By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – The Uncle Peter gelding My Man Peter couldn’t quite catch pacesetter Little Expensive in last Sunday’s $16,000 fast-class trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia; this week My Man Peter went first-over with Little Expensive on his back, but still came up with the power to turn in a 1:53.2 victory.
 
George Napolitano Jr. had no hesitation sending the favored My Man Peter up raw from fifth to pressure leader Resolve To Win, who made the lead after a :27.3 quarter and got a slight breather to a :56.4 half. But My Man Peter was relentless in his pursuit, reaching the lead not much after a 1:25.2 three-quarters, then finishing out the mile strongly (own last half :55.3), with Little Expensive second-best this day, 2¼ lengths behind the winner of four of his last six, who is trained by Per Engblom for Morrison Racing Stables.
 
Best purse for pacers offered on the weekending card was $13,500, for up-and-coming younger males. It was won by the Papi Rob Hanover sophomore gelding War No More, who stepped up in class and took a new lifetime mark of 1:53 while making it two in a row. War No More pushed pacesetting Shining Moment most of a :26.4 quarter, then sat the golden journey as favored RJs Red Devil came raw near the :56 half and bedeviled the leader to and past the 1:24.2 three-quarters.
 
This pair tired after their efforts; Anthony Napolitano got War No More out of the pocket into the stretch, and just in time, as Bettor Safe (and Anthony’s brother George) was winging late, but War No More crossed the wire a half length ahead. Deborah Daguet trains the winner for Todd’s Auto.
 
Fast-class pacers staged quite a battle in a $13,000 contest. Favored Belmont Royale N was parked to a :27.1 quarter to get around Mad Max Hanover; I Did It Myway, sitting third, thought about quarter-moving but stayed put. He then advanced to the pocket as Mad Max Hanover pulled from the two-hole and challenged to a :56 half and a 1:24 three-quarters.
 
In the stretch it came down to the pacesetter and pocketsitter, and I Did It Myway, a son of Captaintreacherous, had the most along the inside, catching the favored leader by a neck in 1:52.1. Anthony Napolitano also got the winning steer behind this winner of $1,430,650 (and victorious lifetime in over a third of his starts, 37 for 107) for trainer Travis Alexander and the combine of David Hamm, EVM Racing LLC, and Glenn Phillips.
 
The track’s 1-2 winningest drivers in 2025, Tim Tetrick and George Napolitano Jr, won at least three races on each of the three cards this week; they shared Thursday’s and Sunday’s sulky honors, but Tetrick had five on Friday to take the week’s crown. Trainer Enrico Robinson also had a Sunday triple.
 
Racing resumes at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday at 12:25; the usual fall schedule of Thursday and Friday at 12:25 and Sunday at 12:40 will hold this week, and then the live pattern will alter for the holidays in the last two weeks of the 2025 season.  Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – Massetto, despite a tough two-move trip in subfreezing temperatures, proved the best in the $12,000 featured trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.
 
Driver Corey Callahan left well with the sophomore altered son of Walner, tucking in third, then pulled out midway down the backstretch and grinded the rest of the way without cover. Foxy Joyce, right on his back, was moving well late, but Massetto, successful now in two of his last three trips behind the gate, showed grit and won by half a length in 1:59.2 for trainer-owner Mike Watson, who along with Dylan George were the only conditioners to have a pair of victories.
 
The $11,000 co-feature fast-class handicap for pacing mares saw five horses across the track at the finish, with the widest one, the In The Arsenal three-year-old filly Neil’s Diamond, closing from last to defeat the competitive group in 1:54.4. Simon Allard followed the flow of cover with the winner of four of her last seven, and over a track not noted for successful closers had the most speed late to defeat favored Odds On Aces Full, right in front of her in the two-wide tier, by a half length in a race where the top quintet were separated by less than two lengths. Jeffery Smith conditions the sharp sophomore for                                             Joseph Jannuzzelli and Steven and Joseph Williams.
 
Tim Tetrick and George Napolitano Jr., 1-2 in driving wins here this year and between them the dash champion in 18 of Harrah’s 19 years (Cat Manzi won the inaugural title), each won three races on Thursday, and on Friday “George Nap” again had three, while ”Timmy T” got home first five times.
 
A nice mix of feature races awaits racegoers coming for Sunday’s 12:40 card, including a $16,000 fast-class trot, developing male pacers contesting $13,500, and $13,000 offered for fast-class pacers. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – The Muscle Hill gelding Te Amo Lindy, close without winning in recent competition at Pocono Downs, certainly brought his “A” game with him down the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Harrah’s Philadelphia Thursday, trotting to a 1:54.2 victory on a chilly day in the $13,500 feature for improving horses.
 
Te Amo Lindy was three-wide early then two-wide to get by The Brodster to a :27.2 quarter (these two were the heavy favorites: Te Amo Lindy 9-10, The Brodster  3-5). After a :57.2 half, the leader went into a higher gear, but The Brodster pulled the pocket before the 1:25.4 three-quarters and got up to even terms with the pacesetter. In the stretch, though, it was Te Amo Lindy who trotted right on, winning by nearly five lengths for trainer Jill Roland, who also owns the speedy diamondgaiter.
 
Meet leader Tim Tetrick arrived midcard for five drives, winning three of them, including with the Sebastian K S gelding Benjamin Hanover in 1:55.1 in the $13,000 fast-class handicap on the “Trottin’ Thursday” program. Tetrick and “Benjamin” were content to sit in the pocket as Super Duper Cooper set the pace, then challenged and got the decision by 1½ lengths for his third straight victory, his ninth win in eighteen seasonal starts, and his 28th triumph in 50 lifetime outings. Scott Di Domenico, who also clicked with Tetrick for an earlier victory and would later add a third victory in the card, conditions the gritty trotter for owner Angela Cornell.
 
The Father Patrick gelding Menotti had had good success hitting the board in his career –he had been 1-2-3 in 31 of 69 starts going into one of two $12,000 trots for “nw 3 races “company. But he had only won once, and to boot upon coming from Pocono he had to elevate from “nw2” to “nw3” company as Philly does not write that class. But Menotti sat in the two-hole behind favorite Tracks Of My Tears, then trotted to the fore for a 1:57.4 tally despite the class hike, winning by 2¼ lengths. George Napolitano Jr., who also won three times on the day, guided the winner for trainer-owner Bruce Schadel.
 
In the other division of the subfeature for oncoming trotters, the Swan In A Million sophomore filly Melissa P was quarter-moved by driver-trainer Vinnie Ginsburg, who then let her trot off down in the backstretch and around the turn. It’s a good thing the winner opened such a huge margin, because Yardbird, away slowly, was making up ground with every stride the last five-sixteenths (own back half in :58.2), but Melissa P, owned by Jaypaul Hanover, had enough to prevail by 1¼ lengths, following up on a lifetime best 1:57 in New Jersey in her last start with a 1:58.2 triumph here.
 
Racing resumes at Harrah’s Philly on Friday at 12:40, with a $12,000 feature trot for developing diagonally-gaited horses complemented by an $11,000 fast-class handicap pace for the distaff set. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – The thirteen-year-old Real Desire gelding Real Lucky N is still living up to his sire’s name nearing the end of his career, taking the $12,500 Championship of a series for $10,000 claimers in 1:53.4 under less-than-perfect conditions at Harrah’s Philadelphia Sunday.
 
Real Lucky N (post two) and Stretch The Line (post seven) were sent off as 9-5 second choice and 3-2 favorite respectively, both coming off wins their last two prelims, and while Stretch The Line had a short lad nearing turn one, Real Lucky N and driver George Napolitano Jr. took advantage of track geometry, forcing Stretch The Line to take the two-hole before a :27.2 quarter. The greybeard backed off the half to :57.1, then with the wind at his back continued to a three-quarters of 1:25, with Olive And A Twist vacating third to try to gain uncovered and the chalk still tight in the pocket.
 
But nobody was getting to Real Lucky N, as the veteran won by two lengths , with Stretch The Line downing Olive And A Twist for second. The rest of the field, despite having won at least once in the prelims, could not reach major factor status. Trainer Bob Belcher conditions Real Lucky N for owner William Hartt.
 
A pair of series consolations was raced for $10,000 purses. Consolation I, which had four series prelim winners in it, saw none of those four in the stretch fight for major honors – instead Ishotthesheriff GB (2-2-3 in prelims) edged out Double Up N (also 2-2-3 in his prelim starts), getting the nod by three parts of a length in 1:53.1. The victorious altered son of Henry Hill, who succeeded despite being three-wide from the five-eighths, was the co-longest shot on the board and returned $48.20 to win for driver Jack Pelling, trainer William Andrews, and owner Howard Taylor.
 
In series consolation II, Sea Storm lived up to her name early, storming away to force seats in a :26.4 quarter, then rated the half, following up with a :56.4 back half to win in 1:54.4 The Bettor’s Delight mare’s stablemate in the meet-leading barn of Izzy Estrada, Idiosyncratic, was second to the Estrada Racing LLC-owned winner, who has two wins and a second since coming south to the hot stable. None of the horses in this consolation won in the prelim action, but Sea Storm had won her last race – in a distaff claiming handicap pace.
 
A $16,000 handicap trot for the fast class brought together three horses who attracted the bulk of the wagering attention and who were certainly in winning form: Little Expensive and My Man Peter had both won three of their last four starts, while Lefties Righties had captured four of his last six. On Sunday it was Little Expensive who added another “W” to his record, taking the lead early then trying to bottom out the field in the last half. The tactic was successful in the :56.1 back half, as the winning Muscle Hill gelding held off a charging My Man Peter by a neck, with Lefties Righties, a sophomore, doing well in the two-hole to be only another three quarters of a length behind. Julie Miller conditions the 11-time seasonal winner for Andy Miller Stable Inc., Jean Goehlen, and VIP Internet Stable LLC.
 
Top purse of the day for overnight pacers was the $13,500 offered to developing horses, won easily by the Captain Crunch sophomore gelding Captain Luffy in 1:54.1. Meet leader Tim Tetrick quickly grabbed command with the three-year-old, second in the Liberty Bell and fourth in the Simpson within his last few starts, and didn’t have serious opposition late as he tallied for trainer Travis Alexander and Fiddler’s Creek Stables LLC.
 
Fast-class pacers had their moment in the spotlight in an $11,000 event, with the Roll With Joe gelding Ignatius A victorious in 1:52. Johnathan Ahle got the veteran sidewheeler away in the two-hole, then ducked to the inside, grabbed the lead, and withstood Soho Spectre A, who was making his U.S. debut. Ignatius A, now a 53-time career winner at age eleven, is trained and owned by Noel Daley.
 
Tim Tetrick and Simon Alard both had driving doubles. In an unusual occurrence, more trainers than drivers had two-baggers – Travis Alexander had both of his success stories driven by Tetrick, while Bob Belcher and Izzy Estrada each had different drivers for their winners circle visits.
 
Harrah’s Philly will be racing on Thursday and Friday at 12:25 and Sunday at 12:40 this coming week and next; there will then be some variation as the year-end holidays approach. Thursday’s card will feature top diamondgaiters in many classes in the track’s usual “Trottin’ Thursday” presentation. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
​CHESTER PA – A rare Sunday afternoon feature trot highlighted the program at Harrah’s Philadelphia, a track known for its “Trottin’ Thursdays” – but since this coming Thursday is Thanksgiving and a dark day, the top diamondgaiters went for $16,000 on this card.
 
The feature winner was the well-traveled Muscle Hill gelding Little Expensive, an “Orange Crush” performer for Team Miller: Driver Tyler Miller sent him to the lead, yielded to the favorite and had a nice journey in the golden chair, then came up the inside to hold off the fast-closing Lefties Righies by 1½ lengths in 1:53.1. Tyler’s mother Julie trains Little Expensive, who also has won at Cumberland Run, Oak Grove, Lexington, and The Meadowlands in 2025, and his father Andy (as Andy Miller Stable Inc.) co-owns him with Jean Goehlen and VIP Internet Stable LLC.
 
The richest pace on the card offered a $12,000 bounty, and it was taken by the Control The Moment three-year-old gelding Shining Moment in 1:52.4. Shining Moment had not shown much gate speed lately and was saddled with post eight, but driver Mark Herschberger thought the front-end was the best place for him, and he was proven correct – despite being five-wide into the fist turn, three-wide to the 3/16, and two-wide to the 3/8, the pacer finally made the top, and did not relinquish his lead when favored Touchback came at him late, prevailing by a neck for trainer Bill “Moon” Mullin and owner Howard Taylor.
 
Fast-class pacers produced a rare 1:50f mile in late November in an $11,000 contest, as Belmont Shadow N, an altered son of Betterthancheddar, cleared on a backstretch move then stayed 1¼ lengths ahead of chalk Ignatius N in 1:50 flat. Mark Herschberger also had the winning steer behind this horse, now a winner of two of his last three for trainer Nifty Norman, whose Enzed Racing Stable Inc. shares ownership with the well-known horsemen Archie McNeil and Bill O’Donnell.
 
Simon Allard and meet leader Tim Tetrick both had three winners on the day and eight for the three-day week at Philly.
 
Harrah’s Philadelphia will now be dark for Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday so that all of the extended Philly family can enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday. Racing at Philly will resume on Sunday, November 30 (that card drawn Tuesday), with the $12,500 Championship of the popular series for $10,000 claiming pacers sharing the spotlight with a carryover into the fifth race Pick-5 wager. Free Philly program pages will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – Tyler Buter drove three of the last four winners on the final 2025 card of racing  at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, raising his seasonal total at the mountain oval to exactly 300 while capturing his first local victory crown.
 
The 40-year-old, seventh in North America in wins this year, brought home Nob Hill Flash ($10.40) in race eleven, then won both halves of the late double to reach 300. Oakwood Heymiki IR was expected to win at 1-20 and did, and then Buter overcame the outside post with Seven Reps ($10.80) in the finale, closing off cover to bring a fine season to a fine ending for his pilot.
 
Seven Reps is trained by Ron Burke, and the ubiquitous trainer saw his final seasonal win total locally get to 113 as he won his fourth straight crown and fifth in the last six years. Pocono also keeps historical data on UDR leaders, and it’s no surprise that Jason Bartlett, having the year of his career, would take that title, “hitting” .401 with enough starts (one per card) to take his first local title. Pocono’s “B-Boys” (Buter, Burke, Bartlett) certainly had a season to remember at the northeast Pennsylvania track.
 
The top races on closing day at Pocono focused on performers looking destined to find their way to the top national classes in a short time. The biggest purse of the day, $17,500, was captured by the Bar Hopping sophomore filly Bay Breeze Hanover, who already has experience with state-level stakes horses, and may be headed to richer opportunities after battling gamely on a dank day (“good” +1) to hold off Pocono Pike-scooting favorite Kovu AS by a head in 1:57. A winner of three of her last four including a Liberty Bell stake, Bay Breeze Hanover was handled by Colin Kelly for trainer Maria Alvarez and the partnership of Friendship Stables LLC and Rotiboy4Eva Racing Stable.
 
Pacers a rung lower on the classladder contested $16,000 in a race taken by the Always B Miki gelding Chief Bogo, like trotting feature winner “Bay Breeze” victorious in three of his last four races. The Chief came up the inside from a pocket journey to overhaul pacesetting Captain Luffy by three parts of a length in 1:52.3 for driver Anthony Napolitano, trainer Nicholas Devita, and owner Eric Prevost.
 
Pocono bettors had a host of good chances to make a little holiday money, as there were carryovers in three races, and since it was the last day, mandatory payouts on five exotic wagers (including one with a carryover). Well-regarded horses won early, but then the money got spread around by lightly-regarded horses winning, including Raven Banner N ($62.00) in the fifty-sixth race a winner paid $50 or more at Pocono this year.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – No horse won in both the first and second preliminary leg of the pacing series for $10,000-valued horses at Harrah’s Philadelphia, but in Friday’s third and last prtelim three horses added a second series win to their resume and established themselves as big contenders for the $12,500 Series Championship on Sunday November 30.
 
Fastest winner in Friday’s five $8000 races was Stretch The Line, who moved over to the Kevin Reynolds Jr. barn after a claim and parlayed a pocket trip into a 1:51.1 victory, coming his last quarter in :27.2 for driver Ridge Warren. The other horses with two series wins are Real Lucky N, making it two straight and five in his last seven as he moved to the Bob Belcher barn and won in 1:52.1 for driver George Napolitano Jr., and Just Bet It All, switching into the barn of Jamie Vance after a claim and then winning in 1:53.1 with Corey Callahan driving.
 
Also notching a series win Friday were Your Brother (driver Tim Tetrick) in 1:53.2 in his series debut, and Squadron Seelster, driven by Jack Pelling to a 1:53.3 win. Surprisingly, with the big money coming up (there were also be as many $10,000 consolations as fill), there was only one horse claimed all day, and he did not win.
 
Both of the features for distaff pacers were driven by Simon Allard, who had four visits to Victory Lane Friday and has guided 23 winners already in the month in November. In a $12,000 contest for developing horses, Neil’s Diamond had her many backers singing Sweet Caroline as the sophomore daughter of In The Arsenal took her third win in her last five outings, defeating Swift Sarabi by three parts of a length in 1:53.1 for trainer Jeffrey Smith and the partnership of Joseph Jannuzzelli and Steven and Joseph Williams.
 
In an $11,000 fast-class pace, Allard sat in with the longest shot on the board, the Betterthancheddar mare Cheesey Lady, then found a seam on the far turn and charged home to catch Spicy Story by three-quarters of a length while equaling her lifetime mark of 1:52.3. Adrian Wisher trains and owns the winner, who paid $40.60 for a win deuce.
 
Harrah’s Philly will have live racing on Sunday at 12:40, with a rare Sunday trotting feature, a $16,000 fast-class contest. Philly will then be dark on Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, and will reopen on Sunday, November 30 (draw Tuesday), with the big races in the claiming series set to go on that day. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – They were three-across the track at the finish of the $13,500 conditioned trot for developing horses Thursday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with the Greenshoe three-year-old gelding Hey Porter taking advantage of the perfect trip to catch determined pacesetter Moni Buys Happynes by a neck while taking a new mark of 1:55.
 
Tim Tetrick, who drove four winners before heading to Dover for twilight action, got the winner away in the pocket behind the filly Moni Buys Happynes, who laid down fractions of :27.4, :57.3, and 1:26.3, by the third station having Clear For Landing, who had won four of his last six, up raw to challenge. The leader withstood the outside pressure, but Hey Porter still had a relatively-full tank inside of her, and he prevailed by a neck, with Clear For Landing only another half-length back.
 
Hey Porter had been winless in 2025, though he had eight board finishes to his credit while racing Pennsylvania and Midwest stakes company. Here he made the seasonal breakthrough for trainer Jeff Cullipher and Pollack Racing LLC.
 
There were also two $12,000 trots for horses just below the feature level. The quicker split went to the Googoo Gaagaa three-year-old gelding Yardbird, who has now won two of three recent races since putting on the trotting hopples not long ago. Here he grinded uncovered from midbackstretch and worked by pacesetting DW’s Lady Diva by a length in 1:59. Patrick Ryder did the sulkysitting behind the winner of four of his last eight starts for trainer Jim Groff, also co-owner with Jeff Dorn.
 
The other division went to the Cantab Hall sophomore colt Hatfield, winning his second start for connections, owner P T Stable and trainer Bob Belcher. Hatfield was sent to the lead by George Napolitano Jr. and held his advantage throughout in 1:59.1, with favored Entertain Me again having just a little too far to come and being 1¼ lengths behind the winner but winning a three-horse picture for place.
 
In the $11,000 trot for fast-class horses, Benjamin Hanover, the heavy favorite, set fractions of :28.3, :56.2, and 1:25, then went on to ward off a sturdy stretch bid by the 39-1 three-year-old Scudo Hanover by a neck in 1:53. Tim Tetrick, the meet’s leading driver, was in the sulky behind Benjamin Hanover, an altered son of Sebastian K S who is trained by Scott Di Domenico for owner Angela Cornell.
 
Harrah’s races Friday at 12:25, with the third and final preliminary of the popular series for $10,000 pacers going in five $8000 divisions – with no horse able to take wins in the first two legs . There will be Sunday racing at 12:40, and then Philly will be dark on Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, being back in action on Sunday, November 30 – and featuring the $12,500 Championship of the series for claimers.
 
Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – The Andover Hall gelding Choco Charlie, after three seconds and three thirds in his last six starts, found a great time to regain his winning ways, taking the $20,000 Winter Is Coming Trotting Series Championship at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on the next-to-last card of the 2025 year.
 
George Napolitano Jr., who tied with meet leader Tyler Buter by notching three driving victories on the day, moved the Jill Roland trainee, owned by Bernard O’Brien,  outside raw nearing turn two and went after pacesetting favorite Tuis Angel, a prelim winner last week who controlled the stick with two moves after early fractions of :28 and :58.3. Choco Charlie, second then third in his series prelims, made a steady advance on the leader down the backstretch and went right up to the pacesetter just after the 1:27.3 three-quarters, with One After Nine, the only doubler in the WICTS in the prelims, sitting well-placed in the two-hole.
 
Going around the final bend, however, One After Nine fumbled and bothered half the rest of the field, leaving the big battle to the first-over and the leader, and Choco Charlie proved the stronger of the two in the drive to the wire, winning in 1:56.1 with his own back half in :56.4, excellent speed on the cold day.
 
The $16,000 co-feature trot also went to a first-over horse on a day when the speed did not hold up well, as the Trixton sophomore gelding Tequila Talking AS pulled away after a grinding challenge to stop the clock in 1:56.4. Anette Lorentzon conditions the winner for ACL Stuteri AB.
 
Saturday’s 1 p.m. card will be the final program of the season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and in addition to excellent racing with up-and-coming horses in the featured spots, there will be a smorgasbord of excellent wagering opportunities. The moneymaking opportunities will start in the first race, where there will be a carryover into the day’s initial Pick 4 wager.
 
Then, because it is the last card of the season, there can be no carryovers at day’s end, so the five bets that usually feature the carryover possibility are MUST-WIN bets on Saturday. They are the Pick 5 (starts race five, ends race nine), Pick 3 (starts race nine, ends race eleven), Pick 4 (starts race ten, ends race fourteen), Superfecta (race thirteen), and High 5 (race fourteen).
 
Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – The Monday afternoon features at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on a chilly day proved exciting contests, each decided by a neck. Two of the trio of features were won by the favorite, while the third winner paid $106.20 – while being driver by meet leader Tyler Buter.
 
The $20,000 Winter Is Coming Pacing Series Championship had its major players in line early – favored Boston Rocks, Big Bang Bang, Lyons Music, and Points North were already 1-2-3-4 before the :27 quarter. Points North was up into uncovered position challenging the leader by the :56 half and continued the fight to and past a 1:23.3 three-quarters.
 
In the stretch, it appeared that Big Bang Bang would have the best chance to catch the leader via the Pocono Pike – Points North had dropped back slightly, while Lyons Music was moved by Tyler Buter into a blindswitch position, with no immediate path to gain. Big Bang Bang was commencing a rally when he went offstride midstretch and was taken inside the pylons; Buter shot Lyons Music to the left of the leader in the suddenly vacant space, and the pacer hit his best gear quickly, outsprinting the chalk in the last 100 yards; Points North was only three parts of a length back at the wire after a brave effort.
 
Lyons Music, an altered son of A Rocknroll Dance, was third in his only Winter Is Coming start; he had two recent wins, but both were at the track’s lowest conditioned level. But he was on song for a big mile in his Championship for trainer Susan Marshall, co-owner with John Marshall. (And an interesting fact: Lyons Music was Buter’s third winner at Pocono to pay $100+ in 2025; no other sulkysitter has more than one.)
 
Three Times Bettor went one more than her name by winning her fourth straight race, a $22,000 fast-class handicap pace for females in 1:51.3. Coming off a sweep of the Kentucky stakes program at Cumberland Run, the sophomore Bettor’s Delight miss went first-over from the half, advancing while her pacing her own third quarter in :26.4, then swept to the lead early in the stretch. But a battle with another distaff who likes to win, Louisville GB (14-for-27 over the last two years), with the latter having the advantage of a cover trip, saw Three Times Bettor keep digging to win for Team Pelling (driver Jack, trainer/father Brett) and owner Thaddeus Wier.
 
In a $16,000 trot for developing horses, the Bar Hopping three-year-old gelding Onemore Volo won for the second time in his last three outings, gradually working to the lead into turn two, then holding off a long, game first-over bid by Beersnsunshine Deo in 1:55.4. Braxten Boyd was the sulkysitter for trainer John Butenschoen, Andray Farm, and David Miller (a resident of Florida, not the one soon to move to Ohio).
 
Buter and Matt Kakaley both had three winners on the card.
 
The Tuesday card will be the next-to-last presentation of 2025 at Pocono, and it will feature the $20,000 Winter Is Coming Trotting Series Championship, as well as two carryovers: into the fifth race Pick 5 wager and into the last race High 5.. The season will then come to a close on Saturday, November 22, and all bets that are usually “carryovers” will go into a MUST-WIN situation after the last time they are offered that day. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.