WILKES-BARRE, PA – Im Sir Blake A (Alta Christiano N) took an immediate liking to the racing oval at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, shipping in and promptly taking a new mile mark of 1:49.1 while winning the $27,500 handicap pacinig harness racing feature on Saturday.
Im Sir Blake A and driver Marcus Miller (Curtis Salonick Photo)
Marcus Miller was the innermost of the three main leavers, forcing one in behind, then letting the other go nearing the :26.1 quarter, only to retake the lead in front of the stands. Im Sir Blake A passed the half in :55, started to leave the field behind nearing the 1:22.3 three-quarters and could not be caught while turning in a :26.3 last quarter.
Driver Marcus Miller’s father Erv conditions Im Sir Blake A now a winner of $286,527, for owner Douglas Overhiser.
IM SIR BLAKE A REPLAY
In one of the two $17,500 featured trots, the Kadabra mare P L Notsonice equaled the fastest trotting mile of the year at Pocono by going wire-to-wire in 1:52.1. Marcus Miller made the lead with the strong mare before the quarter and hung-up fractions of :27.2, :56.2, and 1:24.1 en route to a routing of her opposition.
Trained by Steven Brabrook for owners Jaypaul Hoover and Elite Harness Racing LLC, P L Notsonice now has earnings of $251,905, and on Saturday she missed her lifetime mark, taken at Plainridge last year, by a tick.
P L NOTSONICE REPLAY
In the other trot headliner, another mare was just as dominant, as the Swan For All mare Queen Of All lowered her mark to 1:53.1 while raising her earnings to $322,125. Matt Kakaley moved the winner to the lead past…