Author: from PHHA/Harrah's Philadelphia

Direction and Cantkeepmiasecret captured their respective co-featured $13,500 conditioned events on a cool and damp Friday (May 10) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Sportsmanship ($51.50) was just an afterthought heading down the stretch in Buffalo Raceway’s co-featured $9,000 trot on Friday afternoon (May 10). But the determined 12-year-old gelding showed some serious ‘gamesmanship’ late and stunned the field with a nose victory over Kyuquot in a seasonal best 1:57.

Co-featured trots, both valued at $17,000, were the top of the mark at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (May 9), and both races were won with front-end efforts that produced career-best clockings.

Five sub-1:55 miles on the trot headlined the Thursday (May 9) program at Harrah’s Philadelphia — including a repeat win by Chake in the $13,000 headliner — while 3-year-old pacer Total Stranger broke his maiden in an eye-popping 1:49.1.

Clark Stables and Tina Clark’s That Ole Bar Stool ($3.00, Art Stafford Jr.) was a 1:55.2 winner in Wednesday’s (May 8) featured $22,500 Open Trot at Harrington Raceway.

The draws for the first three cards of the 2024 Eldorado Scioto Downs race meet have been completed, with 16 races scheduled for each night.

Anurka ($5.10) had things all her own way while Ruthmae Hanover ($25.00) pulled an 11-1 upset to highlight their respective featured $9,000 paces for fillies and mares at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (May 8).