Trotting fillies shine in PA All-Stars Series

WILKES-BARRE, PA – Tyler Buter (career driving wins: 4302) and Cody Schadel (career training wins: 4) each had two winners during Tuesday (July 11) afternoon’s four $30,000 harness racing 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 Sire Stakes in her first purse start but who today was on her best behavior while winning in 1:56.2, posting identical halves on the engine. Trainer George Ducharme co-owns the swift miss with Nicola Oliva.

INTERNATIONAL GIFT REPLAY

Tyler also brought the 17-1 shot Hop To It (Bar Hopping – Spellyuptothebar) wide from last at the three-quarters and avoided inside stretch confusion, defeating favored Nora Pearl by a nose in 1:59.3 to add a first to the second in her other career purse start. The filly is trained by Donna Marshall for Robert and Kenneth Mc Nerney along with Glen Vetrano.

HOP TO IT REPLAY

The 21-year-old Cody 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 Loveyouinbunches, a Fordham Road – Lovebeinglucky distaff who has now added an All-Stars division to a 1:58 Meadows Sire Stakes triumph and is undefeated in three purse races, with his father Todd taking the filly coast-to-coast here in 1:58.2 – :58 – 28.4. Todd and Christine Schadel co-own the talented baby with Rick and Regina Beinhauer.

LOVEYOUINBUNCHES REPLAY

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, setting a slowish pace and then sprinting home in :28.1. Second in a Sire Stakes in her only other purse outing, Jakarta Hanover is owned by Todd Schadel and Jim Simpson.

JAKARTA HANOVER REPLAY

Pocono currently races on Saturdays, Mondays, and Tuesday at 1 p.m. and on Sundays at 6 p.m., with Sire Stakes two-year-old pacing fillies going postward on the Sunday card. Program pages for all Pocono races are or will be available by clicking here.

For complete race results, click here.

From the PHHA / Pocono Downs