Crystal Fashion sat behind pacesetter Big Oil, moved out midway on the far turn, and trotted right away from the rest of the field to win the $16,200 feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:52.4 on Thursday afternoon (July 8) and give driver Tim Tetrick one of seven wins on the card.
Big Oil, a world champion and winner of three of his last four, cleared Crystal Fashion in a :26.4 first quarter before rating a :56.4 half. After sitting second through three-quarters in 1:24.4, Tetrick knew his horse was full of forward motion, so he pulled him out, and the pair stormed into the lead coming into the stretch. Big Oil lasted for second, 4-1/4 lengths behind the victorious Cantab Hall gelding, who lifted his lifetime earnings to $2,045,318 for trainer Jim Campbell and Fashion Farms LLC.
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Highalator added to his impressive lifetime record at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Saturday afternoon, as he is now 17 for 28 in his career at the mountain oval after a 1:50.1 victory in the Saturday (May 15) pacing feature.
Driver Rick Still did not try to outgun the outside leavers with the winning son of Somebeachsomewhere as they raced to a :26.3 quarter; he left him on the outside and gradually got the top before the :54.4 midway clocking. Second-choice Vettel N came up to challenge the leader before the 1:21.4 three-quarters, but Highlator remained his usual game self to run his lifetime totals to 41 wins in 92 starts and earnings of $654,228 for trainer Jenny Bier, who is co-owner with Joann Dombeck and Midsize Construction Inc.
Thisisshe and Stop Resistin both scored convincing engine victories in the $12,800 co-featured claiming handicap trots on Monday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
The My MVP mare Thisisshe rolled to her third-consecutive win, with George Napolitano Jr. sending the sharp distaff to the front and holding the advantage to the wire in 1:55. For trainer Dan Maier and Racing To Win Stable, Thisisshe was a short but profitable visitor to their string–they claimed the mare last week for $26,400 including her mare allowance, and this week she was taken for a $28,800 claiming price, thus adding $2,400 via price and $6,400 via purse.
Developing younger horses were featured on Wednesday afternoon (April 7) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with an $11,200 event for both pacing and trotting males.
Hall of Fame driver David Miller took the shortest way home to win in both features, coming up the inside after front-end battles. On the pace, the Well Said gelding Step On The Gas had the inside seas part for him after favourites Jollity and Miki U So Fine dueled. The clear sailing for Miller gave the gelding a straight path to a mark of 1:52.4. The winner is now 2-for-3 since entering the Ron Burke stable for owner Shannon Murphy.
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