Run Run Elegant wins at Pocono Downs!
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (July 7, 2026) — Run Run Elegant went to the lead and kept it. Sent off at 3.00-1 in a $15,000 claiming trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the 9-year-old gelding, trained by Joe Pavia Jr. and driven by George Napolitano Jr., won by 1¾ lengths in 1:54.3.
Starting from post 6, he was third on the outside, 1¼ lengths back, at the first quarter (27.3), shown by the bubble, then took the lead by 1¼ at the half (56.1). He was in front by a half-length at the three-quarters (1:25.1), by 1¼ at the stretch call, and by 1¾ at the wire. His last quarter was 29.2.
Breezy Hall, the 2.90-1 favorite, was second in 1:55.0, with Don’t I Wish third in the same time. Run Run Elegant paid $8.00 to win, and the $2 exacta (6-3) returned $52.40.
Run Run Elegant, by Rose Run Hooligan out of Jojo P V, was bred by Marcel Brouillard and is owned by John Whitig, Michael Rich, Jeffrey Hess and Pint Size Racing LLC.
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