Ontario-sired Daylon Miracle overcame a sloppy track and a tough first-over grind to win the featured Preferred Handicap Trot on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race carried a purse of $25,000.
Leaving from post position No. 2 in a field of seven as the even-money favourite, Daylon Miracle, a five-year-old Pegasus Spur-Daylon Marvel mare trained and owned by William Bercury, sat fifth for the first half-mile of the race. It wasn’t until the backstretch that driver Brett Miller set the mare in motion and took aim at pacesetting Coraggioso. In the stretch, Daylon Miracle took over and held off the closers by three-quarters of a length in 1:56.1 on a sloppy track. Money On My Mind rallied for second while Coraggioso faded to third.
Daylon Miracle earned her sixth win in 10 races this season. The victory was her 18th lifetime, pushing her career earnings to $314,465.
(With files from Pocono Downs)