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 (Aug. 11) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

A 10-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 point standings and only 1-1/2 lengths 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 2-1/2 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 point winners in the weekly-scheduled spring/summer competition eligible for their $100,000 GNOS Championship at 1-1/4 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.