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The Pocono Downs harness racing facility opened in July 1965. [1] [2] The 5 ⁄ 8-mile (1.0 km) harness track still operates as a component part of the racino that emerged when casino gambling was added 41 years later. [1] Mohegan Sun acquired the Pocono Downs racetrack on January 25, 2005 in a $280 million purchase from Penn National Gaming. [3]
Aug. 14—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association (PHRA) will be at the biggest harness race in Pennsylvania at Mohegan Pennsylvania's Pocono Downs on Saturday, August 17. With ...
Race type: Harness race for Standardbred pacers: Website: Mohegan Sun Pocono racing: Race information; Distance: 1 mile (1609 metres or 8 furlongs) Surface: Dirt, 5/8 mile oval: Track: Pocono Downs: Qualification: 4yo & up: Purse: $500,000 (2016)
The Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, formerly The Meadows Racetrack and Casino, originally (1963) just The Meadows horse-racing track, is a Standardbred harness-racing track and slot-machine casino which is located in North Strabane Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Pittsburgh. After 44 years as a ...
The Breeders 3yo Colt & Gelding Trot is a harness racing event for three-year-old Standardbred maletrotters.It is one part of an annual Breeders Crown series of twelve races for both Standardbred trotters and pacers.
The Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot is a harness racing event for three-year-old and older Standardbred mare trotters. It is one part of the Breeders Crown annual series of twelve races for both Standardbred trotters and pacers. First run in 1986, it is contested over a distance of one mile.
The Pennsylvania ARCA 125, known for sponsorship reasons as the Weis Markets 125 and ModSpace 125, was a event in the ARCA Racing Series, held in late July or early August at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2018. [1] [2] [3]
Owned by an American racing partnership headed by Paul Heineken & Paul Ewell of Ocean City, Maryland, Workaholic was driven and trained by Swedes Berndt Lindstedt and Jan Johnson. [3] In 2010, Pocono Downs became the first venue to host all 12 events on a single night. [4]