Wilkes-Barre Pa – The temptation of $ 2,300,000 in wallets, plus in many cases bragging the rights, this Saturday afternoon (August 16) attracted a considerable part of the stars of Harness Racing to Pocono Downs in Mohegan Pennsylvania for the largest map of the year, Sun Stakes on Saturday. The 14 -Race program, starting at 2.30 pm, brings many of the best horses in North American harness races, both this year and in recent campaigns.
The most important format of the day is as follows: each of the four divisions of three -year -olds, separated by sex and loop, is sown by their money ears in 2025, with a maximum of eight horses per field. The two bets for men, the Earl Beal Memorial Trot and the Max C. Hemting Memorial Pace, will race for $ 300,000, $ 200,000 and $ 100,000 in three races for each respective group as sorted by seasonal money extremes. The James Lynch Memorial Pace and Delmonica Hanover Trot, the accompanying events for mares, have $ 250,000 $ 125,000- $ 75,000 sections, also separated by the income of 2025.
There will also be $ 100,000 invitations for the best older horses on both courses: the always B Miki Pace and the Sebastian KS Trot, named after the co-fastest pacer and fastest Trotter ever at Pocono.
Here is a short glance at the top horses in the most important competitions on the Sun Stakes Saturday card, per event – normally, “The Boys”, with their larger wallets, would first be mentioned, but there is one mare traps that have been waited for months, and so it will be at the top for us:
James Lynch Memorial Pace ($ 250,000 Divisierace 10; $ 125,000 division Race 6, $ 75,000 Divisierace 2):
Everyone has been looking forward to the matchup between Miki and Minnie (Always B Miki), #1 in the recent Top Ten Poll and Dan Patch Award winner last year, and Chantilly, Harness Horse of the Year in Canada after an unbeaten first -year campaign, and they will finally see this confrontation on Saturday.
Miki and Minnie (post two, driver Dexter Dunn, trainer Chris Ryder) have won seven times in eight seasonal starts (the only horse that defeated her, Rodeo Drive Deo, here at Pocono at a head, just starts in her), and has won her last four starts, with all the lengths, with all the strikes, with all the strikes, with all the strikes, with all the strikes, with all the strikes She is versatile and determined, and she has familiar with the 5/8 milers.
Chantilly (post six, driver James Macdonald, trainer Nick Gallucci) ventures away from her home of Woodbine Mohawk Park for the first time in her career. She has had brilliant success in the Oval of Toronto area and won all nine of her first-year races and the first five races of her second-year campaign; It will be interesting to see how she bounces back from her first loss, a race against older enemies last Friday, in which she had terrible traffic problems.
Delmonica Hanover trot ($ 250,000 Divisierace 11; $ 125,000 Divisierace 7, $ 75,000 Divisierace 1):
There is still a large mandriage in the Delmonica Hanover, between two misses in the top ten: Conversano and Yo Tillie. Conversano (post three, driver James Macdonald, trainer Juan Cano) comes from a victory in the prestigious Hambletonian Oaks, and the methodical Miss is the first in seven of the nine seasonal start.
Yo Tillie (post seven, driver Todd McCarthy, trainer Andrew Harris) was not eligible for the Hambletonian Oaks, but she destroyed Stakes when she was raced, undefeated in five starts (she and Conversano did not meet this year). Yo Tillie shows sizzling speed on miles oval; Her adjustment to an external pole on a smaller oval will be a key here.
Max C. Hemting Memorial Pace ($ 300,000 Divisierace 12; $ 200,000 Divisierace 8, $ 100,000 Divisierace 4):
When writing about the Glamor division, the first word must still be given to Louprint (Dear Lou), Dan Patch Award winner of last year in this group, and impressive while he was unbeaten in 2025 until he was injured and goes to the sidelines – the last word is expected to return.
The two who have best filled in the opening of Louprint, his Prince Hal Hanover (post one, driver Todd McCarthy, trainer Dr. Ian Moore) and Twisted Destiny (after three, director Dexter Dunn, trainer Chris Ryder). Prince Hal Hanover has used his gate speed and skill to take the last two major events of the division, the Adios and the Milstein, but Twisted Destiny won the Messenger, was not far behind “Prince Hal” in his last two races and gave Louprint everything he wanted in a race in Pocono earlier.
Captain Optimistic, winner of the Cane Pace, and Dandy Ideal, who was in the photo with turned fate in the Messenger and has since won four upright, are ignored at his own risk.
Earl Beal Memorial Trot ($ 300,000 Divisierace 13; $ 200,000 Divisierace 9, $ 100,000 Divisierace 3):
The horses will probably be delivered the most in the Beal Start from the middle of the gate: Super Chapter (post four, director Dexter Dunn, trainer Marcus Melander) and Emoticon Legacy (Post Five, director Louis Roy, trainer Luc Blais).
Super chapter (Chapter Seven) Stolen five victories in Stakes Company to start his 2025 campaign, then had to settle for second place in the Hambletonian, because he was caught behind a tiring paceter and could not rebuild fast enough. Emoticon Legacy called four victories, all in the bet, to start the year before they have an underlying day with the Hambletonian, but it would not be difficult to see him bouncing back and being in the photo immediately.
Sebastian KS Trot ($ 100,000; Race 5):
Warrawee Michelle, the winner of the Delmonica Hanover from 2024 on Sun Stakes on Saturday, has the chance to feed an impressive double while she starts from Post Four in the Invitational Trot. She brings the right connections: the race is named after track record holder Sebastian KS, last year’s winner was the big Jiggy Jogs, and both horses – and Warraewee Michelle – were treated by Åke Svanstedt.
Security security came from eleventh in the three-quarters in his last start, the cashman trot, to be the second to periculum, but his chances were not helped in the post when he was stuck behind the 8-ball.
Always B Miki PACE ($ 100,000; Race 14):
Ken Hanover (post three, driver David Miller, trainer polie Mallar) is the “form” horse -being -pacing group, with six victories in eight 2025 Starts and a Pocono victory on his CV, and he is probably the one who needs to be won to win the Always B Miki.
Captain Albano won the Hempt pace last year, so he has a chance comparable to Die Warrawee Michelle has completed a special Sun Stakes ‘Double’ on Saturday. The two inner horses, Abuckabett Hanover and Maximus Miki, also seem to be large dangers here.
And also do not think that the “comfort races” also have no firepower for the three-year-old: for example the very first race of the day, the third rank of the Delmonica Hanover races, only has this sector division champion sector, champagne problems and the breeders’ crown of last year in this group, Lady Landia.
The Sun Stakes Saturday Supercard will also have four guaranteed pools in multi-race bets, in combination with the strategic better initiative of the USTA:
Races 10-13: $ 10,000 guaranteed pick 4 pool (with the four major races for 3YOS)
Races 1-4: $ 5000 guaranteed pick 4 pool
Races 5-9: $ 5000 guaranteed pick 5 pool
Races 9-11: $ 5000 guaranteed pick 3 pool.
The last scratches and the changes of the driver will be posted early on Tuesday afternoon on the US Troting Association website. Program pages are available at a certain time afterwards www.phha.org.
From the Phha / Pocono Downs
#million #wallets #released #Saturday #armor #stars #Sun #Stakes