Chester, PA — A Good Chardonnay and Walover, both 3-year-old daughters of Walner, took lifetime marks in their respective $12,600 co-featured trots at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon (June 14).
Andy Miller reserved A Good Chardonnay off an early dustup, then moved the $180,000 yearling purchase to the top in front of the stands. A Good Chardonnay, the heavy favorite, enjoyed an open lead for most of the second half, then held off a late move from Boudicca by a length in 1:55.1. Julie Miller conditions the winner for Andy Miller Stable Inc., Michael Anderson, and Jean Goehlen.
Precipitation caused the track to be downgraded to “sloppy” before Walover took to the track late in the card, but the $240,000 yearling now has won half her six seasonal starts after turning in a lifetime best of 1:56.1. Trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer sent the trotter right to the front and remained in control to the wire, holding off the quickly-developing Bur Bun by a length for Purple Haze Stables LLC.
Racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia continues on Thursday (June 15) at 12:25 p.m. The weekend features at Philly are solid: Friday’s (June 16) $20,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace has the last two Betsy Ross winners — Max Contract and Majorca N — facing off against the classy Boudoir Hanover, while the $20,000 Open Handicap Pace on Sunday’s (June 18) 12:40 p.m. card finds the return of Southwind Gendry, who briefly had the all-age track record at Philly with a 1:47.2 standard before it was shattered later on Super Sunday by Ruthless Hanover’s 1:46.3 mile in the Joe Auger Memorial. Program pages for all races at Harrah’s Philadelphia are or will be available on the PHHA website.