Three-year-old male trotters competed in three $24,306 first-round preliminaries of the Bobby Weiss Series at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday, April 6, and two of the winners were driven by Tyler Buter, who totalled six victories on the card.

All three winners were making their second starts of the year, and both piloted by Buter were Bar Hopping geldings.

The faster of the two Tyler Buter/Bar Hopping success stories was Confident Volo ($3), who rallied from fifth at the stretch call to get home first in 1:57.2. Confident Volo, the heavy favourite, was handled in a manner reflective of his name to remain unbeaten after two starts this campaign for trainer Todd Buter and owner Oldford Racing LLC. The gelding out of Context was 1-1/4 lengths the best over Acoustic Blue Chip (Matt Kakaley) with Nose Jammer (Todd Schadel) third.

Phoebus Hanover, out of Personal Style, broke his maiden in his second career start in 1:57.3 in the second Weiss split, surprising the assembled while paying $37.60 to win. Buter sat third on the rail much of the way, then found room between horses, and Phoebus Hanover came through shining to notch the win for trainer Nifty Norman and owners Enzed Racing Stable Inc. and Dean Lockhart. Storm Hanover (Todd Schadel) was caught by a neck, while Sir Devious Knight (Jim Pantaleano) completed the ticket.

In all, Buter, defending Pocono driving champion and 2026 leader, won six times during the 14-race Monday card, tying Brett Beckwith’s one-day seasonal high at the northeast Pennsylvania track. His other victories came with Duckies Dynasty ($2.60), Sandyboots Yankee ($11.80), Nob Hill Flash ($3.80) and Raspalia N ($2.40), who remained unbeaten in six stateside starts while taking a $24,306 distaff pacing contest in a new mark of 1:51.2. It was a roller coaster of a trip for the five-year-old daughter of Johny Rock-Fun Sponge – parked two-wide from the start to the five-eighths, then blind-switched, then three-wide without cover, back to two-wide and covered on the turn and again three-deep for the stretch – but the mare surmounted the hard journey for trainer Agostino Abbatiello and Durazzano Stable LLC. She scored by 1-1/2 lengths over Jordanna Hanover (George Napolitano Jr.) and Manhattan Project (Mark Herschberger).

The fastest Weiss winner was Dilly Hanover ($4), an altered son of International Moni-Dornello who is undefeated in two career starts. Unraced at two, Dilly Hanover won his career bow in 1:56.3 last Tuesday, and six days later he came back and lowered his mark to 1:56.1 for driver Braxten Boyd and trainer Emily Bost, who co-owns the gelding with RK4 Racing and Bruce Potter. Dilly Hanover was out to three-eighths until clearing Finn Mccool (Andy Miller), then got a stern challenge from the pocket-sitter through the last quarter, forcing a :28.2 kicker to preserve the victory as the two-holer lapsed very late from gait in his 2026 bow and was beaten a neck. Bee Positive (Buter) was third.

Simon Allard and Braxten Boyd guided two winners apiece on the card. On the training side, Todd Buter was the top conditioner of the day with a double.

Fillies take over the Weiss Series spotlight on Tuesday’s 1 p.m. card at Pocono, with four divisions of trotters and three of pacers contesting their first preliminary round.

(With files from PHHA/Pocono)