On Higher Ground, who lowered the local seasonal standard on the trot to 1:51.4 last Saturday, lowered it again this Saturday (May 27) while lowering his own mark in the $25,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
On Higher Ground shipped in from Yonkers to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania and promptly won the $25,000 Preferred trot on Saturday (May 20) in 1:51.4, a new mark and the fastest local trotting mile of the year.
The veteran Explosive Matter gelding Rich And Miserable went directly to command and never looked back, winning Sunday afternoon's (May 7) $20,000 Open Trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:54.1.
In the richest race of the young season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championship for three-year-old pacing colts, second choice I Was Tricked downed the previously-unbeaten All Class and held off a pair of longshots in a lifetime best performance.