Photo: Curtis Salonick
By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
WILKES-BARRE PA – The ten-year-old Explosive Matter gelding Rich And Miserable won for the 56th time in his distinguished career when he captured the $12,500 featured trot on a mild Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania – where he has captured exactly half, 28, of his lifetime victories.
Tyler Buter was in his usual spot behind Rich And Miserable, and he guided the veteran to the lead after favored College Tuition beat him out of the gate, reaching the quarter in :28 and soon yielding to that retaking opponent. College Tuition put up middle fractions of :57 and 1:25.3 while having You Got It, who was lucklessly rimmed the mile, at his wheel, and while that rival couldn’t quite get by, Rich And Miserable followed in the golden chair then went to the Pocono Pike and defeated the pacesetter by a neck in 1:54.4, with You Got It only a length from taking it all after his rough journey.
Todd Buter trains the evergreen trotter, now a career winner of $864,694, for the partnership of Buter Farm Inc. and Lynette Buter.
In the $11,000 co-featured trot, the margin was again a neck, and the final clocking a tick faster at 1:54.3, with the Wheeling N Dealin ridgling Kinnder Thinktwice pouncing off a second-over trip to defeat stubborn two-mover Purple Lord, with Cassius Hanover just a length off after setting the pace. Anthony Napolitano guided the winning favorite for trainer Susan Marshall, co-owner with John Marshall.
Seven sophomore pacing males eligible to their division of the Bobby Weiss Series, which starts on March 29, raced in a maiden pace, won impressively by the colt Federer, a son of Captaintreacherous out of a half sister to Captain Crunch, in his first start of the year and only his second lifetime purse race. Jack Pelling had the three-year-old sixth at the half, then unleashed him to pace a :26.4 third quarter to get into contention; the pair pressed and then passed a breaking leader, then withstood the debuting favored Captain Conan by a half-length while taking a maiden mark of 1:53.4. Jack’s father Brett Pelling trains the talented youngster and races him under his Pelling Racing LLC banner.
George Napolitano Jr. was the hot driver for the day with five victories, getting him to within 18-16 of meet leader Tyler Buter, who had three victories on the day and ten in the three-day week. Peter Pellegrino was the card’s only conditioning doubler as he sits atop the training table in the meet’s early going.
Pocono next races on Saturday at 1 p.m.; the $25,000 fast-class pace, with Spring Inhis Step A, Charlie May and Chase H Hanover among the field of seven, shares the spotlight with the final preliminary of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for horses base-tagged at $30,000 this week, as the competitors look to earn spots in May 15’s $35,000 Championship and owners look for peaking horses to claim and compete in the final. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
WILKES-BARRE PA – The ten-year-old Explosive Matter gelding Rich And Miserable won for the 56th time in his distinguished career when he captured the $12,500 featured trot on a mild Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania – where he has captured exactly half, 28, of his lifetime victories.
Tyler Buter was in his usual spot behind Rich And Miserable, and he guided the veteran to the lead after favored College Tuition beat him out of the gate, reaching the quarter in :28 and soon yielding to that retaking opponent. College Tuition put up middle fractions of :57 and 1:25.3 while having You Got It, who was lucklessly rimmed the mile, at his wheel, and while that rival couldn’t quite get by, Rich And Miserable followed in the golden chair then went to the Pocono Pike and defeated the pacesetter by a neck in 1:54.4, with You Got It only a length from taking it all after his rough journey.
Todd Buter trains the evergreen trotter, now a career winner of $864,694, for the partnership of Buter Farm Inc. and Lynette Buter.
In the $11,000 co-featured trot, the margin was again a neck, and the final clocking a tick faster at 1:54.3, with the Wheeling N Dealin ridgling Kinnder Thinktwice pouncing off a second-over trip to defeat stubborn two-mover Purple Lord, with Cassius Hanover just a length off after setting the pace. Anthony Napolitano guided the winning favorite for trainer Susan Marshall, co-owner with John Marshall.
Seven sophomore pacing males eligible to their division of the Bobby Weiss Series, which starts on March 29, raced in a maiden pace, won impressively by the colt Federer, a son of Captaintreacherous out of a half sister to Captain Crunch, in his first start of the year and only his second lifetime purse race. Jack Pelling had the three-year-old sixth at the half, then unleashed him to pace a :26.4 third quarter to get into contention; the pair pressed and then passed a breaking leader, then withstood the debuting favored Captain Conan by a half-length while taking a maiden mark of 1:53.4. Jack’s father Brett Pelling trains the talented youngster and races him under his Pelling Racing LLC banner.
George Napolitano Jr. was the hot driver for the day with five victories, getting him to within 18-16 of meet leader Tyler Buter, who had three victories on the day and ten in the three-day week. Peter Pellegrino was the card’s only conditioning doubler as he sits atop the training table in the meet’s early going.
Pocono next races on Saturday at 1 p.m.; the $25,000 fast-class pace, with Spring Inhis Step A, Charlie May and Chase H Hanover among the field of seven, shares the spotlight with the final preliminary of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for horses base-tagged at $30,000 this week, as the competitors look to earn spots in May 15’s $35,000 Championship and owners look for peaking horses to claim and compete in the final. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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