Chester, PA — They saved the fastest for last on Thursday afternoon (June 22) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, as the 3-year-old Sweet Lou gelding Lite N Sweet won the $12,600 feature for his section — the last event carded on the day — in a career best 1:50.4.

Though his past performance line shows “2”s all the way to the stretch, Lite N Sweet in fact made three moves during the mile: leaving well, retaking after letting one foe go and then yielding to the next one to charge up, then re-emerging in the lane for a three-quarter-length victory over Andy Mac Hanover for driver Troy Beyer, trainer Tom Cancelliere and owner John Cancelliere.

In the faster division for filly pacers, Light And Tight, a sophomore daughter of American Ideal, rallied for a neck tally over pacesetter Absolute Power in a lifetime best 1:52.4 for trainer Richard “Nifty” Norman and owners Pinske Stables and David Hoese. Light And Tight’s driver, David Miller, won four races on the afternoon to tie for top honors with George Napolitano Jr., who won the other pacing filly feature with the Sweet Lou mare Louie The Lilac in 1:54.1 by a neck over Esperanza Hanover, giving Team Cancelliere another victory in the day’s featured contests.

Miller earned himself a second feature win in the lone trotting headliner, winning with the International Moni gelding Allmoni in 1:57.2 to run his 2023 record to four-for-five with a neck defeat of Metro Matty. Trainer Jason Johnson co-owns the improved trotter with Edward and Kelly Moore.

The first Philly pari-mutuel race for 2-year-olds in 2023 was conducted during the card, a contest for trotting fillies that went to the Fordham Road-Lovebeinglucky miss Loveyoubunches, who came home in :28.2 to win in 1:58 for driver Todd Schadel, who also shares ownership with his wife, Christine, along with Rick and Regina Beinhauer. The win by Loveyoubunches gave the Schadels’ son Cody his first licensed win as a trainer.

Racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia continues this week on Friday (June 23) at 12:25 p.m. and Sunday (June 25) at 12:40 p.m. Program pages for all races at Harrah’s Philadelphia are or will be available on the PHHA website.