Chester, PA — The front end continued to be the place to be at Harrah’s Philadelphia at the start of the third week of the racing season, as Fearless Man used speedy tactics to take the $18,000 featured trot on Thursday (April 11) in 1:53.3.

The young meet’s leading driver, George Napolitano Jr., let longshot Tough Mac streak to the early lead, and then brushed Fearless Man to the top past a lightning :26.2 opening split. The winner of $684,304 just kept gobbling up the racetrack through middle fractions of :55.1 and 1:23.2, with favorite Fraser Ridge making steady but insufficient forward grinding progress. Fraser Ridge continued to gain through the lane, but Fearless Man had just built up too big an advantage. The gelded son of Elegant Man prevailed by 1-3/4 lengths for trainer Andrew Harris and the ownership of Rick Zeron Stables, Noblock Racing Stable, and Cool Cat Racing Inc.

In the $14,500 sub-featured trot, Seven Iron equaled his lifetime mark of 1:54.2. The victorious son of Cantab Hall, a Chris Lakata trainee who has now a bankroll of $241,170, sustained a first-over push over the speed-favoring oval, but driver Yannick Gingras had plenty of horse late to finish 2-3/4 lengths clear of favorite Presidente Zette.