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

WELL-MATCHED GREAT NORTHEAST SERIES FIELD SUNDAY AT PHILLY

8/12/2019

0 Comments

 
By: Jerry Connors, Jr. 
CHESTER PA – Prairie Panther, who made his 2019 debut in the Great Northeast Open Series (GNOS) a successful one last week at Pocono, has been installed a 7-2 morning line favorite in a very competitive field of eight in a $30,000 GNOS event for fast-class pacers on Sunday at Harrah’s Philadelphia. 

A ten-time winner already this year, the Royal Millennium gelding Prairie Panther shows recent victories at Tioga, The Meadowlands, and Pocono, last week coming from far back to win in 1:50. Tyler Buter, with whom he took his 1:48.2 mark two starts ago, is listed to drive from post one for trainer Mike Deters, co-owner with Laurie Poulin.

The Big Jim gelding Tiger Thompson N, the leader in this GNOS division’s pointstandings and only 1½ length behind Prairie Panther last week at Pocono, returns to the track where he won in GNOS competition on May 12. Andrew McCarthy will be a fresh pair of hands behind Tiger Thompson N, beginning from post six for trainer Joshua Parker.
Donttellmeagain, late-season conqueror of McWicked during that one’s Horse of the Year campaign last fall, finished third behind Tiger Thompson N when that horse won in the GNOS here, and like that day he is burdened with the outside post eight on Sunday. The red-hot team of driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Jim King Jr. are the braintrust behind Donttellmeagain, a Dragon Again gelding who will be making his first start in 2½ months.

Others in the field, listed from innermost post position excluding the above three, are Our Max Phactor N (driver George Napolitano Jr.), Slick Tony (Anthony Morgan), Sicily (Victor Kirby), Mach N Cheese (Simon Allard), and Lyons Steel (George Brennan). 

The horses earn points according to their order of finish, with the top pointwinners in the weekly-scheduled spring/summer competition eligible for their $100,000 GNOS Championship at 1¼ miles at Pocono on Monday, September 9.
​
Sunday’s GNOS pace is race seven on Philly’s 14-race card, with first post set for 12:40 p.m.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    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