Incommunicado stretches streak to four

Incommunicado (Chapter Seven) kept alive an impressive harness racing winning streak when he dominated the featured Open trot on Saturday (Aug. 26) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race carried the day’s top purse of $30,000.

Leaving from post position #5 in a field of six (post positions were assigned for the race), Incommunicado, a five-year-old gelding trained by Ake Svanstedt, was made the 1-2 favorite. He stayed off a blistering early pace set by What Should I Go, sitting fourth until the back stretch. That’s when driver George Napolitano Jr. called on Incommunicado for a first-over brush, and the favorite made up an eight-length deficit by the time they hit the three-quarter pole.

From there, he easily dusted What Should I Goo and hustled away to win in six lengths in 1:51:4. Amigo Volo finished second and Yanks Dugout picked up the show.

The win gives Incommunicado four wins in a row, with two of those victories at Pocono sandwiching single scores at Harrah’s at Philadelphia and Yonkers. It was his fifth win in nine overall this year. Incommunicado now has 20 lifetime victories and career earnings of $673,257.

INCOMMUNICADO REPLAY

Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania resumes live racing on Sunday night (August 27) with a first post time of 6 PM EDT. There are 10 races on the Pocono Sunday card.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Jim Beviglia, for Pocono Downs