Chester, PA – Developing horses on their way up the class ladder were featured in a pair of $14,000 pacing events Wednesday afternoon (June 5) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with a pair of sons by Somebeachsomewhere; Blacklight and Bring The Thunder, emerging victorious.

Bring The Thunder may have started his career with 14 defeats, but right now he’s a winner of two straight, and he has a nice new mark of 1:52 after taking one of the features. Driver Dexter Dunn sent the winner around early leader Scirocco Mistysaid off the first turn, he then paced a :55.1 back half to score the victory for trainer Chris Ryder, who partners on Bring The Thunder with Robert Mondillo and Max Wernick.

Tim Tetrick, six wins away from 11,000 career victories, yielded for the two-hole with Blacklight behind favored Chaser Hanover; the second half went in :55.1, same as the other feature. The winner was able to rally past the pacesetter by a length in 1:53.2 for trainer Per Engblom and Diamond Creek Racing. This sophomore is the first foal out of the $1.9 million-winning champion mare I Luv The Nitelife.

A pair of $12,500 paces served as co-features on the week’s opening card. In the first event, George Napolitano Jr., a four-time winner on Wednesday took heed of the name of Kept Under Wraps A, and worked out a pocket trip for him in a very contentious mile. After the smoke cleared at the head of the stretch, Napolitano sent him through on the inside and recorded a three-quarter length victory over favored Chumlee A in 1:52.1. It was a new lifetime mark at age 8 for the Bettor’s Delight gelding, who is trained by Travis Kolaczynski for owner Aimee Scheid.

The second co-feature was held as race 12, and it marked the first time all dat that the winner was not the pacesetter or the pocket horse, as Imstayinalive tipped wide off of cover past mid-turn and closed to catch Control Tower by a half-length. Pat Berry rallied the son of American Ideal to the 1:51.2 victory, his first of the season for trainer Pat Lachance and the partnership of Lachance Racing Stable and Dan Mogridge.