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.
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On Monday morning, Horsemen at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono will be checking with the Downs’ Racing Office to confirm that their horses – most of them new barn members after Saturday’s third and final preliminary round of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series – had enough points to make their rich finals on Saturday, March 6, and they likely will also be checking the availability of driver Anthony Napolitano, who had six wins Saturday, five in claiming preliminaries.
The horses entered in the section of the Series for $25,000-base price horses saw Melanies Tedy become the prelim point leader by virtue of a 1:54.3 triumph over sloppy going, joining Glengarry Knight N and Horsing Around as two-time winners in this class. Glengarry Knight N was second-leading point earner and Horsing Around, despite his double victories, did not even rank in the top nine horses in the totals, as he skipped the first week, and now has to hope for defections to get in the $50,000 Championship.