There were two constants as three-year-old trotting fillies raced for over $275,000 in two divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) and five divisions of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series (StS) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during a Sunday, June 15 twilight card. One was that was no first-round winner repeated in this second preliminary leg, and the other was that every winner set a lifetime mark.

Fastest of all the fillies was Frattina Diablo S ($4.80), a daughter of the hot sire Captain Corey and out of Lindy Strong, who proved best in a four-across finish in the first $69,621 PASS split, stopping the timer in 1:52.1. The Scott Zeron-driven diamondgaiter, second by a nose in her first prelim, was close-up during a :27.4 opener then brushed to the lead past first-round winner Maya Patel Hanover (Yannick Gingras) before a :56.2 half. Nuance (Mattias Melander) started an uncovered bid before a 1:24.3 three-quarters, and as the field came through the stretch, there were two inside the favoured leader — Maya Patel Hanover and Little Road (Brady Brown) to that’s one left — and Nuance to the outside.

Frattina Diablo S showed grit while trotting her last quarter in :27.3, warding off the 20-1 shot Little Road in the deep Pocono Pike by a neck. Maya Patel Hanover was another neck back and just got the show nod in a picture with Nuance. Frattina Diablo S is trained by Tony Alagna for Steve Stewart and Dreamlover Ab. She is two-for-four this season.

In the other section, the Bar Hopping-The Black Beauty filly Lainey W ($5.20) stepped her last fraction in :27.1 while using the Pocono Pike to win by a head over favoured Carve (Andrew McCarthy) in 1:52.3. Carve was on the move at the :28.3 quarter and made the lead, carving out middle splits of :57.3 and 1:25.1. Normally a :55 last half would do a filly very well in this type of race, but Lainey W had just a bit more after the good journey to prove more photogenic. Chestnut Kelly (Tim Tetrick) was third.

Lainey W, who had a second in a PA All-Stars race in her only other start of 2026, was driven by Yannick Gingras for trainer Marcus Melander and the partnership of Brittany Farms LLC and Marvin and Lynn Katz.

Zeron also had the fastest winner in the Stallion Series racing, I Take The Cake ($2.80), another daughter of Captain Corey, whose 1:52.2 clocking shows she may well fit in with the best in the PASS. I Take The Cake made two speed moves and had a clear lead at headstretch, but she won by only a half-length as Green Maztake (Trond Smedshammer) almost repaired a brief backstretch miscue with a huge stretch kick. Be Mine Hanover (Tyler Buter) finished third. The winner, out of Ill Bring Dessert, is trained by Blake MacIntosh for himself and Hutt Racing Stable. She was third in her first StS contest.

The son-in-law/father-in-law team of driver Mike Wilder and trainer Dan Altmeyer accounted for two of the $27,778 Stallion Series divisions. The Greenshoe-Seven High miss Skyline Salty Girl ($13.20) closed to be along by a neck over Intisaar Mil (Tim Tetrick) in 1:54.1 for owners Altmeyer Wilder Racing, Anthony Capone Jr., Mark Capone and David Wills. Clemency (Zeron) completed the triactor. Altmeyer Wilder Racing and Wells also own, along with Dr. Courtney Evans and Beverly Ross, Avianna Hanover ($7.20), yet another Captain Corey offspring, who came from seventh at the stretch call to get up a neck up over Lady Tessie Marie (Tim Tetrick) in 1:55.1. Erica Hale (Brady Brown) was third. The win for the filly out of A Gift For You came after a place finish in the first StS leg.

Trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer, who had come so far to just miss with Green Maztake earlier, went to the front with Islandgirl Hanover ($3.60) and won handily in 1:53.2 for longtime stable patron Purple Haze Stables LLC. The winner, out of Island Lily, won by 2-1/2 lengths over Shoestrings (Matt Kakaley) with Pa Patricia (Chris Shaw) third. She gave Captain Corey his third Stallion Series credit and fourth stakes credit overall on the evening.

The other StS section went to Cantab Hall-Royal Assets filly Royally Bred ($34.60), who scored after a pocket trip in 1:55.3, pulling a 16-1 upset for driver Braxten Boyd and trainer Ray Schnittker. The latter co-owns the three-quarter-length winner with Steven Arnold. Glory And Gold (Zeron) finished second, followed by Farfalle Hanover (Steve Smith).

Scott Zeron had a driving triple on the 12-race card, including one of the two winners that Tony Alagna sent out. Team Wilder/Altmeyer, as mentioned, also had two victories.

Monday’s 1 p.m. card at Pocono features a $20,000 USD fast-class trot, along with the final preliminary leg of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series, with three $13,000 USD divisions programmed for horses base-tagged at $20,000 USD. The entrants will aim to qualify for the $20,000 USD series championship seven days afterwards.

(PHHA/Pocono; photo of Frattina Diablo S winning on June 14)