Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen's Association
  • Home
  • Welcome!
  • About the PHHA
  • Join the PHHA
  • PHHA PAC
  • Philanthrophy
  • PA Harness Week
  • PHHA Blog
Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen's Association

MAJORCA N OUTSPEEDS TEST OF FAITH IN PHILLY FEATURE

9/5/2022

0 Comments

 
By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – On many days Harrah’s Philadelphia has earned a reputation as a speed-favoring oval, and  this observation was given added credence by the fact that the defending Horse of the Year, Test Of Faith, could not get home enough to catch Majorca N at the end of a 1:49.2 mile, the $22,500 distaff handicap pacing feature on Friday afternoon at the southeast Pennsylvania riverside oval.
 
Test Of Faith went to the back of a five-horse field while Majorca N and Corey Callahan went to the front, setting fractions of :27, :55.2, and 1:23. And not even a valiant first-over effort by Test Of Faith, who came her back fractions in :53.1 - :26.2 on the 5/8-mile oval, could get her near Majorca N, as the Betsy Ross winner here earlier this year could tack on a :26.2 last quarter to win by two lengths over Test Of Faith. Pocketsitting Odds On Whitney was very resilient after the ease of the two-hole journey to be only a neck in arrears of the heavy favorite at the finish.
 
Majorca N, the 9-2 second choice, has had herself a terrific season with a third of the year left to go, with eight wins and earnings of $200,035 while taking a mark of 1:48.4 at The Meadowlands in an Open handicap. Trainer Dylan Davis co-owns the Art Major Kiwi transplant with Michael Casalino Jr.
 
Another down-the-road winner was the Sweet Lou gelding Pyro, who captured the $16,200 fast-class pace for males in 1:49, just a tick off the seasonal pacing record here held by Let It Ride N and Komodo Beach. George Napolitano Jr. wanted the winner of $593,873 on the engine, but Speedy Dominic A made him pay a withering :25.4 price before having him go by. Pyro rolled on through hot fractions of :53.2 and 1:20.2, then stayed safe to the finish, where he was three-quarters of a length ahead of the longest shot on the board, Louie The Horse N, for trainer Gilbert Garcia-Owen and owner Gilbert Garcia-Herrera.
 
Besides the two feature winners, Groovy Joe and Dragon Said also paced in 1:50 on the afternoon program, both on the engine. In all, eleven pacesetters and three pocket horses won the fourteen races on the Friday card; in a related note, George Napolitano Jr. was the top driver on the day with four victories, as he could utilize his preferred style to maximum advantage.
 
Two divisions of American Harness Drivers Club competition for amateur horsemen produced an unexpected result for a horse and an “expected” result for a driver. Moffitt Hanover hadn’t won a race for 928 days, since February 17, 2020, before taking one section for James Slendorn in 1:56.1; the AHDC didn’t race at Philly last week, but the four weeks before that driver Frank Tsipouras had won a Club race, and he won again Friday with Beach Demon in 1:52.4.
 
The richest card of the year at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with $1.3M at stake, will be presented on Sunday, as the top state-sired babies contest their four $252,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships. Each group also has a $50,000 consolation, and in addition there is a $40,000 Invitational with the likes of Allywag Hanover, Ruthless Hanover, and American Dealer N. Post time for the to-level card is 12:40 p.m.; program pages are or will be available at https://www.phha.org/harrahspps.html. 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017

    RSS Feed

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture