Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen's Association
  • Home
  • Welcome!
  • About the PHHA
  • Join the PHHA
  • PHHA PAC
  • Philanthrophy
  • PA Harness Week
  • PHHA Blog
Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen's Association

JUSTICE GRITTY IN POCONO TROT; DA DELIGHTFUL TAKES PACE

9/19/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
Image: Curtis Salonick
By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – The $17,500 featured trot at the Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Saturday afternoon was won by the sophomore Chapter Seven colt Justice in 1:53.2, defeating older foes in a very impressive manner.
 
Justice settled in fourth in a hotly-disputed :26.4 quarter, then came out raw to tackle the leading favorite P L Notsonice after the :56 half, drawing alongside the frontstepper by the 1:24.2 three-quarters. Despite the two-move journey, it was Justice who ruled through the stretch, winning by three lengths over the chalk for trainer Åke Svanstedt, whose Åke Svanstedt Inc. co-owns the winner of $300,880 with Little E LLC, Torbjorn Swahn Inc., and Myfab Inc.
 
Justice was driven by Sarah Svanstedt, who also won with Delayed Hanover, a son of Southwind Frank who rallied up the inside to photo out Abruzzo in 1:54.2 while winning a $17,000 event. Whenever Sarah gets the Team Svanstedt assignment to drive at Pocono, she must think, “Jag kom jag såg jag erövrade,” Swedish for “I came, I saw, I conquered,” as she has now won nine times sulkysitting at Pocono this year in but eleven starts.
 
The pacing co-feature, also for a purse of $17,500, saw Da Delightful secure the pocket in a blistering :26 opener, follow along behind pacesetting Whitecookie in contested fractions of :55 and 1:22.2, then move out and pace clear by 3¼ lengths in 1:50. The son of Bettor’s Delight, an earner of $331,789 and a winner of two straight, was driven by Braxten Boyd for owner/trainer Mark Silva.
 
Anthony Napolitano was the driving star of the afternoon, visiting Victory Lane five times. Anthony was quick to figure out the day’s bias against closers circling wide, scoring four times on the engine and once from the pocket to boost himself into third in the local standings behind Matt Kakaley and Anthony’s brother George.
 
Pocono is currently operating on its fall basic schedule of Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, so the next live racing at the mountain oval will be on Monday at 1:30 p.m. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available at https://www.phha.org/downsmsppps.html.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017

    RSS Feed

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture