On the heels of a seasonal best 1:50.1 score last week, Richard and Joanne Young's Best In Show ($11.40) swept from last for a 1:49.4 win in one of Sunday's (July 4) co-featured $13,000 paces at Harrah's Philadelphia.
The 5-year-old Bettors Delight entire sat patiently off the pace while 8-5 favourite Fortify set stern middle fractions of :54 and 1:21.1. But the pace took its toll, and Best In Show vaulted off the live three-wide cover of runner-up Seriously Hanover to win by a widening 2 1/2 lengths. Fortify was a beaten third.
Pat Berry drove Best In Show, who has earned $632,247 in his career, to his eighth career win for trainer Linda Toscano.