Chester, PA — Trainer Noel Daley and driver Andy McCarthy combined to win two of the three divisions of the $104,100 Super Bowl, the John Simpson Sr. Memorial Stakes event for 2-year-old male trotters, on Thursday (Oct. 20) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

One of their winners was the Chapter Seven-Lass A Rope colt Volume Eight, who missed the divisional track record by only a tick with his 1:54.3 front-end effort. The big favorite, coming off a Lexington Grand Circuit win, was extended by pocket sitter Father Stosh, but he remained a half length to the good at the wire for the partnership of Daley, Joe Sbrocco, LA Express & JAF Racing, and Mario Mazza.

McCarthy and Daley also clicked with Squared Away. The Cantab Hall-K Squared Hanover colt sat in the pocket most of the way, pulled out going to the far turn, and widened handily to win by 2-3/4 lengths while reducing his mark to 1:55.3. Squared Away has now won three straight starts for Morrison Racing Stables.

In the other Simpson split, Met Your Request, a Met’s Hall-Quest Blue Chip gelding sent at 32-1, tailed the cover of 2-5 favorite Kimmeridgian through the last half, then swung wide to catch that rival by a neck in a new mark of 1:56. Tyler Miller drove the three-time winner for his mother, trainer Julie Miller, and the ownership of Andy Miller Stable Inc. and Mr. Caroll Hoffman.

The talented veteran Crystal Fashion rebounded from a second-place finish after a hard-luck journey last week and won the $22,500 fast-class handicap trot in 1:54.1. Tim Tetrick sent him to command early, then yielded to sit behind Ghostintheshell S. The victorious Cantab Hall gelding moved out at the three-quarters and circled right to the lead, then held off a strong late bid from 26-1 shot Secret Bro to record a three-quarter-length triumph, raising his earnings to $2,191.749 in winning for trainer Chuck Crissman Jr. and EVM Racing LLC.

Tetrick padded his meet-leading win total with seven visits to Victory Lane on the Thursday card.

Simpson series stakes action continues Friday (Oct. 21) with the $93,200 Razzle Hanover contest for 2-year-old trotting fillies; they will be joined by $22,500 fast-class handicap paces separated by sex. The Simpson Stakes will be featured the rest of this week and all of next week at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Program pages are available via the PHHA website.