Sophomores start Pocono’s Weiss Series action Saturday
At 0h03, on April 3, 2026 • By PHHA, Pocono Downs
Three-year-olds looking to take major steps up the classification ladder will be meeting at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania throughout the month of April in the Bobby Weiss Series, with the first preliminary action set for this Saturday (April 4).
Named after the longtime master trackman at Pocono, the Weiss Series features sections for each of the four sex/gait divisions of sophomores, with the top horses in three preliminary legs coming together for $50,000 series Championships starting on April 25. Pacing colts will race on Saturdays, and their trotting counterparts match up on Mondays; females of both gaits will go gate ward on Tuesdays.
In the opening round for sidewheeling males, many eyes will be on the Captaintreacherous gelding Barrow, who is undefeated in three starts including a 1:51.4 mark, and who wheels right back in after triumphing this past Monday. Any horse who lures Dave Palone eastward in Pennsylvania also deserves extra attention, and among the all-time leading driver’s mounts on Saturday is the Perfect Sting gelding Stingman, undefeated in four 2026 starts, all at The Meadows.
Two trotters matched in the first preliminary for trotting males on Monday are Bee Positive, by top sire Walner out of Horse of the Year Bee A Magician, who comes off a maiden-breaking win of 1:55.3, and Dilly Hanover, an altered son of International Moni who blasted home in :56.3 to make his career debut a winning one in 1:56.3 here on Tuesday.
The only trotting filly entered in the Weiss on Tuesday who shows a 2026 victory is Cynic, a daughter of Captain Corey, and she has already posted three triumphs, including a 1:56 victory in the Wohlmuth Memorial Final Series at The Meadows. Her opponents in the series certainly have the pedigrees to go on – five of them were six-figure sales at the yearling auctions.
In the pacing miss Weiss action, Jamie’s Way looked very promising here last Monday when she showed a high gear in the stretch, the Papi Rob Hanover filly breaking her maiden in 1:53.2 while coming her own back half in :55.2. Trainer Michael Hall comes north from Rosecroft with two three-year-olds showing a 3-2-1-0 seasonal tab: She B Minnie (by Always B Miki) and Sicerto (by Sweet Lou) – with those two stallions still sharing the Pocono track record of 1:47.
