Moni Multiplier Brings Big Return In Pocono Feature
Moni Multiplier turned a $2 win wager into $22 for her backers by winning the $21,233 featured conditioned trot on Tuesday, March 17 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, a day in which the temperature dropped below the freezing mark after a Monday high of 19 degrees.
The International Moni-Lindy On the Rocks mare sat in the two-hole behind a moderate pace set by favored Bruha (Tyler Buter), then left-turned into the Pocono Pike and caught the front-stepping chalk by 1-1/4 lengths to score in 1:57.4. Brother Love (Matt Kakaley) was third. Moni Multiplier now sports a seasonal record of 5-2-1-0-$27,602. She was acquired in January by JML Racing LLC and is trained by Neal Ehrhart. The four-year-old is now four-for-21 lifetime with earnings of $76,042.
Moni Multiplier was driven by Anthony Napolitano, whose three wins at the mountain oval Tuesday had him end the card second in total driving wins in both the day’s and the meet’s standings.
Just ahead of Napolitano in both categories is 2025 champ Tyler Buter, who had four wins Tuesday. He won the last two races on the card to generate a $3.40 late double; both winners were trained by Ron Burke, now second in the standings while going for his fifth local crown in six years. It’s unusual to see the last two winners on a Tuesday have career earnings of more than $4.7 million, but that’s the combined total of This Is The Plan and Southwind Gendry.
Many three-year-olds raced Tuesday while preparing for the rich Weiss Series competition, which starts in early April. Having the most success in this area was the Alagna Armada, with trainer Tony combining with driver Anibal Borjas to put maiden marks on trotting filly Even It Up and pacing colt Vizcaya. They also added a second with a 70-1 shot.
Racing resumes at Pocono on Saturday with a first post of 1 p.m.
(PHHA/Pocono)