<body><div>Wilkes-Barre, PA — The John Simpson Sr. stakes series continued on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 26) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with $120,000 divided equally among four divisions of the Albatross 3-year-old pace for males, and $117,010 distributed in three divisions of the Davidia Hanover for 2-year-old trotting females.Driver Tyler Buter, leading pilot on the day at Pocono with four visits to Victory Lane, teamed with trainer Nifty Norman for two wins among the stakes males. They both fulfilled the basic “blueprint” of the day’s stakes winners — be well-supported by the public, and race on or near the lead, that decision sometimes influenced by strong winds that varied in direction during the day.The faster of the Buter/Norman successes was the Always B Miki gelding Its Saturday Night, who took a new mark of 1:51 on this Saturday afternoon. Its Saturday Night, the second choice, was used to make the lead, then pushed favorite Rush In to clear to the half and then sat a pocket journey. Buter kept the sophomore in behind the favorite until early stretch, then moved him out and ran down the chalk to win by the shortest possible margin for Dune Road Stables LLC.The second of the pairing’s winners was the Bettor’s Wish gelding Wish You Well, who fit the “blueprint” in the opposite way from his stablemate: he was the favorite, and he set the pace, getting his own fractions and holding on by a neck over the potential pocket rocket De La Hoya Hanover in 1:52.3. The winner, owned by Kovach Stables LLC, has now earned $485,440, tops among the card’s stakes winners.Sire Bettor’s Wish got a second credit in this section when the gelding Arbitrage Hanover won for the ninth time in 12 starts during 2024. Jack Pelling kept the favorite behind leading second choice Maxim Hanover for the meat of the mile, then turned his own last quarter in :27 to get home first by 2-3/4 lengths in 1:51.4 for trainer/father Brett Pelling and owners Pelling Racing LLC, Rojan Stables and Bridle Path Stables LTD.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1ikmcn_0wO0YS3Y00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1ikmcn_0wO0YS3Y00" width="340" height="201" ><figcaption>The fastest Albatross winner was the Huntsville gelding Huntingforchrome, who shone in 1:50. Curtis Salonick photo.</figcaption></figure>The fastest Albatross winner was the Huntsville gelding Huntingforchrome, who shone in 1:50 while steaming home from the two-hole to catch Vengeance Bluechip, bet to 1-2 vs. Huntingforchrome’s 2-1, by 1-3/4 lengths. The potent Pocono pairing of driver Matt Kakaley and trainer Travis Alexander combined to get a winning performance for NY Seb Inc.The Davidia Hanover also saw a double win situation for a driver-trainer combo — driver Ridge Warren and trainer Marcus Melander — and again following the normal pattern of the day. The Gimpanzee-Zeta Wise AS miss and favorite Mimosatomartini S made every pole a winning one, setting her own pace then holding off the pocket-sitter Swoop by a half-length in 1:56.3 for Courant Inc.Warren/Melander success also came to the Maharajah-Hot Mess Hanover filly Margareta Hanover, the odds-on favorite, in 1:56.4. Margareta Hanover was just behind a prolonged duel between pacesetter Halfadozen and Bouquet, then responded quickly when taken to the Pocono Pike and won by 1-1/4 lengths over the uncovered dueler for owner Russell Williams.The fastest filly stakes winner broke her maiden while winning her cut in 1:56.2 — the Southwind Frank–Mezcal Morning miss Hangover. The winner’s five-horse field saw two horses break early and one starting to gap early, so this race was basically matchup between the winner and leading Princess Jackie, with the winner rallying to a three-quarter length margin on the money for driver George Napolitano Jr., trainer Åke Svanstedt, and the partnership of Åke Svanstedt Inc., Joe Sbrocco &amp; JAF Racing, Little E LLC, and Rivers Stable Inc. (And if we said that the winner was the third choice, especially in a five-horse field, the race still did follow the “blueprint”: the favorite, who broke, was 3-2, the pacesetter was 8-5, and the winner was 9-5).</div></body>

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Wilkes-Barre, PA — The John Simpson Sr. stakes series continued on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 26) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with $120,000 divided equally among four divisions of the Albatross 3-year-old pace for males, and $117,010 distributed in three divisions of the Davidia Hanover for 2-year-old trotting females.

Stakes action aplenty Saturday at Pocono

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