Incommunicado was backed to 1-5 upon coming to Pocono for the $20,000 featured fast-class trot on Sunday evening (July 9), but he had to work hard to catch Yanks Dugout by a nose in 1:55.2 over a "sloppy" oval.
On a generally bad day for favourites (at least for most of the card), 13-1 shot B Nicking caught heavy favourite Yanks Dugout in the last step of the $16,200 featured trot on Sunday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning by the smallest possible margin while lowering her lifetime mark to 1:53.2.
Dean B Hanover benefited from yet another clever drive by the meet’s leading driver Tim Tetrick to win Sunday (June 18) afternoon’s $20,000 Open handicap pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia while equaling his lifetime mark of 1:49.3.
Special Way was the Breeders Crown champion and voted the two-year-old trotting filly of the year in 2022, and she’s undefeated in three starts this year. And yet there is still a question if Special Way is even the best filly – in Åke Svanstedt’s barn.
Yogi Sheridan and Tony Beltrami survived on the lead to take their respective $9,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (May 13).