:53. In the companion event for […]
Hightstown, NJ — Emily Bost was in college and knew nothing about harness racing when she answered a newspaper help-wanted ad for a racehorse caretaker at Pocono Downs. Bost, who had previous experience with horses thanks to her years as a competitive rider, fell in love with the Standardbreds. Two decades later, Bost is in her […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Upsets were the order of the day on Saturday afternoon (April 20) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, as in seven $20,000 third and final prelim harness racing events of the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-olds (four for males and three for females), the only favorite – the only horse who paid […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Blackhawk Zette (Cantab Hall) and Victor Laszlo (Chapter Seven) took their second Bobby Weiss Trotting Series harness racing victories in $20,000 round two action for the sophomore males Monday afternoon (April 15) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. In six $9000 final prelim rounds of action among Game Of Claims Series pacers […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Sophomore harness racing pacers, ten $20,000 divisions strong, battled in the second preliminary round of the Bobby Weiss Series on Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Six sections of males and four of females faced the starter, and in exactly half the races for each sex, a first-round prelim winner […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Kinesiology was the fastest winner in the six $20,000 harness racing divisions of the first prelim of the Bobby Weiss Series on a gorgeous Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, while Hall Of Fame driver David Miller accounted for three divisions of the initial round for three-year-old trotting fillies. The […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – There were decidedly mixed results in $20,000 first round preliminaries of the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old harness racing pacers on a cool Saturday afternoon (April 6) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. In the three dashes for fillies, two favorites and a second choice won, but in action for the sophomore […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Kaddari, a Walner filly who started her career with victories in the last two prelims of the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old trotting fillies, added the $50,000 Weiss Championship to her rapidly-growing resume on Tuesday afternoon (May 2) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The $375,000 yearling stopped the timer in 1:56 […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – C Is For Cookie was the only harness racing competitor in the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-olds who won all three of her preliminary races, and on Monday afternoon (May 1) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the daughter of Betting Line racked up the “Grand Slam” by impressively winning the $50,000 […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Snowman Hanover (Bar Hopping) showed last Sunday he appreciated his reintroduction to harness racing trotting hopples with a victory in the Bobby Weiss Series final prelim for his sophomore male group, and in Sunday’s (April 30) $50,000 Weiss Championship he again was victorious, taking his field coast-to-coast in 1:58 over a sloppy […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – In the richest race of the young season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championship for three-year-old pacing colts, second choice I Was Tricked (Huntsville) worked out the pocket trip behind the previously-unbeaten favorite, All Class, then went to the lead in the stretch and held off […]
Joemikiyoursofine (Always B Miki-Macharoundtheclock) was lightly raced last season as a 2-year-old because of sickness and immaturity, but if he can blossom into a harness racing stakes-level performer like stablemate Western Joe and half-brother Fourever Boy, his connections will think he’s even better than fine. A 3-year-old male pacer trained by Chris Choate, Joemikiyoursofine has […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – This coming racing week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, each of the four harness racing cards will present a $50,000 Championship race in the Bobby Weiss Series for developing three-year-olds. Each day except Sunday will also feature a $20,000 consolation for Weiss competitors who did not earn enough points to secure […]
