Ashtoreth Hanover wins claiming handicap at Pocono

Ashtoreth Hanover, reined by Jim Morrill Jr., came from off the pace Wednesday (June 2) to win the $20,000-$25,000 claiming handicap pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

Paper Cut (Andrew McCarthy) cut out the first-half of the mile with times of 26 and 55.2, respectively, before tiring down the backstretch.

Morrill Jr. began his charge with the eventual winner and held off a fast closing Fivewillgetyouten (Billy Dobson) at the wire, winning by a neck with a time of 1:54. This was the fourth win in 11 starts this season and two straight for the four-year-old mare trained by Kris Rickert.

Ashtoreth Hanover also was claimed out of the race and goes back to the Ron Burke Stable.

Tina Tim, an 80-1 longshot driven by Jim Taggart Jr., won a non-winners of two extended pari-mutuel races condition trot with a time of 1:59.2. This winner returned $168.60, $110.40 and $13.20 across the board. It also set up a Pick 3 payoff of $1,683.80, an Exacta return of $1,158.60 and a winning Trifecta ticket of $2,289.40.

J. Neal Ehrhart trains Tina Tim, a winner for the initial time this year on the fourth start. (Pocono)

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