Chester, PA — Eight trotters won in 1:55 or faster on Thursday (July 11) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

The feature on the day was a $15,000 fast-class handicap trot, where Eurobond went to an unopposed early lead and set fractions of :27.1, :57 and 1:24.1. But as the opposition grew closer around the final bend, Eurobond lost his gait while trying to respond to those challenges. Stable Genius, who advanced uncovered from third midway up the backstretch to challenge, took over the lead and kept it to the finish line, where he was three-quarters of a length ahead of Sinatra De Vie at the end of the 1:53 mile. Todd McCarthy drove the winning Muscle Mass gelding to his second straight win for trainer Jeff Cullipher and owner Pollack Racing LLC.

The fast-class sub-feature, worth $13,000, went faster than that, as Donato Patriot K won his third straight race, tying his mark of 1:52.3 on the engine. And the $11,000 third-level trot went faster still, with Outside The Fire rallying from the two-hole to equal his mark of 1:52.2.

The second-highest purse of the day was $13,500, for a race featuring developing trotters. It was taken by the Greenshoe sophomore gelding Smart Schooner, a breaker in his previous four starts over the last two campaigns but today on his best behavior as he too matched his mark of 1:53.2 for driver Andy McCarthy, newly-installed Hall Of Fame trainer Jim Campbell, and Fashion Farms.

Also jumping on the speed bandwagon for the diamond gait were Common Parlance (1:53.3, a new mark), double millionaire Crystal Fashion (1:54.3), Son Of Sona (1:54.4), and Cocktailwithakick (1:55, to equal her mark).

Corey Callahan, Todd McCarthy and Tim Tetrick all had driving triples on the afternoon.