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.