Lightning Elvis strikes at Pocono

Lightning Elvis, driven by North America’s leading driver George Napolitano Jr., won the featured Saturday night race at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

The 4-year-old McArdle gelding stopped the timer in 1:51. Lou Pena trains this winner.Rader Detector (Larry Stalbaum) finished second with third-place going to The Perfect Escape (Matt Kakaley).
Napolitano Jr., collected five wins through the first eight races of the 16-race card Saturday evening. He won four straight with Lightning Elvis, Berto Keven, Muscles To Spare and It’s Ideal Hanover.

His fifth win came with Cameron Chip.

The feature trot of the night went to Muscles To Spare, trained by Sarita Mosher. Muscles To Spare was winning four straight at the Northeastern Pennsylvania racetrack.

Muscles To Spare’s winning time was 1:54.3.
Second in this race was Camelot Kosmos (Matt Kakaley) while Bengali (Andrew McCarthy) finished third.

Starting Monday night (August 2) until the end of the season November 13, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is lowering its takeout from 35 percent to 25 on Trifecta and Superfecta wagers.(Pocono)