Princess Fabulosa made her last start of the 2016 season on July 14, but the 11-month wait for her to come back to the races is now paying off in spades, as the Well Said mare is now 2-for-2 in the current campaign after taking a new lifetime mark of 1:51.2 despite a sloppy track Tuesday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
Scott Zeron let the winner of $126,090 proceed frontward at her own pace, making the top past the :27.3 opening split, then backing off the half to :56.2. Princess Fabulosa turned on the afterburners in the back half, coming home in :55 to be well clear of Family Roll Call, second to the winner for the second straight week.
Mark Silva conditions the promising distaff (this was only her 19th lifetime start) for owners Lewis Whitaker and Charles Rowe.
Just before the third race, the skies opened up over northeast Pennsylvania, with such heavy rain that the horses got as their chart call at the half and 3/4s “RN,” for rain, so tough was the visibility. A near-gale-like stretch headwind developed, explaining fractions of :27.1, :57.3, 1:25, and 1:55.4 over the 5/8-mile track.
As for driver Simon Allard, he figured that if he couldn’t see any horse in front of him, he was in good shape, so he sent Drivingthedragon N right to the top and went coast-to-coast at a $7.40 mutuel.
(PHHA / Pocono)