Despite the mercury not rising much above 50 degrees all Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, the Roll With Joe gelding Benjis Best paced a 1:49.4 mile in the faster division of the $18,000 handicap pace for top-level claimers.
Benjis Best, next-to-last at the half, outclosed Babes Dig Me and Sugartown in a three-across-the-wire finish to take the $16.000 claiming handicap pacing feature in 1:50.3 Saturday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono
After a contested early pace of :26.3 and :54.2. Sugartown led the advancing backstretch outer tier, with Babes Dig Me and Benjis Best in the next two positions behind him. Sugartown cleared to the lead at the 1:22.2 three-quarters, with the other two contenders positioned for a good stretch fight, and the trio battled on to the wire, with Benjis Best getting a head ahead of Babes Dig Me right on the money under Marcus Miller s urging; Sugartown was another nose back in third.
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