By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – The Muscle Hill gelding Diplomacy, who had displayed a pattern of breaking in every other start, continued that trend by following up on a miscue with a wire-to-wire victory in 1:55.3, looking more like the $425,000 yearling purchase that he was, in the $13,500 featured trot for up-and-coming horses at Harrah’s Philadelphia during the “Trottin’ Thursday” card.
Driver Troy Beyer guided his trotter to command nearing a :28.4 quarter, then got a breather to the half in :58.1. An increase of speed to a 1:26.4 three-quarters saw both the pocket horse and first-over jump offstride trying to go with him, and Diplomacy finished out 2¾ lengths clear of Theobald while attaining the victory for trainer Noel Daley and the ownership of Allister Stables LLC, L A Express & Sjoblom Inc., Frank Canzone, and Michael Dolan.
The track’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, arrived midcard and in seven steers posted five victories and a second (UDR .794), including winning both $13,000 divisions of the fast-class trot.
The faster division of the fast-class diamondgaited events was won by recent import (from Italy, despite his name) Ultion Face S, who followed up on a 1:53.1 win in his U.S. bow and then a close second to the raging Antognoni S in a 1:51.4 mile here last week with a 1:52.1 in-hand victory here for Tetrick. Fractions of :28.1, :56.3, and 1:24.4 left the gelded son of Joke Face with plenty left of the tank for the stretch, and Ultion Face S, who has $357,438 on his card, looks ready to take on tougher assignments for trainer Per Engblom and the partnership of Jesper Bjorn Arvenberg and Engblom Stable LLC.
In the other headline race for the veteran set, Tetrick kept the Sebastian K S gelding Saint K pressing forward outside a gaggle of inside leavers, finally securing the lead at a price of :27.3, then got a breather to the half in :57.3. Favored Super Duper Cooper joined him uncovered mid-backstretch and the two battled past the 1:25.3 three quarters and all the way to the wire, with Saint K getting the decision by a neck with a 1:54.4 victory for trainer Scott DiDomenico and owners Angela Cornell and Tessie Esry.
Racing resumes at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon at 12:25 p.m., with fast-class pacing distaffs ready to battle in a $13,000 contest; there will also be a carryover into the fifth race Pick 5 pool. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
CHESTER PA – The Muscle Hill gelding Diplomacy, who had displayed a pattern of breaking in every other start, continued that trend by following up on a miscue with a wire-to-wire victory in 1:55.3, looking more like the $425,000 yearling purchase that he was, in the $13,500 featured trot for up-and-coming horses at Harrah’s Philadelphia during the “Trottin’ Thursday” card.
Driver Troy Beyer guided his trotter to command nearing a :28.4 quarter, then got a breather to the half in :58.1. An increase of speed to a 1:26.4 three-quarters saw both the pocket horse and first-over jump offstride trying to go with him, and Diplomacy finished out 2¾ lengths clear of Theobald while attaining the victory for trainer Noel Daley and the ownership of Allister Stables LLC, L A Express & Sjoblom Inc., Frank Canzone, and Michael Dolan.
The track’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, arrived midcard and in seven steers posted five victories and a second (UDR .794), including winning both $13,000 divisions of the fast-class trot.
The faster division of the fast-class diamondgaited events was won by recent import (from Italy, despite his name) Ultion Face S, who followed up on a 1:53.1 win in his U.S. bow and then a close second to the raging Antognoni S in a 1:51.4 mile here last week with a 1:52.1 in-hand victory here for Tetrick. Fractions of :28.1, :56.3, and 1:24.4 left the gelded son of Joke Face with plenty left of the tank for the stretch, and Ultion Face S, who has $357,438 on his card, looks ready to take on tougher assignments for trainer Per Engblom and the partnership of Jesper Bjorn Arvenberg and Engblom Stable LLC.
In the other headline race for the veteran set, Tetrick kept the Sebastian K S gelding Saint K pressing forward outside a gaggle of inside leavers, finally securing the lead at a price of :27.3, then got a breather to the half in :57.3. Favored Super Duper Cooper joined him uncovered mid-backstretch and the two battled past the 1:25.3 three quarters and all the way to the wire, with Saint K getting the decision by a neck with a 1:54.4 victory for trainer Scott DiDomenico and owners Angela Cornell and Tessie Esry.
Racing resumes at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon at 12:25 p.m., with fast-class pacing distaffs ready to battle in a $13,000 contest; there will also be a carryover into the fifth race Pick 5 pool. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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