Wilkes-Barre, PA –Railroad Station moved to the engine before the half and was in full control of one of four $30,000 Pennsylvania All-Stars divisions for two-year-old pacing males Monday (July 8) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, steaming home to a spectacular clocking of 1:51.1 five lengths ahead of the field.
Railroad Station easily wins a 1:51.1 jaunt in PA All-Stars action on Monday at Pocono. Curtis Salonick photo.
Railroad Station actually had a brief advantage from the rail soon after the gate sprang, but David Miller took the Sweet Lou – Rodeo Rosie colt in hand to let outside contenders Paxamillion and Joe The Bartender battle for the early lead. The two slugged it out well past the :26.1 opening fraction, and as Joe The Bartender finally claimed the top under the wire the first time, Railroad Station was already on the move to retake, getting the lead quickly and going to the half in :54.1.
Paxamilllion came out for another move before the 1:23 three-quarters, but on the far turn the winner achieved separation from his rivals and widened his advantage in the lane, winning by five lengths over Joe The Bartender with Miller motionless behind him. Railroad Station had paced his last quarter in :26 to miss a nose in a Kindergarten division in his only other purse start, and he certainly looks like the real deal for trainer Ron Burke and the ownership of Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Hatfield Stables, and J&T Silva- Purnel & Libby.
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