Driver Jim Morrill, Jr. was anything but camera shy on Friday night at Pocono Downs as the veteran sulky-sitter enjoyed eight photo opts throughout the 15-race program
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Morrill opened the card with a pair of winners - Salutation Hanover (1:56.3) for trainer Ron Burke and Pokagon (1:52.3) for Chris Oakes – which would set the tone for the rest of the program.
The resident of Hamburg, New York later won the sixth race, $20,000 Open II, with Drive All Night (1:51.2) for conditioner Carmen Fusco.
Morrill also scored with Golden Opt (1:58.3) in the seventh for Lance Hudson, Uni-optic Man (1:59.4) in the ninth for E.J. Kuncken and Luxury Cruise (1:57.3) in the 11th for Edward Hart before doubling up in the 13th and 14th races with Prank Player (1:59.2), trained by Joseph De Carlo, and the Thomas Stamper pupil Beach Romance N (1:53).
The hot-handed reinsman, who has recorded 4,327 wins in his career earning over $54.8 million in purses, boosted his yearly win total to 164.
The featured $25,000 Open I went to millionaire Quality Western and driver Andrew McCarthy in 1:51. The nine-year-old son of Western Hanover notched his 38th career win for trainer Richard Johnson and the Delegance Stable Ix of Florham Park, the T L P Stable of Kearny and Carmen Iannacone and George Giamarino of Lyndhurst, New Jersey.