Your Guide To Handicapping Harrah's Philadelphia.

FIRST CARD OF LIVE RACING SEASON TAKES
TO THE TRACK AT HARRAH'S PHILADELPHIA

WELCOME BACK to HARRAH'S PHILADELPHIA for the first day of live harness racing during the 2017 season! We look forward to presenting you with the best horses and horsemen in harness racing for your enjoyment and handicapping/wagering pleasure. Harrah's will be racing the days of its regular schedule in recent years -- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday; exceptions in April will be THIS WEDNESDAY, April 5 (to help with the early-season horse population) and Easter Sunday, April 16.... Today's $17,500 featured race 3 finds a Dover shipper and a Meadowlands shipper taking on a Yonkers contingent who basically have been racing one level higher than this race.

ANALYSIS OF KEY RACES

5th race: ALL ABOUT RUSTY gets his share of wins, and beat the program choice last time, but what impressed us about the mile was the fact that he was able to come home in 26.2, at the end of a 54.2

TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017

FIRST RACE – Temperature started at 48o – and went up to 50o near the end of the card! … “Sloppy +1” all night … Slight headwind to start … CAN DO left well, forced a tuck, then yielded for the pocket, stayed tightly-connected, to the Pocono Pike, and right by just past midstretch. MILITARY

SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017

FIRST RACE – 38 degrees and “fast +0” throughout the card; the evening opens with a mild stretch headwind – which will swirl throughout the night … DASH OF DANGER moved outside raw at the 5/8, worked to the lead by early on the turn and had drawn clear by headstretch, kept to task mildly to

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2017

FIRST RACE – Temperatures held in the mid/low 40s throughout the night … “+0” variant; what water there was in the track that caused it to be rated “good” for races 1-4 gradually worked out because of the atypical stretch tailwind, and the surface was rated “fast” thereafter … ALLBEEF N NOBULL left some, then got a great second-over trip, three-wide to headstretch, strong through the lane. HALL BRO left strongly, forced a tuck, then strung a rival out most of the way to the 3/8, yielded for the pocket, cleared in the Pocono Pike but only after the winner had momentum going for him, finished steadily. AMERICAN RAGE was third-over, couldn’t quite keep with the winner late turn and into the stretch, but then came on with a good gain. RATHER SWELL sat in, went to the path behind the winner but was never clear to the wire. BIG GAME HUNTER left between horses, took the early pocket 3/16, came out raw off the second turn, fought the leader and had an advantage, but not the rail, on the far turn, held well. JOHNNY O gapped at the ¾. MACHTU N, a bit rank behind the gate, was three-wide to the 3/16, then pressed on to command before the 3/8, didn’t get much rest on the lead, gave way in the stretch. SPORTSKEEPER was never a major player.

The $6 million Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional
championship series, returns in 2018 to The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania.

Pocono staged all 12 “Crown” events in 2013, and saw victories posted by eventual Dan Patch
Horse of The Year Bee A Magician, Pacer of the Year Captaintreacherous and the richest
Standardbred in North American history, Foiled Again.

The historic five-eighth mile track, nestled in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, celebrated its
50th Anniversary in 2015 and was the first track to host all 12 Breeders Crown races in one night
on their inaugural hosting in 2010.

“The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono has been a wonderful host track partner and we are delighted
to see them back in Breeders Crown rotation,” said Tom Charters, president of the Hambletonian
Society which owns and administrates the Breeders Crown series.

“We appreciate the support of the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association and the
management of The Downs at Mohegan Sun. Breeders Crown night has historically been one of the
biggest wagering and attendance nights of the year for host tracks and Pocono has set new
standards every time they host the Crown. We look forward to continuing that tradition,” said
Charters. “The racetrack and casino are enormously popular with the horsemen and owners, and
the economic impact the event brings to the surrounding community has also been an important
factor in this decision.”

Total handle on Breeders Crown elimination programs and final nights in 2013 and 2010 exceeded
$8 million, with more than 17,000 in combined attendance.

“Due to the success we have experienced in the past, we are excited to host the 2018 Breeders
Crown”, said Vice President of Racing Operations, Dale Rapson. “The Hambletonian Society was as
enthusiastic to come back as we are to have them. Of course, these events can not happen
without the ongoing support, participation, and cooperation of the Pennsylvania Harness
Horsemen’s Association.”

The Breeders Crown series has typically crowned champions in every division for trotters and
pacers and been the deciding factor in Horse of the Year honors. A Breeders Crown title is one of
the most coveted honors in harness racing.

The Hambletonian Society is a non-profit organization formed in 1924 to sponsor the race for which
it was named, the Hambletonian Stake. The Society’s mission is to encourage and support the
breeding of Standardbred horses through the development, administration and promotion of
harness racing stakes, early-closing races and other special events. For more information, visit
www.hambletonian.com.