By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – On the first card at Harrah’s Philadelphia since the track’s “Super Sunday” extravaganza, the diagonally-gaited horses took over the headlines, as is customary on “Trottin’ Thursdays” at the riverside oval.
The feature was a $16,000 fast-class handicap, which was won by the Creatine gelding Asteroid, though the favorite did not have it easy in the 1:53.2 victory, as he was out in three-wide space much of a :27.4 quarter before making the top for driver Tim Tetrick. The winner of $552,368 posted a pair of moderate :28.2 fractions in the middle (:56.1, 1:24.3), with second choice Ultion Face S batlling the leader first-over from midbackstretch through early in the stretch.
With that rival taken care of, Asteroid then had to brace for a late bid from Dribbling Bi, the horse who had been just inside him during the early three-way tussle, but that one’s late charge fell three quarters of a length short. Enrico Robinson trains the determined trotter for Pollack Racing LLC.
A race earlier, the oft-winning Shoresy came south on the PA Turnpike to Philly and promptly captured the $13,000 sub-feature for the fast-class set in a new mark of 1:53. The victorious son of Cantab Hall, now a winners circle visitor eight time this year, was on the move off the first turn, gained command, and then held it to the wire while not threatened for driver Andrew McCarthy, trainer Per Engblom, and the partnership of Timothy Betts and Shanamphilankilou Inc.
Trainer Scott Di Domenico sent out both winners in the top trots for the developing set. First up, in the $14,000 event for this classification, was the Trixton gelding B Mo, who sat a pocket trip behind favored R Lady W and then found a little mo’ late to author a 1:54.3 triumph, a half length to the good of the chalk, for driver Johnathan Ahle and owner Ben Robards.
In the very next race, a $13,500 contest, the Captain Corey sophomore gelding Jim Beam had to travel the first-over route, but still could show a :56.2-:27.3 late kick to win in the clear for driver Tm Tetrick and owner Allen Wenc.
Meet-leader Tetrick guided three winners to add to his margin at the top of the sulky column; Johnathan Ahle and Anibal Borjas drove two winners each. Scott Di Domenico had the only training two-bagger.
Friday’s Philly action will see the spotlight given over to the distaff pacing set, with a $14,000 contest for up-and-coming performers the feature attraction. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
CHESTER PA – On the first card at Harrah’s Philadelphia since the track’s “Super Sunday” extravaganza, the diagonally-gaited horses took over the headlines, as is customary on “Trottin’ Thursdays” at the riverside oval.
The feature was a $16,000 fast-class handicap, which was won by the Creatine gelding Asteroid, though the favorite did not have it easy in the 1:53.2 victory, as he was out in three-wide space much of a :27.4 quarter before making the top for driver Tim Tetrick. The winner of $552,368 posted a pair of moderate :28.2 fractions in the middle (:56.1, 1:24.3), with second choice Ultion Face S batlling the leader first-over from midbackstretch through early in the stretch.
With that rival taken care of, Asteroid then had to brace for a late bid from Dribbling Bi, the horse who had been just inside him during the early three-way tussle, but that one’s late charge fell three quarters of a length short. Enrico Robinson trains the determined trotter for Pollack Racing LLC.
A race earlier, the oft-winning Shoresy came south on the PA Turnpike to Philly and promptly captured the $13,000 sub-feature for the fast-class set in a new mark of 1:53. The victorious son of Cantab Hall, now a winners circle visitor eight time this year, was on the move off the first turn, gained command, and then held it to the wire while not threatened for driver Andrew McCarthy, trainer Per Engblom, and the partnership of Timothy Betts and Shanamphilankilou Inc.
Trainer Scott Di Domenico sent out both winners in the top trots for the developing set. First up, in the $14,000 event for this classification, was the Trixton gelding B Mo, who sat a pocket trip behind favored R Lady W and then found a little mo’ late to author a 1:54.3 triumph, a half length to the good of the chalk, for driver Johnathan Ahle and owner Ben Robards.
In the very next race, a $13,500 contest, the Captain Corey sophomore gelding Jim Beam had to travel the first-over route, but still could show a :56.2-:27.3 late kick to win in the clear for driver Tm Tetrick and owner Allen Wenc.
Meet-leader Tetrick guided three winners to add to his margin at the top of the sulky column; Johnathan Ahle and Anibal Borjas drove two winners each. Scott Di Domenico had the only training two-bagger.
Friday’s Philly action will see the spotlight given over to the distaff pacing set, with a $14,000 contest for up-and-coming performers the feature attraction. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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