Photo: Curtis Salonick
By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
WILKES-BARRE PA -- The sophomore Greenshoe gelding Lionheart Hanover, a winner at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday, came right back on the first Sunday evening card at the year and notched a second photo victory in five days, winning the $14,000 featured trot.
Lionheart Hanover sat third early while going over the “sloppy surface,” then was moved outside coming off the first turn by driver Ridge Warren and made the lead in front of the stands. Beaujolais Breeze, 6-5 despite the outer post eight against the even-money winner, moved uncovered from sixth at the half and grinded his way into contention, but his gritty, steady bid came up shy by a head in a 1:57 mile.
Lionheart Hanover, whose eleven victories in 2024 included the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Fair Championship, is trained by Tony Schadel and is owned by him in partnership with wife Linda.
Pocono’s leading driver, Tyler Buter, widened his lead atop the standings by collecting six wins through the muck. He got the victories for six different trainers (each of whom may remember the successful teaming and in the future help him preserve his lead).
Monday’s 1 p.m. card will feature the last of the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championships, this one or the three-year-old pacing fillies. Strutsville enters the final after having swept her three preliminaries, but from post seven she should get a battle from Allegra Hanover, who had two victories and a nose loss to Strutsville in her prelims and who will start from the rail in the finale. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha,org
WILKES-BARRE PA -- The sophomore Greenshoe gelding Lionheart Hanover, a winner at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday, came right back on the first Sunday evening card at the year and notched a second photo victory in five days, winning the $14,000 featured trot.
Lionheart Hanover sat third early while going over the “sloppy surface,” then was moved outside coming off the first turn by driver Ridge Warren and made the lead in front of the stands. Beaujolais Breeze, 6-5 despite the outer post eight against the even-money winner, moved uncovered from sixth at the half and grinded his way into contention, but his gritty, steady bid came up shy by a head in a 1:57 mile.
Lionheart Hanover, whose eleven victories in 2024 included the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Fair Championship, is trained by Tony Schadel and is owned by him in partnership with wife Linda.
Pocono’s leading driver, Tyler Buter, widened his lead atop the standings by collecting six wins through the muck. He got the victories for six different trainers (each of whom may remember the successful teaming and in the future help him preserve his lead).
Monday’s 1 p.m. card will feature the last of the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championships, this one or the three-year-old pacing fillies. Strutsville enters the final after having swept her three preliminaries, but from post seven she should get a battle from Allegra Hanover, who had two victories and a nose loss to Strutsville in her prelims and who will start from the rail in the finale. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha,org
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