The unusually warm weather on Saturday (Dec. 9) at Freehold Raceway wasn’t the only thing heating up. Driver Jack Pelling was on fire as he visited the winner’s circle four times on the eleven-race card, including a win in the $12,000 Preferred Handicap Pace, which was also known as the Toys for Tots Pace.
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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.
Both French Wine and Once In A Lifetime lived to their billing as favourite with victories in the $142,148 third preliminary leg of a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes event for three-year-old males Sunday afternoon (July 2) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
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.