By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – The best race of the Saturday afternoon card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania was the first race, with Dandy Ideal, who was just photoed out by Twisted Destiny in the Messenger Pace Final in his last race, overcoming post eight to win in 1:48.2 – within two-fifths of a second of the track record for sophomore pacing geldings set by two of the best horses of the previous decade: Lucan Hanover (2013) and Wiggle It Jiggleit (2015).
 
Dandy Ideal was extremely wide early and took a midpack tuck for driver Jason Bartlett as Lou Grant (a four-year-old), who’s developed rapidly in recent weeks, was parked well past a :26.1 quarter for command, hitting the half in :54. Dandy Ideal (by American Ideal) moved uncovered at that point and fought bitterly with Lou Grant, even getting a brief small advantage just past the 1:21.1 three-quarters.
 
But Lou Grant is a determined customer, and reclaimed a short lead early in the stretch. The two talented pacers went right at each other through the lane, and it was only in the last strides that Dandy Ideal gained the lead for good, winning by a neck after a memorable battle while lowering his mark for trainer Hunter Oakes and the ownership of Susan Oakes, Thaddeus Wier, and Alan Johnston.
 
That race went for $17,000 on the pace; in the co-featured trot for the same class of horses, the winner was the E L Titan gelding Super Duper Cooper, who sat in the pocket behind favored Ordained as that one went through the rain to post splits of :27.2, :57, and 1:25.1. Jason Bartlett, sweeping the two features, moved Super Duper Cooper, now a winner of $368,147, to the outside entering the stretch and gradually had him get by the leader by three quarters of a length at the wire for trainer Jeff Cullipher and Pollack Racing LLC.
 
In the $16,500 fast-class pace, the Always A Virgin gelding Virgo, who thrives on the lead, won his second straight race, but Kentucky invader Congressional gave him all he wanted in a 1:49.1 mile. Virgo was two-high to gain command by a :25.4 quarter; Congressional was three-deep most of that distance, then powered right on to the top, but Virgo and driver Simon Allard reclaimed the top spot by the :54 half and then reached the three-quarters in 1:21.2. Congressional came back for more in the Pocono Pike, but Virgo held him off by a half length for trainer Darren Taneyhill and owners Mark Jakubik and Jason Darling while stretching his career winnings to $574,487.
 
Also turning in a swift victory was Da Delightful, proving a pocket rocket in 1:49.4. Three trotters clicked for miles of 1:52.4: Cassius Hanover, P L Notsonice, and Mississippi Storm. Of accomplishment on the driving side were Braxten Boyd and George Napolitano Jr., each bringing home three winners.
 
During the racecard there was a trackside ceremony for longtime Pocono fixture Greg Wasiluk, who has had almost every job at the track imaginable, including driver, trainer, judge, and now horsemen’s representative. The universally-admired Wasiluk was given the Unsung Hero Award by the Keystone Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
 
Sunday’s 6 p.m. twilight card at Pocono will feature three $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for promising two-year-old pacing fillies; there will also be a carryover into the first race Superfecta pool and the last race High 5 wager. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA –Greenshoe sired four out of the five stakes winners at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon (unfortunately for future breeders, three of his quartet of winners are geldings, including both winners in the third preliminary leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for sophomore trotting males).
 
The card featuring $164,366 of stakes action was an unusual afternoon in another way: all of the winners were coming off significant gaps in what would be a regular racing schedule. Fashion Green, the faster Sire Stakes winner in a new mark of 1:52.3, is undefeated in six starts lifetime, but four of them were in early summer of his two-year-old year, one was April 24 of this year, and one was Friday. Whatever Jim Campbell is doing to have the trotter ready off layoffs is surely working, as the sophomore sat behind early fractions of :28.3 and :57.2, then moved uncovered to a 1:25 three-quarters and continued getting faster, coming his own back splits in :55.2 - :27.1 while looking good for driver Tim Tetrick and Fashion Farms LLC.
 
Greenma was undoubtedly helped when favored rival Meshuggah jumped at the start of the other cut, but despite being off for 20 days, he too would have been tough to deny today under any circumstances. Trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer sat with his horse through mild fractions of :29 and :59.1, but the pair then came raw,  gained even with the three-quarters speeding up to 1:26.3, and kept on increasing the velocity, covering his back half in :54 while lowering his mark to 1:53.4 for Purple Haze Stables LLC. It’s a fair question to ask what these two might be doing on the first Saturday in August.
 
All three winners in the Stallion Series action had raced in an All-Stars event at Pocono on May 18, but in the intervening 54 days, two had raced twice, and one once – yet the trio, with no previous StS victories among them, still beat seven other horses (one a doubler) who had previously won Stallion Series races. The Greenshoe that equaled the 1:54.2 quickest of these miles (and is the sole colt of the four winners for that sire), Manoah, was hard-used but still tallied for trainer Anette Lorentzon, owner Courant Inc. and meet-leading driver Tim Tetrick, giving him a win in both of the stakes sections while coming home first four times overall on the day.
 
The other 1:54.2 StS winner, the Bar Hopping colt Give Me A Yankee, was the one who had raced but once since that May 18 common date, but he responded sharply from the pocket to reduce his speed tab for driver Simon Allard, trainer Mark Akins, and the pair’s A 1 Racing. The fourth Greenshoe winner was Green Mel, and second-time Lasix he made every pole a winning one in 1:55.4 - :57 - :28.2 for driver Andy Miller, trainer Julie Miller, and the combine of Willow Oak Racing LLC, Michael Anderson, and Andy Miller Stable Inc.
 
On a day where half the fourteen races were won by the favorites, Sporty Dragon was driven well by Johnathan Ahle for trainer-owner Ray Burt to get home first and pay $136.20 to win – biggest price at Philly since November 10 of last year.
 
Racing resumes at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday, with a 12:40 start time. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.com.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
HUGHESVILLE PA – For the second straight week, the Pennsylvania Fair harness circuit set up shop at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in the northcentral portion of the state; last week Hughesville hosted one of five “Two-Day” non-fair events enabled by legislation, and this Wednesday and Thursday the Fair Sire Stakes horses raced the “fair-proper” meeting.
 
The most amazing fact from this week’s racing occurred during Thursday, the day for three-year-olds, as brothers Todd and Tony Schadel swept the eight “A” Fair Sire Stakes events, two divisions each in each of the four categories. Tony is this barn’s driver, wife Linda is the trainer, and the pair co-own all these three-year-old winners, while Todd is the trainer and driver of these horses from his shedrow.
 
Tony and Linda Schadel had a sweep of the pacing filly event, with the Always B Miki filly Milagro, the horse who first won her 2024 Championship in a record time and then last Thursday set the Hughesville’s standard of 1:55.2 under perfect conditions, came back again Thursday to win in 1:59; her stablemate Tina’s Wish also won in 2:01.3. In the three other sophomore “A” sections, drivers Todd won one and Tony won one.
 
The “A” colt paces both provided 2:00 miles, the faster being the Always B Miki gelding Don’t B Blue in 1:59.1 for “TnSchadel”; “TdSchadel” won in 2:00 with Bettor Not to become one of two horses, both from Todd’s barn, to win in the “A”s at the first three fair stops. A third 2:00 mile was added in a “B” Sire Stakes cut, as Risky Endeavor won in 2:00 for driver Joe Chindano Sr. and trainer Neil Balcerak.
 
On the trot, 2024 champion Lionheart Hanover, a Greenshoe gelding, won in 2:01 with Tony’s handling for the fastest trot of this meet; the other winner in this group, Set The Bar, set the track trot standard of 1:58.4 last week and was the second horse of Todd’s to reach three “A” wins at the fairs in 2025. It should be noted that among Todd’s sophomore winners, Set The Bar is the only one not exclusively owned by Todd and his wife Christine; Rick and Regina Beinhauer are also partners.
 
Among the two-year-olds, no “A” horse recorded a third win, but the fair season’s record listing was beaten once and tied once, both alterations by fillies. The Father Patrick – Pixie’s Lady trotting filly Pixie’s Stardust broke her maiden in a fair-leading 2:04.1 for trainer-driver Steve Schoeffel and owners Kathy Schoeffel, James Nelson, Michael Munn, and Roger Romeesser.
 
On the pace, the 2:03.1 season’s mark of Beachy’s Mistress (also handled by Schoeffel) was equaled by the Heston Blue Chip – Sirens Song miss Lady T, who broke her maiden for trainer/driver Pete Kaiser, co-owner with Zachary Kaiser.
 
Training honors at Hughesville II were shared by Linda and Todd Schadel with seven winners; Tony won the driving crown by guiding all  seven of Linda’s winners, with Todd driving six horses he trained (the seventh winner was guided by his son Cody, finishing ahead of his dad). Eric Neal continued with a hot hand by steering two winners each day.
 
The fair circuit is right back in action starting this weekend at Clearfield, about as central a track as there is in Pennsylvania, with Clearfield employing their now-unique four-day format: Sunday the 13th freshman trotters at 5:30, followed by their pacing counterparts on Monday at 1. Pacers are highlighted the last two days at Clearfield, with trotters at 1 on Tuesday and the meet closing with pacers at 5:30 Wednesday.
 
All the Clearfield action is scheduled for live streaming on the You Tube channel of the Fair Horsemen’s Association (PFHHA):https://www.youtube.com/@pfhha-tv3905/streams. You can reach live streaming coordinator Seth Dowling at 717 513 3643.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – The three-year-old Cantab Hall trotting filly Tabdone won her fourth straight race as she took Thursday’s $13,500 feature event at Harrah’s Philadelphia, a neck to the good of Inferno DK.
 
Looped out of the gate by her Danish rival, Tabdone continued on to the lead by a :28.1 quarter, stayed in control through midrace fractions of :57.2 and 1:26.3, and then drew clear a bit late on the turn and into the stretch. Inferno DK fought on gamely in a :28.1 last quarter, but Tabdone got the job done in 1:54.4 for the red-hot pairing of trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer and owner Purple Haze Stables LLC.
 
Fast-class trotters contested $13,000 in the co-feature, and the well-traveled Tactical Landing gelding Djimon (a Yoruban word for “powerful blood”) continued to live up to his name with his third straight win here, tallying in 1:53.3. David Miller sat outside behind an early contested pace past the :27.2 first quarter then moved Djimon to the top, with middle fractions of :56.1 and 1:24.3 following. Favored Once In A Lifetime swung wide off cover but could finish no closer than three lengths behind the winner, who is trained by Mark Steacy for Hudson Standardbred Stable Inc., Dale Larson, and Stephen Downey.
 
The first of two $12,000 trots saw the Muscle Hill three-year-old filly Jersey Slide get her game together in a big way, going wire-to-wire for an easy victory in a lifetime best 1:53.4. Tim Tetrick guided the Jim Campbell trainee for Runthestable Stables. In the other section of this condition, In the other split, the Cantab Hall mare Tracks Of My Tears turned in a lifetime best of 1:55.1 to parry a late move by Jeffery J for trainer Frank Ingrassia and driver Jackie Ingrassia, the latter co-owner with Donna Franchetti.
 
The meet’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, had three victories to lead the sulkysitters colony, while Andy and David Miller each had two – bringing the career totals of that trio to 40,381 visits to the winners circle. Two of Tetrick’s wins were for Jim Campbell, the only doubling trainer.
 
The Pennsylvania Sire Stakes / Stallion Series returns to Harrah’s Philly Friday at 12:25 with the third preliminary round for three-year-old trotting colts. Earlier Sire Stakes winners Meshuggah and The Fix Is In have drawn in separate divisions, while in the Stallion Series the only two-time winner, Gimlet Hanover, will be joined by six other single leg winners in the three cuts. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – The Stay Hungry sophomore pacing filly Odds On Aces Full kept grinding away at favored pacesetter Sweet Odds, then beat her to the line by three parts of a length to win the $12,000 feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon in a career best 1:51.4.
 
Sweet Odds moved past a :26.2 opener to wrest command from a longshot, then went to the midway point in :55.3, with Odds On Aces Full (like the leader bred by Odds On Nourrir)  and driver Anibal Borjas moving outside nearing the far turn and the 1:23.1 three quarters. The pacesetter proved resilient, but the winner took her measure late for trainer Tony Alagna and owners Odds On Racing.
 
In an $11,000 trot for two-year-old fillies, the Six Pack – Sleep Tight My Luv miss Naked And Famous had a journey similar to feature winner Odds On Aces Full, sitting fairly close to the pace and then uncorking an uncovered movethat steadily brought her to victory to 1:58.1 in her first betting start. Glitterati backed out behind the winner’s cover on the far turn, but her late bid came up three quarters of a length short as Naked And Famous won for driver Niko Karna, trainer Noel Daley, and CTC Stable.
 
Troy Beyer won four races Wednesday to top the Philly drivers; his compatriot in yellow and green, meet leader Tim Tetrick, visited Victory Lane three times.
 
Racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia will continue this week on Thursday and Friday at 12:25 p.m. and Sunday at 12:40 p.m. The Friday card will feature top-quality three-year-old trotting colts in $164,266 of stakes action in the group’s third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – The longest shot on the board in her first lifetime start, Abbess won the fastest of three $30,000 closely-contested divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for two-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
 
A daughter of Father Patrick – Dew Can Dew who showed only a second in a qualifying line for trainer Chase Vandervort, Abbess was kept near the back of the field as several of the favorites argued fractions of :28.2, :58.4, and 1:27.2. The light bulb went on for Abbess around the far turn, as she completed a personal :57 last half and closed from fifth at the stretch call to garner a neck victory over Contrition, who photoed Litt Up for place. The remainder of Abbess’s connections are not ones you would associate with 25-1 odds but would with stakes success: driver Tim Tetrick and owners Arden Homestead Stable.
 
After winning a Pennsylvania Sire Stake event in her last start, the Bar Hopping – Perfect Chance miss Ginger Tree Lex added another stakes credit to her burgeoning resume with a defeat of a game Lainey W by a nose. After fractions of :29.4 and 1:00.2, first-over Ginger Tree Lex went first-over with a :27.3 brush that saw her pass Lainey W to the lead at the 1:28.2 three-quarters. But the former leader was not finished and narrowed back in gamely, with Ginger Tree Lex proving just a nose more photogenic in 17.1, equaling her mark. Matt Kakaley was the driver for trainer Steve Cook and owners Sam Beegle, Ginger Tree Ventures LLC, Knollview Stable 2, and Robert Reber Jr.
 
The Greenshoe – Tricky Sister filly Shoestrings, third in a Sire Stakes event  in her purse debut, had the “easiest” All-Stars victory, by three parts of a length over French Echo in a new mark of 1:57.1. The latter sat in the pocket as Shoestrings set splits of :29, :59.1, and 1:28.4, then closed a little into a :28.1 last quarter, but not enough to defeat Shoestrings, who was driven by Jim Marohn Jr. for trainer-owner D. R. Ackerman.
 
Though he won no stakes events, trainer-driver Åke Svanstedt drove three horses from his barn to victory, by a combined 17¾ lengths, to lead the Pocono horsemen in both categories on Tuesday.
 
Racing resumes at Pocono on Saturday at 1 p.m., and an instant possible bonanza awaits fans – there will be carryover into the first race Superfecta. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – There were four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for two-year-old pacing males at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and trainer Ron Burke won two of them, sending out two favored first-time starters, one of whom set a season’s record for colts and the other beating out a stablemate after a good battle.
 
It was obvious that the Stay Hungry – Francessa colt Frantic Hanover had a ton of ability, coming into his first purse start off a qualifier in which he paced his back three-quarters in 1:22 over a mile track. And he again showed superb promise while winning in 1:52.1, the season’s record for freshman colts on an “f”-sized track.
 
Thai Hanover shot out to command ahead of the winner, reached the quarter in :28, and then backed off the half to :57.3. After speeding up to a 1:25.1 three-quarter pole lead, Thai Hanover continued gamely and still had a :27 kicker in him, but he also had a determined colt chasing him to his right, and the photo decision gave the nod to Frantic Hanover by a head. Tim Tetrick drove the precocious freshman for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Brad Grant, and Knox Services Inc.
 
Burke’s other All-Stars winner was Al Papi, a Papi Rob Hanover – Baron Remy colt coming off two Gaitway wins with sub-:55 back halves. That turn of quick foot served him well again today, as after sitting the two-hole to splits of :28.1 and :58, driver Ron Wrenn Jr. moved the talented baby to the lead before a 1:26 three-quarters, then withstood onrushing stablemate Melillo (another one to watch for) in 1:53.1 for a mark. Al Papi is owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, J&T Silva-Purnel & Libby, and Lawrence Karr.
 
Papi Rob Hanover earned another All-Stars sire credit with Swig Hanover (dam Stolly Up Bluechip), who may be the only undefeated horse around with a “negative cumulative margin”: in his first start he was second, beaten a neck, but was placed up as another rival went inside pylons, while Monday he put up the fractions of :28.3, :58, and 1:25.4, then held off favored potential pocket rocket Wingin The Captain by a head in 1:53.2, also a mark. Tim Tetrick grabbed a second All-Stars credit by piloting the Darran Cassar trainee for Jessica and Cayla Cassar, Barry Charles, Robert Muscara, and William Rochetti Jr.
 
The only gelding to win an All-Stars contest, Western Raptor (Wild Wild Western – Kitty Kitty Hawk), is now two-for-two after just missing his own section season’s mark by a tick with a 1:52.4 victory. Mike Wilder moved the winner to the lead after a :27.4 quarter, went on with midsplits of :56.4 and 1:25.2, then rushed home in :27.2 for trainer Norm Parker and owner Andrew Altobelli.
 
A first-rate $25,000 fast-class mares pace saw the Shadow Play mare Silk Cloud A show both speed and grit in lowering her lifetime mark in 1:49.1. Lauren Tritton left like a flash with the winner, hung Talk Curdy With Me well past a :25.4 opener before yielding to the one to sit in the pocket to a :55 half. But Tritton sent her mare, a career winner of $554,981, back out at the five-eighths and to the lead by a 1:22 three-quarters; favored Louisville GB loomed off cover, but Silk Cloud A found a little more and earned a one length decision for trainer Peter Tritton and owners Eric Good and David Kryway.
 
Pennsylvania All-Stars competition for two-year-olds will also be featured on the week-ending Tuesday 1 p.m. card at Pocono, with three $30,000 divisions for trotting fillies to be in the spotlight. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
WILKES-BARRE PA – Lunar, extremely hard-used to gain the lead in front of the stands the first time, dug in gamely making his second pass under the wire and won the $16,000 claiming handicap pace in 1:49.1 on Sunday night at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pocono.
 
Lunar, the favorite, was looped out of the gate by recent frequent winner Belmont Major N, but driver Jack Pelling pressed on with him past a :26.3 quarter and made the lead at the three-eighths. Lunar went on to sapping middle splits of :53.3 and 1:21.2, and Hammering Hank tried to take advantage of the hot fractions from second-over, but the brave Lunar maintained his advantage, which was a neck at the wire.
 
The Sweet Lou gelding won the feature for trainer Hunter Oakes and owner Carmen Iannacone, but they did see Lunar changing barns via the claiming box for $38,000.
 
There were two claiming paces, both carrying a purse of $15,000, carded for horses priced just below the feature horses. The first was taken by 19-1 prospect Cruzin America in what was not only a blanket finish, but it was a very small blanket, too – three-quarters of a length separated the entirety of the six-horse field at the finish. Cruzin America, an American Ideal gelding, got a nice trip second-over and took the victory by a neck in 1:51.3 for driver Tyler Buter, trainer Brandon Presto, and Meredith Farms LLC.
 
In the other division, Bullville Stephano, a son of Artiscape, was a 1:50.4 winner. Anthony Napolitano made the lead before the quarter, backed off at the half, then scurried home in :53.4, needing all of that to withstand pocketsitter Downrightdelicious by three parts of a length. Owner Todd’s Auto and trainer Lou Pena recorded their second straight win with the pacer, but they won’t be notching a third, as the winner was claimed for $25,000. (On the other hand, Todd’s and Pena were the successful claimants on feature winner Lunar.)


Jack Pelling and Anthony Napolitano both steered three winners on the card. Napolitano, who tripled for the second straight day, guided two winners for trainer Noel Daley; Pelling combined with trainer Hunter Oakes for the fastest mile of the program on both gaits, with feature winner Lunar and with first-time U.S. winner Demone Deiventi IT, who indeed was a demon in a 1:52.2 mile.
 
Pennsylvania All-Stars races for two-year-olds highlight the final two cards of the week, both beginning at 1 p.m., with pacing colts set for Monday and trotting fillies headlining the Tuesday action. Free Pocono program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – Mad Max Hanover was out most of the quarter to get command, then had to be good late to hold off Mac’s Delight by a length in a 1:49.4 $13,000 fast-class pacing handicap Sunday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
 
The two horses with the homonymous first names were the bettors’ two choices at even money, with Mac’s Delight having $12 more wagered on him to win than Mad Max Hanover despite drawing outside that foe, and the difference in gate position may have been the difference in the race.
 
“Max” hustled to get the early lead from the quick starter Water Sports Teen by a :27 opener, with “Mac’s” having to accept the three-hole behind the two fighters. The winner went to the half in :55.2, then had the favorite race up alongside before the 1:22.2 three-quarters. There wasn’t much between the two since before the third call, but Mad Max Hanover had just a bit more to win for the third time in his his last four starts. Mark Herschberger guided Mad Max Hanover, a winner of $871,338, for trainer Jake Leamon and owner Marvin Rounick.
 
There was a pair of $12,000 contests for developing horses, one on each gait. In the pace, which was restricted to males, the public again foresaw the race as a two-horse battle, and they were correct. The favored Captaintreacherous sophomore gelding Seaworthy Hanover sat the pocket behind second choice Captain Fear during splits of :27.3, :56.1, and 1:23.4, then moved out for the lane and despite drifting out slightly gradually wore down the leader by 1¼ lengths, with the 1:51.2 final time a new mark. Andrew McCarthy handled the Marvin Rounick-owned winner, trained by Jake Leamon (the same trainer-owner combo that won the feature).
 
On the trot, Kelly’s Landing went the mile of her life, as the Tactical Landing sophomore filly was rolled by Corey Callahan on a speed mission of :28, :55.4, and 1:24.2 before finishing out with a new mark of 1:54.4. No one could get close to the winner in the last quarter as she won for trainer Christopher Freck and Stormi And Bruiser Stable.
 
In an $11,000 handicap pace for the top claimers on the grounds, the Huntsville gelding The Boss Said, noted for his early speed, showed he could come from off the pace as well. Seventh at the three-quarters, The Boss Said circled leaders who fought through fractions of :26.4, :55.3, and 1:22.4 to be along by three quarters of a length over 66-1 shot Barbossa Hanover in 1:52.1. The Corey Callahan-driven Darren Taneyhill trainee, owned by LAV Racing Stable Inc., has now won four of his last seven races.
 
Corey Callahan and Andrew McCarthy each won three races to share the day’s honors; trainer Jake Leamon was the only conditioner doubling, and both came in feature races.
 
Harrah’s races in July are conducted on Wednesday through Friday at 12:25 and Sunday at 12:40; Wednesday’s card will feature a carryover into the fifth race Pick pool. The Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series return to Philly on Friday, with some Hambletonian possibilities among the three-year-old trotting male entrants. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.