Pocono: Napolitano Jr. vaults over $100 million in career earnings

Since George Napolitano Jr. has established himself as a legend at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono with a mammoth amount of driving and training titles, it seems appropriate that a horse named Imarocnrollegend N would be the one who in winning made "George Nap" only the 26th driver to go over the $100,000,000 plateau in career earnings.

Napolitano characteristically hustled the imported Rock N Roll Hanover gelding to the lead, then let Keystone Phoenix take command with an early brush. Imarocnrollegend N moved from the pocket to challenge the pace-setter in the stretch and worked his way by the leader by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:51 3/5 for trainer Lorenzo DeSimone, also co-owner with Jerry Zollo. Napolitano, the winningest driver at Pocono this year for the tenth straight season, achieved the earnings milestone in his 11,052nd lifetime triumph (he ranks 12th all-time in North American successes), and he would wind up with three victories on the day, one behind Jim Pantaleano.

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The Father Patrick gelding Amigo Volo, 2020 Three-Year-Old Male Trotter of the Year in a campaign that included a Breeders Crown victory, has never gotten his racing campaigns off to quick starts, but he may have his owners, Pinske Stables and David J. Miller, and trainer Nifty Norman contemplating the entry box for this Tuesday's Crown declarations as he trotted to his second straight in-control victory, this one against $21,500 fast-class company in 1:54 2/5 over a "sloppy +1" track. Jason Bartlett made two pace-controlling moves with the winner of $1,591,414, then got him to trot home in 56 4/5 (27 4/5 last quarter) without a great deal of outward exertion.

--press release (PHHA/Pocono)--