Photo: Curtis Salonick
By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
WILKES-BARRE PA – Belmondo and Shoresy were impressive winners in the $15,500 co-featured trotting events Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs, where the track was rated “sloppy” and intermittent precipitation descended at points during the card, which was conducted in temperatures a degree or two either side of freezing.
Belmondo came in from Yonkers and made short work of his opposition in 1:56.3 for Team Double D – driver Daniel Dube and trainer Deborah Daguet. The four-year-old Walner gelding, owned by Michael Cote Gagnon, was sent right to the lead and had an open margin the last half of the mile for his first win since the 2024 Championship victory in the Massachusetts program.
Shoresy notched his third victory in as many starts since going to the meet’s leading trainer, Per Engblom, winning his division of the feature in 1:57.1. Tyler Buter, Pocono’s top reinsman in 2025 and ahead again early in this meet, worked out a second-over trip with the son of Cantab Hall, lost his cover midturn, and carried on strongly to win for owners Timothy Betts and Shanamphilankilou Inc.
YS Do It Right, a champion in the 2020 Quebec breeding program, continues to achieve at age eight. On Tuesday he broke a six-way tie for winningest Standardbred in North America by posting his seventh victory in an undefeated campaign, stopping the timer in 1:55. Mark Herschberger made two speed moves with the son of Bettor’s Delight, and the Monticello shipper proved uncatchable late for trainer-owner Autym Sowers.
Herschberger notched a driving triple on the card; Buter, Ridge Warren, and Anthony Napolitano had doubles (for the last-named his third two-bagger in as many racing days this week). Trainer Chelsey Faurot sent out two successful charges, ready to go after layoffs of 86 and 93 days.
Racing resumes at Pocono on Saturday at 1 p.m., featuring the richest race of the year to date at the mountain oval, the $35,000 Game Of Claims Pacing Series Championship for horses base-tagged at $30,000 (and claiming out of the final is permitted this year). In the three GOC prelim rounds, the eight finalists recorded ten victories and 21 out of 24 1-2-3 finishes, which should ensure a competitive challenge for the horses and horsemen as well as for the wagering public. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
WILKES-BARRE PA – Belmondo and Shoresy were impressive winners in the $15,500 co-featured trotting events Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs, where the track was rated “sloppy” and intermittent precipitation descended at points during the card, which was conducted in temperatures a degree or two either side of freezing.
Belmondo came in from Yonkers and made short work of his opposition in 1:56.3 for Team Double D – driver Daniel Dube and trainer Deborah Daguet. The four-year-old Walner gelding, owned by Michael Cote Gagnon, was sent right to the lead and had an open margin the last half of the mile for his first win since the 2024 Championship victory in the Massachusetts program.
Shoresy notched his third victory in as many starts since going to the meet’s leading trainer, Per Engblom, winning his division of the feature in 1:57.1. Tyler Buter, Pocono’s top reinsman in 2025 and ahead again early in this meet, worked out a second-over trip with the son of Cantab Hall, lost his cover midturn, and carried on strongly to win for owners Timothy Betts and Shanamphilankilou Inc.
YS Do It Right, a champion in the 2020 Quebec breeding program, continues to achieve at age eight. On Tuesday he broke a six-way tie for winningest Standardbred in North America by posting his seventh victory in an undefeated campaign, stopping the timer in 1:55. Mark Herschberger made two speed moves with the son of Bettor’s Delight, and the Monticello shipper proved uncatchable late for trainer-owner Autym Sowers.
Herschberger notched a driving triple on the card; Buter, Ridge Warren, and Anthony Napolitano had doubles (for the last-named his third two-bagger in as many racing days this week). Trainer Chelsey Faurot sent out two successful charges, ready to go after layoffs of 86 and 93 days.
Racing resumes at Pocono on Saturday at 1 p.m., featuring the richest race of the year to date at the mountain oval, the $35,000 Game Of Claims Pacing Series Championship for horses base-tagged at $30,000 (and claiming out of the final is permitted this year). In the three GOC prelim rounds, the eight finalists recorded ten victories and 21 out of 24 1-2-3 finishes, which should ensure a competitive challenge for the horses and horsemen as well as for the wagering public. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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