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Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania begins its 59th season of harness racing action on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 17) with an Opening Day racing card. 12 races are on tap, beginning with a first post time of 1 PM Eastern Time. Pocono has scheduled 130 race dates for the 2024 meet. After racing on Saturday and […]
Mariner Seelster (Camluck) beat seven other 14-year-old harness racing horses in the $12,000 Bet the Vets Pace on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 1) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race closed out the 2023 season at Pocono. Mariner Seelster, trained by Travis Alexander and driven by Matt Kakaley, was too much for the field as […]
Harness racing trainer Ake Svantedt had trainees competing in 11 John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races this past week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Those Svanstedt trainees won every one of those races, with two more coming home victorious on Saturday (Oct. 21) afternoon to complete an incredible sweep. Svanstedt needed Khaosan Road (International […]
Harness racing trainer Ake Svanstedt ran his winning streak to nine on Wednesday (Oct. 17) in John Simpson Sr. Memorial races this week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania by winning three out of three races in which his trainees were entered for the third straight day. There were three Simpson divisions held on Wednesday […]
Harness racing trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt put on another command performance in the John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races on Tuesday (Oct. 17) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. A day after winning with all three of his Simpson starters, Svanstedt swept all three $43,100 “Super Bowl” divisions for two-year old trotting colts and geldings. What’s […]
Harness racing trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt picked up wins in three of the five John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races held on Monday (Oct. 16) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Svanstedt’s trainees won two of the three $30,400 splits for three-year-old trotting fillies (The Elma) and one of two $54,750 divisions of the two-year-old […]
Harness racing driver Andy Miller and trainer Cody Schadel teamed up to win three Pennsylvania Fair Finals races on Monday afternoon (Oct. 9) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. There were eight Fair Finals on the card on the day, each carrying a purse of $25,000. Miller and Schadel won the very first final of […]
Sierra Girl and Paulina Hanover picked up Pennsylvania Sire Stakes victories in the two-year-old trotting filly class on Sunday (Aug. 20) night at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The races comprised the final leg of the Sire Stakes preliminaries before the Pennsylvania finals are held on Saturday, September 2 at Pocono. In the first division, […]
Joesstar Of Mia A (Roll With Joe) led at every pole and hung on late for a harness racing victory in Saturday (Aug. 12) afternoon’s feature pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race was for non-winners of $20,000 in the last four starts and carried a purse of $16,500. Joesstar Of Mia A […]
Lady’s Image (Dontyouforgetit) hung tough on the front end to capture the harness racing featured claiming handicap trot on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race carried claiming prices of $25,000 to $30,000 and a purse of $15,500. A seven-year-old trained by Mike Watson, Lady’s Image, the 7-2 second betting choice leaving […]
Rose Run Zeke (Stay Hungry) picked up his fifth straight harness racing win to start his career in a division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes, highlighting the action on Sunday night (Aug. 6) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race was one of four divisions of the Sire Stakes held on the evening for […]
In this edition of the Week in Review, we take a look back at all the action of Sun Stakes Saturday at Pocono, specifically the biggest stakes races of the day. Here are all the highlights from a day of racing that fans at Pocono won’t soon forget. Sebastian K Invitational ($75,000 for trotters) The […]
HARNESS RACING PACER OF THE WEEK: STELLAR BB Since coming in from a stint at Tioga Downs, this four-year-old gelding has been tearing it up at Pocono. The light really clicked on for Stellar BB when he was claimed and joined the Tee Wine barn. He immediately responded by ripping off back-to-back condition wins at Pocono […]
HARNESS RACING PACER OF THE WEEK: HULOU It took this three-year-old gelding trained by Ron Burke twelve races before he picked up his first win of the season on June 22 at Pocono. But Hulou must have liked the taste of it, because he came back and did it again a week later. On Tuesday, […]
