Chester, PA — The Thursday afternoon (April 23) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia was full of both fast winning times and mutuel upsets led by Dame Good Time’s 1:51.4 victory in the $13,000 trotting feature.
Andy Miller had Dame Good Time flying away from the gate to assume command quickly with favored Benjamin Hanover at the other end of the field after an early break. The victorious Chapter Seven gelding unfurled splits of :27.2, :55.2 and 1:22.4 and was just as fresh at the end of the mile as he was at the start, winning by 5-1/2 lengths even though he had not started since Nov. 19, 2025, at Dayton Raceway. He paid $29.60 to win, giving Miller one of three double-digit win mutuels on the program and the highlight of his driving hat trick.
Dame Good Time has had some moments in the racing sun. The now 5-year-old won a Bluegrass division at 2; at 3, he won the Zweig and upset the mighty Karl in the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series final, where he took his mark of 1:50.3. He also has had different trainers in his four campaigns for owner John Cummins, with Nick DeVita in charge of him in 2026.
There were three $12,000 contests for developing horses serving as co-features. The trotting division also went to Andy Miller with Just Teasing, a sophomore Captain Corey filly who improved one position off a second-place finish in her seasonal bow, lowering her mark to 1:55.2 for trainer Julie Miller and the partnership of Andy Miller Stable Inc., Jean Goehlen and Windsong Stable.
There was also a pacing co-feature for each sex. In the contest for males that concluded the card, the fastest time of the day was posted by 3-year-old Sweet Lou gelding Im A Real American, who posted a new mark of 1:51. Driver Simon Allard sat unmasking through the stretch after his horse led throughout fractions of :27.1, :55.4 and 1:22.3. Per Engblom conditions Im A Real American for Evans Nation and Engblom Farm LLC.
The female co-featured pacers were topped by the Papi Rob Hanover filly Make It Right, who won in 1:53.3. Tim Tetrick used the sophomore three-wide the entirety of the opening panel en route to making the top at the three-eighths, but Make It Right did everything right through a :56.1 back half to tally for trainer Jim King Jr. and owners Gary McCandless, Jo Ann Looney-King and Larry Rathbone.
Only three favorites won on the day, but bettors who adjusted early to driver Troy Beyer were amply rewarded. Beyer won the second race with Perla while paying $70.60, then came right back in the very next contest to front his field with Captain Cash at $51.
In addition to Beyer and Andy Miller’s multi-win days, drivers Allard and Mark Herschberger and trainer Annie Stoebe recorded doubles.
The week continues at Harrah’s Philadelphia with a 12:25 p.m. Friday (April 24) card and a 12:40 p.m. Sunday (April 26) program. Next week, Thursday (April 30) will be a dark day because of a special 12:40 p.m. program on Kentucky Derby Saturday (May 2); the day before that, the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series make their 2026 debut with a leg for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
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