By: Jerry Connors, Jr.
CHESTER PA – Lyons Sentinel got a good workout in her final start en route to the Breeders Crown eliminations next week, turning in a 1:52.2 victory with the temperature in the 50s in winning her division of the $114,800 Simpson Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
The Captaintreacherous filly, a winner in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship over this track then the She’s A Great Lady final at Mohawk 19 days ago, sat third early as the unbeaten Drama Act, 3-for-3 after taking a Keystone Classic division last week, was sent to the lead and put up pedestrian splits of :28 and :57. Driver Tim Tetrick’s hand was forced at the half with an outside tier moving up, so he moved his filly, now a winner of six in a row, out for the uncovered journey which brought her to a stubborn Drama Act before the 1:25.2 three-quarters.
CHESTER PA – Lyons Sentinel got a good workout in her final start en route to the Breeders Crown eliminations next week, turning in a 1:52.2 victory with the temperature in the 50s in winning her division of the $114,800 Simpson Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
The Captaintreacherous filly, a winner in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship over this track then the She’s A Great Lady final at Mohawk 19 days ago, sat third early as the unbeaten Drama Act, 3-for-3 after taking a Keystone Classic division last week, was sent to the lead and put up pedestrian splits of :28 and :57. Driver Tim Tetrick’s hand was forced at the half with an outside tier moving up, so he moved his filly, now a winner of six in a row, out for the uncovered journey which brought her to a stubborn Drama Act before the 1:25.2 three-quarters.
Drama Act shows little sign of giving way around the far turn, either, but then Tetrick asked the Jim King Jr.-trained miss for a higher turn of speed as the field turned into the stretch, and she covered the last quarter in :27 to defeat the pacesetter by 2¾ lengths. The ownership of Threelyonsracing saw their prize filly go over a half-million in earnings, with her bankroll at $519,255 after only ten starts.
In the other division of the pacing stake, another daughter of Captaintreacherous, Arden Hanover, bounced back to stakes-winning form when she was able to rally from the pocket to win a three-horse photo in 1:54, a lifetime mark. Tyler Buter urged the filly, a three-time winner in PA Stallion Series competition, up the inside and she responded with a :28 kicker to win by a head over the uncovered favorite Ashtini, with the pacesetter More Than Kute just another nose back in third. Mark Harder trains Arden Hanover, and he co-owns the freshman with Joseph Jannuzzelli.
The first division of the companion $108,200 Simpson filly trotting stake went to Tricky Sister, a daughter of Trixton who was coming off two stakes wins at Freehold and added a third straight win on the engine in 1:57, easily a lifetime best. Dan Dube rolled the baby to the lead at the ¼ and was not threatened thereafter, coming home in :28.2 to win by four lengths for trainer Andrew Harris and owner Robert Key.
Tim Tetrick came back to also win a division of the trotting stake among his four victories on the day. His was behind the Sebastian K S filly Next Level Stuff, who now has four wins in her last five starts after an easy 1:56.4 success. Next Level Stuff had soft fractions with a rank outsider outside her much of the way; the strongest sweeper was second choice Hannah, but when that rival broke on the final bend it was all over but the final margin, which was 7½ lengths. Jim Campbell trains Next Level Stuff, who has never been beaten in eight career starts when she has stayed on stride, for the Runthetable Stables.
In the other division of the pacing stake, another daughter of Captaintreacherous, Arden Hanover, bounced back to stakes-winning form when she was able to rally from the pocket to win a three-horse photo in 1:54, a lifetime mark. Tyler Buter urged the filly, a three-time winner in PA Stallion Series competition, up the inside and she responded with a :28 kicker to win by a head over the uncovered favorite Ashtini, with the pacesetter More Than Kute just another nose back in third. Mark Harder trains Arden Hanover, and he co-owns the freshman with Joseph Jannuzzelli.
The first division of the companion $108,200 Simpson filly trotting stake went to Tricky Sister, a daughter of Trixton who was coming off two stakes wins at Freehold and added a third straight win on the engine in 1:57, easily a lifetime best. Dan Dube rolled the baby to the lead at the ¼ and was not threatened thereafter, coming home in :28.2 to win by four lengths for trainer Andrew Harris and owner Robert Key.
Tim Tetrick came back to also win a division of the trotting stake among his four victories on the day. His was behind the Sebastian K S filly Next Level Stuff, who now has four wins in her last five starts after an easy 1:56.4 success. Next Level Stuff had soft fractions with a rank outsider outside her much of the way; the strongest sweeper was second choice Hannah, but when that rival broke on the final bend it was all over but the final margin, which was 7½ lengths. Jim Campbell trains Next Level Stuff, who has never been beaten in eight career starts when she has stayed on stride, for the Runthetable Stables.
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