FIRST RACE – Low 60s to mid 50s … stretch tailwind but not as pronounced as on many nights; diminished by midcard; picked up again some near the end … HYPOTHETICAL came out of fourth 3/16 and rushed right to the lead, couldn’t shake off first-over JUPITER JOHNNY and did hold on, but

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FAST-CLASS PACERS WHO CAN FLIRT WITH 1:50 ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY AT HARRAH'S

The top local conditioned pacers are set to go this Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Philadelphia, with either of the two divisions of the $17,500 featured event or the $15,000 co-feature having the potential to flirt with the 1:50 barrier over a surface that has been very fast in the early days of the meet. Of the horses in these four features, no fewer than ten of them already sport lifetime marks of 1:50 or faster, and two of them are millionaires -- DOCTOR BUTCH ($1,233,792) and DYNAMIC YOUTH ($1,183,367). With horses of this

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SOLID LINEUP OF DIAMONDGAITERS ON "TROTTIN' THURSDAY" CARD AT PHILLY

The highest levels of classes for trotters available for this afternoon's "Trottin' Thursday" card at Harrah's Philadelphia are all filled with competitive horses (side benefit: this will give fans a chance to check classshifters against their recent opposition here). The $17,500 fifth race event, for the highest of the non-winners and "nw 9 races" horses, is an extremely tough group to sort out (note that the morning line favorite is 4-1!), but it does contain the familiar face of MARKET SHARE, two-time divisional champion, winner of $3.77 million -- and a winner the last two times he didn't face the Open horses at Dover. Good luck solving this race!

FIRST RACE – Mid-60s all night; stretch headwind all night, and here’s proof: the average third quarter for tonight’s races is 27.2, with three in sub-27 … QUALITY CLOSER left, then took the pocket before the 3/16, outside late turn, saw PAPPY’S PAL get the lead in the Pocono Pike midstretch, but

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TWO DIVISIONS OF "NW 5 RACES" CLASS, HIGH-LEVEL CLAIMERS OPEN THE LOCAL PHILLY WEEK

A trio of events carrying purses of $16,000 are the headliners as Harrah's Philadelphia starts another week of racing following the Easter holiday. Two of the features are for the developing horses in the "nw 5" class, with one on each gait: the fifth race trotters are topped by SHOEMAKER HANOVER, impressive in his Philly debut, while the twelfth race pace will host the 2017 debut of MAC'S JACKPOT, a good stakes horse at two for trainer Jim Campbell. The seventh race claiming handicap pace sees MUSCLE BEACHBOY looking to rebound off a claim after having a seven-race win streak broken last time out at Pocono -- he'll start from the rail.

FIRST RACE – A balmy 75 degrees to start, and a stretch tailwind (which, true to form, dissipated through the card) … ALEXANDER HANOVER moved uncovered at the half and grinded up vs. the wind in the third quarter, kept at his task and had a little more than RAY HALL in the latter stages, on the