Tyler Buter and Cody Schadel each had two winners during Tuesday afternoon’s (July 11) four $30,000 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars event for two-year-old trotting fillies at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Buter guided the fastest freshman filly in the International Moni-Box Of Gifts miss International Gift, who had made a break in a Sires Stakes in her first purse start but who today was on her best behaviour while winning in 1:56.2, posting identical halves on the engine. Trainer George Ducharme co-owns the swift miss with Nicola Oliva.
Buter also brought the 17-1 shot Hop To It wide from last at the three-quarters and avoided inside stretch confusion, defeating favoured Nora Pearl by a nose in 1:59.3 to add a first to the second in her other career purse start. The Bar Hopping-Spellyuptothebar filly is trained by Donna Marshall for Robert and Kenneth McNerney along with Glen Vetrano.
The 21-year-old Schadel has been driving at the state’s fairs for several years now, but he has had his training license for less than a month now. Tuesday, he had success with Loveyoubunches, a Fordham Road-Lovebeinglucky distaff, who has now added an All-Stars division to a 1:58 Meadows Sires Stakes win and is undefeated in three purse races. Cody's father Todd took the filly coast-to-coast here in 1:58.2 (:58 back half, :28.4 final quarter). Todd and Christine Schadel co-own the talented baby with Rick and Regina Beinhauer.
Another daughter of International Moni, Jakarta Hanover (dam Janderson) was Cody’s second stakes success story, with Andy Miller catch-driving her to a 1:58 win. She set a slowish pace and then sprinted home in :28.1. Second in a Sires Stakes in her only other purse outing, Jakarta Hanover is owned by Todd Schadel and Jim Simpson.
Pocono currently races on Saturdays, Mondays and Tuesdays at 1 p.m. (EDT) and on Sundays at 6 p.m., with Sires Stakes two-year-old pacing fillies going postward on the Sunday, July 16 card.
(PHHA / Pocono)