Reachthruthesky As parlayed a pocket trip into a visit to the Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania winner's circle on Sunday evening (July 2) when she won the $12,500 featured pace for distaffs in 1:52.1, a new mark despite having to race over a "sloppy" oval.
The track’s leading driver, Matt Kakaley, hustled the McArdle mare away from the gate from the outside post six and got the pocket, following Kay Sage through early fractions of :27.1 and :56.2. The winner was slightly off of a wicked :27 third-quarter duel between the pacesetter and favoured first-over Think Of Galaxies, then got closer as the tempo slackened. She then went to the Pocono Pike and was able to overhaul Kay Sage by 1-1/2 lengths.
Travis Alexander conditions the high-percentage mare (19 wins in 75 starts) for Robert Di Nozzi.
Marcus Miller brought home three winners on the Sunday card to lead the drivers colony.
Two-year-old trotting males will be featured Monday afternoon (July 3) in four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event; that card, and the week-closing card on Tuesday (July 4), will both begin at 1 p.m. (EDT).
(PHHA / Pocono)