Habanero, trained Amber Buter and driven by husband Tyler, found racing room coming down the stretch with several trotters in contention to win the featured trot of the night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
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In a photo finish with several horses, Habanero was declared the winner with the timer reading 1:58 for the $15,000 claiming trotter. From the middle of the racetrack, Tyler surged to the front with the 10-year-old Inquirer gelding, winning by a head over Shelly Ross (Jim Morrill, Jr.). It was 1-1/4 lengths back to third-place finisher Wildfire Bo (Matt Romano).
This was the fifth win of the season in 21 starts for Habanero.
In an earlier trot race, South Jersey Honey, trained, driven and owned by Steven Reisenweaver, won for the fourth time-in-a-row. He stopped the timer in 1:57.2.
South Jersey Honey, a three-year-old Credit Winner filly, now has won four of nine starts in 2010.
(Pocono Downs)