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

SMOKEE MIRRORS FROM LAST TO FIRST IN TUESDAY POCONO FEATURE

7/17/2019

0 Comments

 
By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – Smokee Mirrors came in from The Meadows for his first start at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on the Tuesday twilight card. The son of Kadabra scratched in off the AE list to get post nine, and was ninth at the half. And despite all that “distance,” Smokee Mirrors was able to sweep his field to win the $15,000 featured trot in 1:58.2.

Smokee Mirrors and driver Anthony Napolitano did get a fast pace behind which to work, and they followed the sweeping Papi Hanover from fourth-over at the 5/8, going three and then four-wide late on the far turn. In the stretch, Papi Hanover made a short lead, but the long wide journey was tiring, and Smokee Mirrors took over late, then withstood by a neck the favored Holiday Hangover, who had been badly shuffled and was closing even wider than the winner. Andrew Harris is handling the training of Smokee Mirrors for owner Robert Key.

In a $14,000 distaff pacing co-feature, for the second straight week Dark Force parlayed an inside trip into a victory, on Tuesday taking a new mark of 1:50.3. Eric Carlson got away third with the Bettor’s Delight mare, sitting behind pacesetting favorite Sidewalk Dancer and pocketsitter Bye Bye Michelle; Sidewalk Dancer went fast fractions and seemed to blunt any late kick from Bye Bye Michelle, but Dark Force was steered to the deep Pocono Pike and responded sharply to overhaul the chalk by a neck. Ross Croghan trains the winner for Let It Ride Stables Inc.
​
Simon Allard drove five winners to head the Pocono sulkysitters during the Tuesday card, the last of which was $81.20 bomber Shady Secret, who was all alone most of the last half.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    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