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WILKES-BARRE PA – A pair of $15,000 trots headed the Tuesday afternoon harness racing card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania after the races took a short break for the track’s Oktoberfest celebration. Driver Jim Pantaleano won both contests with second choices recording their second straight wins, but using decidedly-different tactics. In a claiming handicap […]
Harness racing driver Jim Pantaleano, and trainer Kevin Reynolds Jr, ruled at Tioga Downs on a rare Thursday matinee (August 15). When the dust settled Pantaleano came away with five winners as three of them came with trainer Reynolds Jr. They combined for wins with Samosa Hanover, Johnny Chip, and Elysium Seelster. Pantaleano’s other wins […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Royal Emeralds (Greenshoe) moved to the lead early and went on strongly to lower her mark to 1:55.1 to take the $15,000 harness racing trotting feature at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday (Aug. 5) afternoon. Mischievous G was first on top, getting to the quarter in :28.4, and then driver […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Optrix (Trixton) became the first horse to pay over $50 to win twice at the 2023 meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, making a strong backstretch move to the lead and going on for a new lifetime mark of 1:55.1. Jim Pantaleano drove the sophomore gelding to the upset for trainer […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – On a warm April afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, harness racing driver Jim Pantaleano won three of Tuesday’s (April 4) five $20,000 divisions of the first preliminary leg of the Game Of Claims Trotting Series for $25,000 base-tag horses, including two horses trained by Scott Betts. Pantaleano/Betts produced the fastest […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Jan. 20, 2023 — Enjoying a bit of class relief, Surreal Ideal (So Surreal-Jkmusicofthenight) pulled the pocket in the final turn and rolled past Roll Em to capture Friday’s (Jan. 20) harness racing feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, a $15,400 Conditioned Pace. Surreal Ideal had been competing regularly in the Open […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The freshman harness racing trotter Tillio’s Action (E L Titan – Nothing But Nice) is now perfect in two starts at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, defeating older horses in the $15,000 featured trot in 1:56.4 on a cold and rainy Tuesday (Oct. 4) afternoon. Tillio’s Action handled the messy conditions […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono featured a quartet of $15,000 contests for up-and-coming harness racing horses on its Tuesday (Sep. 26) afternoon card, with a strong stretch headwind reflected in many of the races’ fractions and racing styles. An event for male pacers saw the Sweet Lou sophomore gelding Stonebridge Karis […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Milieu Hanover (Betting Line) had to battle a combination of a sloppy track, a first-over journey, and favored pacesetter Scarlett Hanover, but she proved herself much the best in the $17,500 featured distaff harness racing pace on Monday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, winning by three lengths in 1:52.2. […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – It was a wet Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 30) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, but you’ll hear no complaints from Stonebridge Karis (Sweet Lou) after he lowered his record over four seconds to 1:51 in winning one of the three $13,000 pacing features. Jim Pantaleano pointed the three-year-old gelding frontward and […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The Creatine gelding Creatarma got some racing luck in the $15,000 featured harness racing trot at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono Monday afternoon, but he knew how to maximize his fortune, winning in 1:57.4. The race’s complexion changed into the first turn when even money favorite Black Hawk Down made a […]
WASHINGTON, PA, March 23, 2022 — Pinned along the cones into the final turn, Jillian B Miki found late room in the center of the track and roared to harness racing victory in Wednesday’s $20,500 championship final of the Donna Dunn Memorial Pace for 3- and 4-year-old fillies and mares at Hollywood Casino at The […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Trotters were in the spotlight during the Sunday twilight harness racing card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, including two $12,500 divisions of the first prelim round of Game Of Claims Series for $15,000 base-price horses. Both Game Of Claims Series produced mild upsets as odds-on favorites faltered. The faster section […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The second preliminary round of the Game Of Claims Series for higher-priced horses, snowed out last week, took to the harness racing track on Saturday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, with six divisions each of horses with a base tag of $27,500 and $17,500 respectively raising more questions that providing […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Jan. 20, 2022 — Rose Run Whitney moved three wide through the final turn and powered through the lane to capture her third straight harness racing victory in Thursday’s feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, a $12,100 Conditioned Trot. Rose Run Whitney followed the live first-over cover of Tequila Talkin and found […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Nov. 24, 2021 — Frustrated in his quest for the early harness racing lead, King Alphonso finally seized control at the three-eighths and rolled home from there in Wednesday’s $16,000 Open Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. King Alphonso fired out for the point from post 4 only to encounter resistance from […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Aug. 5, 2021 — Eurobond seated Jeffery P in a hotly contested 26.4 opening panel and kept him in that seat throughout the mile, capturing Thursday’s $16,000 Open Handicap Trot at The Meadows and snapping Jeffery P’s five-race harness racing winning streak. Owner Matthew Morrison gave $205,000 for Eurobond, making the 6-year-old son […]
