Pocono: Alagna fillies double up in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes

On Sunday night, The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono hosted three divisions of the $168,480 third preliminary leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies. Trainer Tony Alagna accounted for two divisional winners with Treacherous Reign (1:49 4/5) and Tall Drink Hanover (1:50 2/5), while last year’s divisional champion Warrawee Ubeaut posted her second Sire Stakes win while posting a 1:50 mile.

First up was Treacherous Reign, who started her season with four straight wins, including the Fan Hanover final on June 15, but had not won in four starts after that victory. Here, driver Dexter Dunn put the Captaintreacherous filly on the lead before the 27 second opening quarter, posted mid-race splits of 55 4/5 and 1:22 3/5, then guided her home in 27 1/5, two lengths clear of pocket=sitting Beach Bar. The winner of $482,797 is conditioned by Alagna for Alagna Racing LLC., Big Als Stables, Let It Ride Stables Inc., and Mr. Dana Parham.

Warrawee Ubeaut also had a hot start to her 2019, with four victories in her first five starts including a Sire Stakes division in the first prelim, but like Treacherous Reign she came into Sunday having not won in four straight races. Yannick Gingras got the daughter of Sweet Lou away second behind Stonebridge Soul before the 26 2/5 quarter, then moved her to command before the 55 second half. Warrawee Ubeaut got a breather to the 1:23.3 three-quarters, then needed to turn on the afterburners with Stonebridge Soul on her back, and “Ubeaut” responded with a 26 2/5 last quarter which kept the pocket-sitter 1 1/2 lengths in arrears to the wire. The Ron Burke-trained winner of $917,174 looked sharp for the partnership of Burke Racing Stable LLC. and Weaver Bruscemi LLC., Phil Collura, and J&T Silva- Purnel & Libby.

Alagna got his second Sire Stakes win with another daughter of Captaintreacherous, Tall Drink Hanover, who had beaten both of the other PaSS winners in the Shady Daisy Pace at the Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day. Here, Tall Drink Hanover and driver Andrew McCarthy pressed on to the lead passing the 27 second opening quarter, got a short rest while reaching the half in 56 1/5, and then proceeded to throw a pair of 27 3/5 back quarters at her opponents, which put her 1 1/2 lengths ahead on second-place Rockin Philly at the wire and 2 1/2 lengths better than Philly Hanover, previously the only double Sire Stakes winner, in third. Tall Drink Hanover has now amassed $545,677 and has won three straight for Alagna Racing LLC., Marvin Katz, and Riverview Racing LLC.

--press release (PHHA/Pocono)--