Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania — Crystal Fashion, winner of the 2018 Beer Memorial at The Downs in Mohegan San Pocono, is on a winning streak on the mountain track every year since winning the $17,500 spotlight trot at age 2 on Saturday afternoon (September 24) continues.

Crystal Fashion crossed the wire first with a 2-1/2 length in 1:53.1. Curtis Saronic’s photo.

The Qantab Hall geldings raced in minutes of 27.2, 56.2, 1:24.4 in Pocono’s best place on the day (won half of 14 races) and were moved out by driver George Napolitano Jr. I was. At 1:53.1 first he crosses the wire at 2 and he 1/2 length.

The veteran earned most of his $2,173,749 lifetime bankroll at Fashion Farm, but trainer Chuck Chrisman Jr. and EVM Racing have shown their lofty form from solid form shown during their current two-race winning streak. It looks like you have a horse that keeps adding to the total. .

An even faster trotting mile, 1:52.2, was put up by Love You’s veteran son, Eurobond. Eurobond parked past the halfway point before taking the lead of driver Matt Kakaley, but still pulled away throughout the final quarter to win the $14,500 contest. For trainer Travis Alexander and Morrison Racing Stables.

On the pacing side, Better Tan Cheddar Stallion Parmesan N was the 10-1 upset winner in the top $17,500 event. :56.1 and his 1:23.3 mid-split, then Parmesan swung his north wide and caught the pace-setting choke by the neck after a hard-fought battle at 1:51.1 miles. Michael Deters trains winners for himself and his partners Joel Warner, Lawrence Barnett, and John Spindler.

The competition’s leading driver, Matt Cachary, came home first on the card five times, sitting behind the pacesetter three times and behind the horse on two holes twice.

Pocono will race Mondays and Tuesdays at 1:30pm. The card for next Saturday (October 1st) changes from Pocono’s standard starting at 3pm, after playing a concert here the night before. Program pages for all his Pocono races are available on his website at PHHA.