By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – Camera Man got his picture taken in the Harrah’s Philadelphia winners circle after he reduced his mark to 1:55.2 in Sunday’s $12,000 featured trot at the riverside oval.
The Six Pack colt was sent frontward by driver George Napolitano Jr., with the second choice making the lead in a :28.3 quarter and then getting a breather to the half in :58.3 – likely a decisive factor, as heavy favorite The Rogue Prince was far back much of the way in his seasonal debut.
“George Nap” increased the speed with the Åke Svanstedt trainee, owned by Åke Svanstedt Inc., and hit the three-quarters in 1:27.1, then still had a :28.1 last quarter to maintain the advantage to the wire. The Rogue Prince unleashed furious trot after losing unhelpful cover and blitzed home in :55.4 - :27.2 to miss by a length while photoing out 21-1 pocketsitter Durant Hanover for the deuce.
Bettor Not Talk, double-looped out of the gate, pressed on two-wide past a :27.4 quarter, made the lead in front of the stands, then passed the midpoles in :56 and 1:23.2 en route to a solid 1:50.3 victory, the back fractions :54.3 - :27.1 for the Betting Line gelding owned by Allen Wenc. The victory was the third successful collaboration of the day between the meet’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, and the 2025 top trainer here, Scott Di Domenico; Tetrick wound up with five success stories for the day and twelve for the local three-day week.
In the co-feature for the track’s top claiming handicap pacers, the Somebeachsomewhere gelding Hervey Hanover could wait in third until late in the backstretch to begin a charge frontward, but after splits of :26.4, :54.4, and 1:22.3, “Hervey” proved to be the strongest on the way home, winning easily in 1:51 for driver Andy Miller. Per Engblom trained the winner for owner Daniel Sarafian – but as you may have guessed by use of the past-tense word “trained,” Hervey Hanover will be changing barns after being haltered for $20,000.
The next card at Philly is on “Trottin’ Thursday,” which will feature $14,000 and $13,500 races for developing horses and a $13,000 handicap contest for the fast-class set. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
CHESTER PA – Camera Man got his picture taken in the Harrah’s Philadelphia winners circle after he reduced his mark to 1:55.2 in Sunday’s $12,000 featured trot at the riverside oval.
The Six Pack colt was sent frontward by driver George Napolitano Jr., with the second choice making the lead in a :28.3 quarter and then getting a breather to the half in :58.3 – likely a decisive factor, as heavy favorite The Rogue Prince was far back much of the way in his seasonal debut.
“George Nap” increased the speed with the Åke Svanstedt trainee, owned by Åke Svanstedt Inc., and hit the three-quarters in 1:27.1, then still had a :28.1 last quarter to maintain the advantage to the wire. The Rogue Prince unleashed furious trot after losing unhelpful cover and blitzed home in :55.4 - :27.2 to miss by a length while photoing out 21-1 pocketsitter Durant Hanover for the deuce.
Bettor Not Talk, double-looped out of the gate, pressed on two-wide past a :27.4 quarter, made the lead in front of the stands, then passed the midpoles in :56 and 1:23.2 en route to a solid 1:50.3 victory, the back fractions :54.3 - :27.1 for the Betting Line gelding owned by Allen Wenc. The victory was the third successful collaboration of the day between the meet’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, and the 2025 top trainer here, Scott Di Domenico; Tetrick wound up with five success stories for the day and twelve for the local three-day week.
In the co-feature for the track’s top claiming handicap pacers, the Somebeachsomewhere gelding Hervey Hanover could wait in third until late in the backstretch to begin a charge frontward, but after splits of :26.4, :54.4, and 1:22.3, “Hervey” proved to be the strongest on the way home, winning easily in 1:51 for driver Andy Miller. Per Engblom trained the winner for owner Daniel Sarafian – but as you may have guessed by use of the past-tense word “trained,” Hervey Hanover will be changing barns after being haltered for $20,000.
The next card at Philly is on “Trottin’ Thursday,” which will feature $14,000 and $13,500 races for developing horses and a $13,000 handicap contest for the fast-class set. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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