After three preliminaries of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PaSS) for three-year-old pacing colts, there are no repeat winners, as on Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, Layton Hanover and Energetic Hanover emerged victorious in their respective $69,179 divisions (June 8).
Delishka N paced to her fourth-straight victory – and topped the four longest shots in the field in the superfecta in posting a 1:52.1 win in the $15,700 distaff featured on a Sunday (July 25) card over a The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono surface that had been downgraded to “sloppy” by mid-card rain.
Anthony Napolitano, who led the Pocono drivers colony on the day with four victories, hustled the daughter of Bettors Delight away well from the pylons, pushing second-choice Eclipse Me N well past a :26.2 quarter before yielding for the pocket. Favoured Watch Me Now N came up first-over not that far past a :55 half, and the two favourites had a hard battle to a 1:23.1 three-quarters – helping the cause of the outsiders.