Rose Run Zeke fifth straight win at Pocono

Rose Run Zeke (Stay Hungry) picked up his fifth straight harness racing win to start his career in a division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes, highlighting the action on Sunday night (Aug. 6) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race was one of four divisions of the Sire Stakes held on the evening for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the pace, with purses ranging from $42,441 to $42,881.

ROSE RUN ZEKE REPLAY

Trained by Mitchell York, Rose Run Zeke, a 2-year-old gelding, was sent to the front immediately despite having the outside post in a seven-horse field. As the 2-1 second betting choice, the colt built up a big lead on the back stretch. That lead dwindled severely under the pressure of even-money favorite T H Tyson, who came in unbeaten after two career races and drew to within a length. But driver Hunter Myers coaxed more out of Rose Run Zeke, and he came home a winner by 1 ¾ lengths over T H Tyson, with Solid Character finishing 3^rd.

Rose Run Zeke paced the mile in a career-best 1:51:3. It was the second win at Pocono for the colt, who has also scored three times at The Meadows. The winner’s share of the purse pushed his career earnings to $56,561.

The other Sire Stakes winners on the night at Pocono: Booming Economy (Dexter Dunn, Nancy Takter) in 1:52:1; Captain Fear Not (Matt Kakaley, Kathe Troy) in 1:51:2; and Lou Vuitton (David Miller, Ron Burke) in 1:52:4.

Two-year-old colts and geldings pacers also took part in five $20,000 divisions of The Stallion Series at Pocono on Sunday. Winners were: Yearn To Learn (Dexter Dunn, Chris Ryder) in 1:53; Silken Sweet (Dexter Dunn, Deborah Daguet) in 1:52:4; Rio (David Miller, Scott Cox) in 1:52:1; Syed Ali K (David Miler, Jacob Hartline) in 1:52:3; and Hunger Strike (Matt Kakaley, Travis Alexander) in 1:52:4.

Not to be outdone by the freshmen, three-year-old pacing filly Quick E continued her perfect season on Sunday night at Pocono. In the opening race on the card, the Brett Pelling trainee rolled to a victory on the front end in a condition pace for fillies and mares in 1:51:2. Driven by Tim Tetrick, Quick E made it eight wins in eight races in 2023 with her score in 1:51:2, giving her seasonal earnings of $60,500 after pocketing the winner’s share of the $12,500 purse.

Pocono’s next live racing card comes up on Monday afternoon (August 7) with a 1 PM ET first post. There are 14 races on the Monday Pocono program.

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

by Jim Beviglia, for Pocono Downs