By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – Kinnder Thinktwice, defying a tote board that had him pegged as 18-1 to win the $13,000 featured fast-class trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday, went right down the road while winning by 2 1/2 lengths in 1:53.3.
Driver Ridge Warren summed up the gate situation and decided to send his horse to the lead early, which he reached well before the first station of :28.1. There wasn’t much letup during middle fractions of :57 and 1:24.3, with the victorious son of Wheeling N Dealin maintaining a lead of 1 1/2 lengths or more at every call en route to his eventual open-length margin of victory. The Quebec-bred went over the $250,000 in earnings with the smart score; Susan Marshall currently conditions the horse, and she co-owns him with John Marshall.
In the $11,000 fast-class trot subfeature, the Tactical Landing gelding Naked Cowboy ran his record to three for five since his “summer vacation,” the favorite racing third-over then blitzing his own last half in :56.1 to defeat second-choice and second-over Robbie Pev by two lengths in 1:54.2. Naked Cowboy has now won 14 times in 32 career starts, and could well find himself in the local top class very soon for trainer Dylan Davis and owners Howard Taylor and Dylan Davis Racing.
There were also two $12,000 contests featuring developing trotters, and Tactical Landing again made his presence strongly felt by siring both winners. The faster section went to the three-year-old gelding Clear For Landing, who sat just off the pace and finished well to lower his mark to 1:55.1. The Per Engblom trainee, driven by Simon Allard, now has five victories in his last seven starts (miscuing in the other pair), and the sophomore, unraced at two, may be coming into his own right now.
The other division of this class provided a memorable moment for 61-year-old provisional driver Mark Lucas, as he took off from the rail with the mare Striking Tactful and never looked back, going 3¾ lengths clear of his opposition while reaching the wire in 1:57.3 for his first career triumph as a driver (a career that spans nine starts). Lucas also trains the winner, and in addition he co-owns her with Betsy Lucas.
Mark Herschberger took home both halves of the Late Double to wind up sulky kingpin on the day with three winners; doubling drivers were Simon Allard, Troy Beyer, and meet leader Tim Tetrick. Both Allard’s winners were sent out by Per Engblom, the only doubling trainer of the day.
Pacing females will contest two of the three feature races on Friday at Philly, with trotters constituting the other tri-feature. First post is 12:25; free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
CHESTER PA – Kinnder Thinktwice, defying a tote board that had him pegged as 18-1 to win the $13,000 featured fast-class trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday, went right down the road while winning by 2 1/2 lengths in 1:53.3.
Driver Ridge Warren summed up the gate situation and decided to send his horse to the lead early, which he reached well before the first station of :28.1. There wasn’t much letup during middle fractions of :57 and 1:24.3, with the victorious son of Wheeling N Dealin maintaining a lead of 1 1/2 lengths or more at every call en route to his eventual open-length margin of victory. The Quebec-bred went over the $250,000 in earnings with the smart score; Susan Marshall currently conditions the horse, and she co-owns him with John Marshall.
In the $11,000 fast-class trot subfeature, the Tactical Landing gelding Naked Cowboy ran his record to three for five since his “summer vacation,” the favorite racing third-over then blitzing his own last half in :56.1 to defeat second-choice and second-over Robbie Pev by two lengths in 1:54.2. Naked Cowboy has now won 14 times in 32 career starts, and could well find himself in the local top class very soon for trainer Dylan Davis and owners Howard Taylor and Dylan Davis Racing.
There were also two $12,000 contests featuring developing trotters, and Tactical Landing again made his presence strongly felt by siring both winners. The faster section went to the three-year-old gelding Clear For Landing, who sat just off the pace and finished well to lower his mark to 1:55.1. The Per Engblom trainee, driven by Simon Allard, now has five victories in his last seven starts (miscuing in the other pair), and the sophomore, unraced at two, may be coming into his own right now.
The other division of this class provided a memorable moment for 61-year-old provisional driver Mark Lucas, as he took off from the rail with the mare Striking Tactful and never looked back, going 3¾ lengths clear of his opposition while reaching the wire in 1:57.3 for his first career triumph as a driver (a career that spans nine starts). Lucas also trains the winner, and in addition he co-owns her with Betsy Lucas.
Mark Herschberger took home both halves of the Late Double to wind up sulky kingpin on the day with three winners; doubling drivers were Simon Allard, Troy Beyer, and meet leader Tim Tetrick. Both Allard’s winners were sent out by Per Engblom, the only doubling trainer of the day.
Pacing females will contest two of the three feature races on Friday at Philly, with trotters constituting the other tri-feature. First post is 12:25; free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.
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