CHESTER, PA – The harness racing track record sheet at Harrah’s Philadelphia got a very-early-in-the-season alteration on Thursday afternoon (April 25), as the four-year-old Sebastian K S trotting gelding Benjamin Hanover won powerfully in 1:51.2, knocking three-fifths of a second from the local divisional standard held by Scirocco Rob since 2019. Off a 1:52.3 impressive
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Crantini went a 1:56.2 mile to win his second-consecutive Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) outing during the Thursday afternoon (July 21) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia, while French Wine broke his maiden while going three-fifths of a second faster in capturing the other $75,816 division.
The highlight of an otherwise-dreary afternoon card of harness racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday (June 23) was the 7,000th career driving victory of “The Captain,” Corey Callahan.
Trainers always say that a horse’s four-year-old season is one of transition, and that when they turn five, that’s the year the good ones really blossom.