By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – Mr Bluebird won his third straight race in the $13,000 Thursday afternoon featured trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia, controlling the pace then withstanding favored Resolve To Win in a 1:54.1 mile.
A son of Six Pack, Mr Bluebird worked to the lead near the eighth pole from post five, then kept Resolve To Win, starting just outside him, out to a :27.3 first stanza before surrendering the top, only to come clambering back in front of the stands to regain the lead and put up middle fractions of :56.3 and 1:25. Resolve To Win vacated the pocket nearing headstretch and narrowed in some, but Mr Bluebird had enough to keep that foe a half length at bay for driver Johnathan Ahle, trainer Åke Svanstedt, and the partnership of Åke Svanstedt Inc., Little E LLC, and Torbjorn Swahn Inc. Mr Bluebird’s career bankroll is now $269,974.
The $11,000 subfeature for fast-class trotters started with favorites Djimon grabbing the lead and Sinatra De Vie trying to get in front, but the latter made a break nearing the quarter. That left the Tactical Landing gelding Djimon in control of the pace, and he measured off a win over pocketsitting Somebody Special by half a length in 1:54.2. Pat Lachance trains and drives the winner of $336,497 for owners Hudson Standardbred Stable Inc., Dale Larson, and Stephen Downey.
Up-and-coming trotters were spotlighted in two $12,000 tests. The faster division saw the sophomore Propulsion filly Dream Weaver Deo make every pole a winning one while stopping the timer in 1:56.3 and winning by 4½ lengths. Troy Beyer drove the winner for trainer Nifty Norman and Deo Volente Farms LLC.
In the other division, the three-year-old Tactical Landing gelding Clear For Landing was looped out of the gate and parked just past the quarter for the lead, but that was an easier trip than favored Truly Authentic could find from an outer draw and picking her way around gappers. Clear For Landing was clear by 2¼ lengths at the end for his third straight win, here in 1:56.4, with Simon Allard driving for trainer Per Engblom and Consus Racing Stable Inc.
No fewer than nine doubles were recorded on the Thursday card at Philly: trainers Scott Di Domenico, Pat Lachance, and Annie Stoebe, and drivers Simon Allard, Troy Beyer, Pat Lachance (also doubling in the sulky), Jeremy Morrison, George Napolitano Jr., and meet leader Tim Tetrick. Of this group, Morrison’s two-bagger was the most interesting – he has only taken a handful of drives per season in the time since, but the last time Morrison had won a race before Thursday was September 14, 2020, and here he visits the winners circle with both of trainer Stoebe’s horses!
Friday’s card at Harrah’s Philadelphia will be the richest of the season, as the southeast Pennsylvania track is proud to host four $300,000 Championships for state-sired two-year-olds. Pacing colt Frantic Hanover and trotting filly Ginger Tree Lex will be looking to add the Championship events to their four prelim rounds as they swept all of the early action; only 10 freshmen have pulled off that feat in the 23 years such statistics have been kept. A win for Frantic Hanover would also make him the richest single-season PA Sire Stakes performer regardless of division, as his PaSS money for 2025 would grow to $288,564.
Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
CHESTER PA – Mr Bluebird won his third straight race in the $13,000 Thursday afternoon featured trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia, controlling the pace then withstanding favored Resolve To Win in a 1:54.1 mile.
A son of Six Pack, Mr Bluebird worked to the lead near the eighth pole from post five, then kept Resolve To Win, starting just outside him, out to a :27.3 first stanza before surrendering the top, only to come clambering back in front of the stands to regain the lead and put up middle fractions of :56.3 and 1:25. Resolve To Win vacated the pocket nearing headstretch and narrowed in some, but Mr Bluebird had enough to keep that foe a half length at bay for driver Johnathan Ahle, trainer Åke Svanstedt, and the partnership of Åke Svanstedt Inc., Little E LLC, and Torbjorn Swahn Inc. Mr Bluebird’s career bankroll is now $269,974.
The $11,000 subfeature for fast-class trotters started with favorites Djimon grabbing the lead and Sinatra De Vie trying to get in front, but the latter made a break nearing the quarter. That left the Tactical Landing gelding Djimon in control of the pace, and he measured off a win over pocketsitting Somebody Special by half a length in 1:54.2. Pat Lachance trains and drives the winner of $336,497 for owners Hudson Standardbred Stable Inc., Dale Larson, and Stephen Downey.
Up-and-coming trotters were spotlighted in two $12,000 tests. The faster division saw the sophomore Propulsion filly Dream Weaver Deo make every pole a winning one while stopping the timer in 1:56.3 and winning by 4½ lengths. Troy Beyer drove the winner for trainer Nifty Norman and Deo Volente Farms LLC.
In the other division, the three-year-old Tactical Landing gelding Clear For Landing was looped out of the gate and parked just past the quarter for the lead, but that was an easier trip than favored Truly Authentic could find from an outer draw and picking her way around gappers. Clear For Landing was clear by 2¼ lengths at the end for his third straight win, here in 1:56.4, with Simon Allard driving for trainer Per Engblom and Consus Racing Stable Inc.
No fewer than nine doubles were recorded on the Thursday card at Philly: trainers Scott Di Domenico, Pat Lachance, and Annie Stoebe, and drivers Simon Allard, Troy Beyer, Pat Lachance (also doubling in the sulky), Jeremy Morrison, George Napolitano Jr., and meet leader Tim Tetrick. Of this group, Morrison’s two-bagger was the most interesting – he has only taken a handful of drives per season in the time since, but the last time Morrison had won a race before Thursday was September 14, 2020, and here he visits the winners circle with both of trainer Stoebe’s horses!
Friday’s card at Harrah’s Philadelphia will be the richest of the season, as the southeast Pennsylvania track is proud to host four $300,000 Championships for state-sired two-year-olds. Pacing colt Frantic Hanover and trotting filly Ginger Tree Lex will be looking to add the Championship events to their four prelim rounds as they swept all of the early action; only 10 freshmen have pulled off that feat in the 23 years such statistics have been kept. A win for Frantic Hanover would also make him the richest single-season PA Sire Stakes performer regardless of division, as his PaSS money for 2025 would grow to $288,564.
Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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