Bombay Tom wins at Pocono Downs!
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (September 26, 2026) — Bombay Tom came from well back over a sloppy track. Sent off at 4.50-1 in a $17,500 trot for horses with six to nine extended-pari-mutuel wins, the 4-year-old gelding, trained by Joe Pavia Jr. and driven by George Napolitano Jr., rallied from sixth to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:56.1.
Starting from post 5, he was sixth, 6½ lengths back, at the first quarter (28.1) and sixth at the half (57.1). He moved to the outside, shown by the bubble at the three-quarters (1:26.4), where he was fifth and 2¼ lengths from the front, was fourth and three-quarters of a length back at the stretch call, and then got up to win. His last quarter was 29.2.
The Fix Is In was second in 1:56.2, with Non Disclosure third in 1:56.4. The 1.40-1 favorite, D’wood, finished eighth. Bombay Tom paid $11.00 to win, and the $2 exacta (5-2) returned $44.80.
Bombay Tom, by Bar Hopping out of Miss Wilia, was bred by Christian Stoltzfus and is owned by Steven Held, Jeffrey Hess and Pint Size Racing LLC.
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