Grand Circuit action in full swing at Pocono

Native Bride continued her winning ways with a victory in a W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes race on Saturday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The Reynolds races are the featured part of Grand Circuit Week at Pocono, which runs through next Friday.

Native Bride (Allamerican Native-Nova), trained and driven by Joe Pavia Jr., rolled to a win against other 3-year-old filly pacers in 1:51.1, a career best for the filly. She now has seven wins in nine races this year, including the May Flowers final and a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes win at Pocono, and 10 wins in 12 races in her career.

There were seven divisions of the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes held on Saturday at Pocono for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, each of which carried a purse of $20,000. There were also three splits held for 3-year-old pacing fillies with purses of $26,636.

The other 3-year-old filly Reynolds winners on the day were Cannae Princess (Cambest-Cannae Peach, 1:52.3, driven by Yannick Gingras and trained by Mickey Burke), and Dreamlands Latte (Artsplace-Dreamlands Hardie, 1:52.3, driven by David Miller and trained by Joe Holloway).

Citation Lindy, a Cantab Hall-Benedicta Jet colt trained and driven to victory by Ray Schnittker, turned in the day’s fastest time among the 2-year-old trotting divisions of the Reynolds, with a win in 1:57.1. Other winners were Sir Caviar (SJ's Caviar-Sierra Flower K, 1:57.4, driven by Dave Palone, trained by Dan Reynolds); Knoxtrot Hall (Broadway Hall-Knox Trot, 1:59.4, driven by Mike Lachance and trained by Richard Ringler); The Vatican (Cantab Hall-Armbro Nun, 2:01, driven and trained by Dewayne Minor); Shermans Mountain (Broadway Halll-Lake Serena, 1:57.3, driven by Mike Simons and trained by Donald Wiest); Winning Mister (Angus Hall-Winning Missbrenda, 1:58, driven by Charlie Norris and trained by Rich Gillock); and Encore Encore (Broadway Hall-Key's La Nina, 2:00, driven by Norris and trained by Gillock). (Pocono Downs)

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