Chester, PA — After sustaining a tough first-over journey to finish second to Pat McGarry A last week, Colossal Stride A kept going to catch his hard-used rival at the end of a 1:51.2 in this Sunday’s (Dec. 18) $22,500 winners-over pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Pat McGarry A paid a :26 price to make the lead this week; he did back off the half to :55.3, but then was forced to pick the pace back up to the 1:22.4 three-quarters as Colossal Stride A and driver Andy McCarthy steadily advanced through the backstretch and around the turn. In the stretch, Colossal Stride A had plenty left in the tank and overtook Pat McGarry A by 1-3/4 lengths. Candace Brandstatter trains the winner of $246,472 for Royal Rock Racing LLC.

Another son of Bettor’s Delight, The Wild Card, let Bettor Not Talk go around him early in order to sit a pocket trip, then came out and overhauled that determined foe by a head to take the $16,200 co-featured pace in 1:52. The Yonkers shipper, a winner of $293,249, was driven by Simon Allard for trainer Ron Burke and the partnership of Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.

The top pacing contest for developing horses, which went for $15,300, saw Stonebridge Karis continue his excellent form run since being claimed on Aug. 30 by owner Eric Provost and trainer Darren Taneyhill, getting a two-hole trip and a clear path to the wire to win for driver Tim Tetrick in 1:53.2. The sophomore Sweet Lou gelding has won seven of 16 starts and has earned in excess of $62,000 since joining Team Prevost/Taneyhill.

Tim Tetrick has mathematically clinched his eighth Harrah’s Philadelphia driving crown, with his six winners on Sunday’s card bringing him to 251 for the meet, 71 ahead of second-place Simon Allard.

For the final two weeks of the 2022 racing season, Harrah’s Philadelphia will feature live racing on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Program pages for all Philly cards are or will be available on the PHHA website.