WILKES-BARRE PA – Thisisshe and Stop Resistin both scored convincing engine victories in the $12,800 co-featured claiming handicap trots on Monday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
The My MVP mare Thisisshe rolled to her third consecutive triumph, with George Napolitano Jr. sending the sharp distaff to the front and holding the advantage to the wire in 1:55. For trainer Dan Maier and Racing To Win Stable, Thisisshe was a short but profitable visitor to their string – they claimed the mare last week for $26,400 including her mare allowance, and this week she was taken for a $28,800 claiming price, thus adding $2400 via price and $6400 via purse.
The racing week ends Tuesday with a card starting at 12:30 p.m., and then when the action comes back to Pocono on Saturday afternoon, it will be for the first stakes event for the top-flight state-sired younger horses at the mountain track this year, four divisions of a $120,000 Pennsylvania All-Stars contest for the sport’s glamour division, the three-year-old pacing colts.