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.
The first races of the 2023 stakes season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania took place on Sunday night (May 7), four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for three-year-old pacing fillies, and despite a “good” track the miles yielded uniformly quick clockings.
The Monday (April 10) afternoon card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured five divisions of two ongoing series: $20,000 a section for the first preliminary of the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old pacing fillies, and five $9000 cuts of the second prelim of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for horses who raced with a base tag of $12,500.
None Bettor A and American Courage, two free-for-all pacers entered in Monday’s first leg of the MGM Borgata Series at Yonkers Raceway, got in useful final workouts on Wednesday morning at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
A :52 front half teed up Combustion for an off-the-pace swing to the lead in the stretch that successfully landed him in front at the finish of a 1:49.3 mile in the third of three divisions of the $299,100 Tall Dark Stranger International Stallion Stakes for freshman pacing colts and geldings.