Two daughters of Papi Rob Hanover used speedy tactics to post clear wins in their respective divisions of three $42,254 Pennsylvania All-Stars races for two-year-old pacing fillies during the Sunday, July 12 twilight card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The other split was won by a daughter of Captaintreacherous who came from fourth to win by the smallest possible margin.

The faster of the two Papi Rob Hanover All-Stars winners was Aestas (dam Air Miles Hanover), coming off a Pennsylvania Stallion Series win but still dismissed at 10-1. Corey Callahan, perhaps noting the tendency for front-enders to do well on the warmish evening, sent Aestas right to the point and put down fractions of :28.3, :57.2, and 1:25.1 before getting a :27 last quarter from her as she lowered her speed badge to 1:52.1. She held off Sister Girl Blues (Dexter Dunn) by 1-1/4 lengths with Treacherous Bet (Andrew McCarthy) third. Steve LeBlanc trains the winner, who is now two-for-three, for Glenn Dyke. The win price was $22.60.

Fauvette Hanover (dam Fashion Ecstasy) started from the rail and kept adding “1”s to her charted line behind her post, with splits of :27.4, :57.1, and 1:25 preceding her 1:52.4 maiden mark. Iwillalwayslouveu (Yannick Gingras) was 1-3/4 lengths behind the 9-2 winner, who was driven by Jason Bartlett for trainer Britney Dillon, who co-owns the filly with William Hartt. Tiny Hanover (Dexter Dunn) was third. Fauvette Hanover paid $11.40 to win in her first career victory from two starts.

Loyal To The End, a daughter of Captaintreacherous-Lifetime Trust, was game to the end, coming first-over and then just beating out Pocono Pike-shooting Positive Process (Jason Bartlett) by a nose in 1:53. Glittering (Patrick Ryder) finished third. Fractions in this race were :28, :58, and 1:25.4; Loyal To The End paced her own last quarter in :26.4 to keep her perfect in two purse starts after a debut win in the Stallion Series. Andrew McCarthy had the lines for trainer Noel Daley and the partnership of Let It Ride Stables Inc., Jesmeral Stable, Hutchison Harness LLC and CT Stables LLC. The favourite returned $2.80.

The pacing fillies’ trotting counterparts also put on a show in a $22,535 overnight. The rookie Chapter Seven-Plunge Blue Chip filly Kountry Plunge ($2.80) set the pace, then sped home in :56 - :27.2 to defeat a game rival, Secret Lover (Jason Bartlett), by a neck in 1:54.1. Both fillies were making their betting bows after winning two qualifiers, and both have promising futures. Kountry Plunge is trained by driver Åke Svanstedt, and she is owned by OBM Stable, Svanstedt & Midnight Sun, Bender Sweden Inc. and Ecurie Diocles AB.

Leading driver Tyler Buter and Anthony Napolitano, second in the Pocono sulky standings, were the only horsemen having multiple victories on the 12-race card. Buter tallied three times and Napolitano won twice.

Peter Gerry and Cameron Capone won a pair of divisions for the American Harness Drivers Club.

Three levels of fast-class trotters will be the features on Monday’s 1 p.m. card at Pocono, with the $27,500 USD Winners Over Handicap headliner marking the return of 2025 Hambletonian winner Nordic Catcher S, who has not raced since that triumph last Aug. 2. Among the “welcoming committee” will be Dame Good Time, winner of four of his last five starts including a world-record 1:50.2 mile at Philly.

(With files from PHHA/Pocono; photo of Aestas winning on July 12)