The A Rocknroll Dance four-year-old mare Reclamation, who started her racing career in Great Britain and broke her maiden in a race for a purse of U.S. $706, posted her fifth-straight victory with a career-best 1:50 mile in the $17,500 distaff pacing feature at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on the Tuesday, May 28 program.
Culinary Delight N forced Keystone Riptide in behind her going to the :26.2 quarter. Juslikeaqueen then attempted a quarter move from third but the pacesetter gave her the cold shoulder through hot middle fractions of :54.1 and 1:21.3. Reclamation had tucked fourth early and then followed Juslikeaqueen outside the whole way.
Around the far turn, Juslikeaqueen forged to the lead with Reclamation swinging wide to go after her. Driver Matt Kakaley needed the length of the stretch to get Reclamation past Juslikeaqueen to notch her fifth win in six starts this season and her 12th win in twenty races overall. Ron Burke handles the training of the winner for W J Donovan and Baltimore, Ireland’s Donal Murphy.
Driver Matt Kakaley also accounted a win in the $14,000 co-featured distaff pace among his four wins on the night. In this sub-feature Kakaley had to go first over to wear down favoured Brazuca with the Always A Virgin mare Neverforgetwhour, then held off potential pocket-rocket Intoview by three-quarter lengths in 1:52.3. Team Lorentzon is in charge of the winner of $208,900, with Anette Lorentzon also the owner.
Two claims for a total of $42,000 on the Tuesday card boosted the total number of relocations for the racing week to a 2019 record of 22, The $458,375 changing hands posted another seasonal high. For the year, there have been 197 claims at Pocono, producing a money turnover of $3,622,125.
(with files from PHHA/Pocono)