Another great week at the Mohegan Sun
25-Jul-2008 07:31 AM NZT
Each day of racing at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, one race stands above all others on the card. That race, known as the feature race, carries the highest purse of the day and, as would be expected, also contains the highest level of competition on that afternoon. »»»

Space Ghost, who died on July 15 as the result of endotoxemia, was scratched from the list of horses available for wagering in the first Little Brown Jug future wagering pool before betting opened today (Thursday) at 12-noon. »»»

The Midwest Region Billings splits that were to be presented at the Ottawa County Fair in Holland, Michigan on July 22 were held over to the next day but when they were raced late scratches reduced the size of the fields. »»»

In one race, a pacing mare will win the largest purse for females at Cal-Expo's winter/spring meet on Saturday (July 26), an amateur driver will be named to represent California in the Jug Week amateur championship race, and 4-5 drivers will be named to the 2009 East-West Challenge team. »»»

Presidential Sam has fared very well at the ocean this summer. The four year-old son of Presidential Ball and the Abercrombie mare Danacrombie now has five wins in six starts at Ocean Downs, including three victories in the "Bud Light Pace" stakes series in June. »»»