Miki And Minnie, voted the Dan Patch Award for two-year-old pacing fillies last season, will make her 2025 purse debut on Monday, May 12 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, starting in one of four $30,000 USD divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for her age, sex, and gait.
A daughter of Always B Miki trained by Chris Ryder for owners Craig Henderson, Robert Mondillo, and Lawrence Minowitz (he is the “Min” in “Minnie,” and her sire is the “Miki”), Miki And Minnie posted 11-6-4-1 finish statistics and earned $1,150,489 in her championship season. Among her triumphs were a division of the Bluegrass (the finale in the top level of the Kentucky state program), the Breeders Crown, and the Three Diamonds.
This year trainer Ryder has given her three preparatory qualifiers: a season-opening second in which she closed in :26, and then victories in 1:52.1and 1:52.4. Dexter Dunn will be in his usual perch behind Miki And Minnie, who has no easy task from the outside post eight, against two foes who already have 2025 wins and two others who show 2024 stakes triumphs. Despite these factors, Miki And Minnie has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favourite in race twelve.
First post at Pocono on Monday is at 1 p.m.; free Pocono program pages are or will be available at phha.org.
( PHHA / Pocono)