Ever since the Game Of Claims Series earlier in the spring, the Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Race Office has been able to keep together multiple divisions of the top claiming handicap trotters. And on Tuesday afternoon (May 30), two $15,500 sections were featured.
Favourites won all four divisions of the $155,948 second preliminary round of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) for three-year-old pacing males at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Sunday night, with Hall Of Fame trainer Linda Toscano sending out two of the PASS winners.
Ammo, the Sweet Lou colt who won his division’s Breeders Crown Championship last season, won easily in his 2023 purse debut, taking a $12,600 division of the featured pacing class at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:51.2 on Thursday afternoon.
Trainer Ray Schnittker and driver Mark MacDonald had a good Wednesday morning with their returning three-year-olds at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with four qualifying winners in all.
Top ranked North America Cup eligibles Ammo and Confederate, who finished 1-2 within a half-length in last year's Breeders Crown, met up for the first time this season to open Tuesday morning's (May 2) qualifying session at Harrah's Philadelphia.