Dancin Yankee returned to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs after his victory in the Invitational Pace on Sun Stakes Saturday, and made another trip to the Hanover Shoe Farms Winner’s Circle.
The six-year-old, trained by Amber Buter and driven by Tyler Buter, left from post seven, taking the lead just past the quarter and never looked back. With fractions of :26.4, :54.4 and 1:22.3, Dancin Yankee tripped the timer in 1:49 in the Preferred Handicap, winning by one and three-quarter lengths. Abelard Hanover finished second, followed by Digital Z Tam in third.
The win is the 12th this season in 19 starts for Dancin Yankee (Yankee Cruiser–Dancewiththebest), who paid $3 to win, and topped an Exacta of $14.80. He now has earnings of nearly $300,000 this season.
In a condition event earlier in the card, Scott Rocks (Rocknroll Hanover–Plant A Kiss) equalled the national season’s mark for four-year-old pacing geldings on a five-eighth-mile track with a 1:48.3 mile.
(Pocono Downs)