Photo: Curtis Salonick
By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
WILKES-BARRE PA – Up-and-coming horses were the featured attractions on a hot Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with a pair of $15,500 races for pacers complemented by two $15,000 contests for trotters.
The Bettor’s Delight sophomore filly Three Times Bettor is undefeated in three 2025 starts and in four straight outings overall after looking most impressive in a 1:51.3 victory. Jack Pelling put the filly on the lead, got a breather to the half, then powered home in :54.3 - :27.1 to win easily for trainer-father Brett Pelling and owner Thaddeus Wier.
Team Pelling and Falkirk were heavy favorites to complete a sweep of the featured paces, but after Falkirk was involved in very fast fractions, he gave way in the lane (taking $13,686 of win-place-show money with him) as the Sweet Lou gelding Sweet Parlay made the most of a second-over trip, winning in a lifetime best of 1:51.2. Braxten Boyd had the winner rolling late for trainer Richard Dunn, co-owner with MBC Stables LLC.
In the quicker of the two trots, the three-year-old Tactical Landing gelding Top Floor Tactics received an alert steer from Colin Kelly while lowering his mark to 1:55.2. Kelly backed "Tactics" out of the pocket on the far turn as Assiduous cleared the leader with a first-over move, then caught the new leader by a length while coming home in :28.1 for trainer Ashley Bako and owners Rosemary Sienicki, Patricia Taddeo, and Eric Taddeo.
Bank Credit, a son of Credit Winner who had been rimmed the mile at Yonkers in his last start, made the most of a kinder opportunity and took a new mark of 1:55.4. Braxten Boyd got Barn Credit in third early, then could wait until late in the backstretch to make another advancing move, and this second burst proved to be successful, with closer Lionheart Hanover a neck back at the line. Mark Ford is the trainer and owner of Bank Credit.
A field of seven two-year-old trotting males contested $14,000 as they made their pari-mutuel debuts. The race was won by the Greenshoe – Settheworldonfire gelding Storm Hanover, who sat in the pocket behind favored pacesetter Money Mayfield most of the mile, then stormed outside late on the far turn and caught the leader by 1¼ lengths in 1:57.4. Driver Todd Schadel also trains the baby, and he owns him with Jim Simpson.
Simon Allard drove the winner in four of the day’s first five races to earn driving honors Monday. And also an apologetic late tip of the helmet to Pocono’s leading driver Tyler Buter, who posted his 5000th career victory here Saturday with Borninlockdown GB.
Pocono has cancelled its scheduled Tuesday 1 p.m. card because of the likelihood of excessive heat, and the track has also moved its Wednesday morning qualifiers to 9 a.m. The next racing at the northeast Pennsylvania oval will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
WILKES-BARRE PA – Up-and-coming horses were the featured attractions on a hot Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with a pair of $15,500 races for pacers complemented by two $15,000 contests for trotters.
The Bettor’s Delight sophomore filly Three Times Bettor is undefeated in three 2025 starts and in four straight outings overall after looking most impressive in a 1:51.3 victory. Jack Pelling put the filly on the lead, got a breather to the half, then powered home in :54.3 - :27.1 to win easily for trainer-father Brett Pelling and owner Thaddeus Wier.
Team Pelling and Falkirk were heavy favorites to complete a sweep of the featured paces, but after Falkirk was involved in very fast fractions, he gave way in the lane (taking $13,686 of win-place-show money with him) as the Sweet Lou gelding Sweet Parlay made the most of a second-over trip, winning in a lifetime best of 1:51.2. Braxten Boyd had the winner rolling late for trainer Richard Dunn, co-owner with MBC Stables LLC.
In the quicker of the two trots, the three-year-old Tactical Landing gelding Top Floor Tactics received an alert steer from Colin Kelly while lowering his mark to 1:55.2. Kelly backed "Tactics" out of the pocket on the far turn as Assiduous cleared the leader with a first-over move, then caught the new leader by a length while coming home in :28.1 for trainer Ashley Bako and owners Rosemary Sienicki, Patricia Taddeo, and Eric Taddeo.
Bank Credit, a son of Credit Winner who had been rimmed the mile at Yonkers in his last start, made the most of a kinder opportunity and took a new mark of 1:55.4. Braxten Boyd got Barn Credit in third early, then could wait until late in the backstretch to make another advancing move, and this second burst proved to be successful, with closer Lionheart Hanover a neck back at the line. Mark Ford is the trainer and owner of Bank Credit.
A field of seven two-year-old trotting males contested $14,000 as they made their pari-mutuel debuts. The race was won by the Greenshoe – Settheworldonfire gelding Storm Hanover, who sat in the pocket behind favored pacesetter Money Mayfield most of the mile, then stormed outside late on the far turn and caught the leader by 1¼ lengths in 1:57.4. Driver Todd Schadel also trains the baby, and he owns him with Jim Simpson.
Simon Allard drove the winner in four of the day’s first five races to earn driving honors Monday. And also an apologetic late tip of the helmet to Pocono’s leading driver Tyler Buter, who posted his 5000th career victory here Saturday with Borninlockdown GB.
Pocono has cancelled its scheduled Tuesday 1 p.m. card because of the likelihood of excessive heat, and the track has also moved its Wednesday morning qualifiers to 9 a.m. The next racing at the northeast Pennsylvania oval will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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