While the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes were the featured attractions on the Saturday night program at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, there were also two $30,000 divisions of the Great Northeast Open Series for open pacers. In one, Mach It So equaled the fastest clocking on a five-eighths-mile track this year (Major Uptrend at Dover and Nuclear Breeze at Miami Valley) with a 1:49 victory for driver George Napolitano Jr., trainer Jeff Bamond Jr., and Bamond Racing LLC. Mach It So left side-by-side with Dr J Hanover, let that one take the top before the hot 26 second opening quarter, then removed to the lead.  Mach It So hit the half in 54 1/5, then opened up a sizable lead with a 26 4/5 quarter to trip the third timer in 1:21. The Mach Three gelding still had a big lead as far as midstretch, but both his early exertions and rapid closer Bettor’s Edge were catching up to him; however, you don’t earn $2,578,675 in your career by succumbing easily, and Mach It So held on by a half-length. In the other Great Northeast cut, Rockin Ron became a two-time Great Northeast winner, holding off the determined Rockeyed Optimist by a nose in 1:50 2/5. Matt Kakaley put the Real Desire gelding on top and set fractions of 26 3/5, 55 1/5, and 1:22 4/5; in early stretch the pair had opened up two lengths, but Rockeyed Optimist, first-over, came back on with great gameness only to just get photoed out. Maxdaddy Blue Chip came from way out of it to miss it all by a neck behind the $1,151,107 winner, trained by Ron Burke for Burke Racing Stable LLC., Weaver Bruscemi LLC., RTC Stables Inc., and J&T Silva Stables LLC. --press release (PHHA/Pocono)--