Chester, PA — A quartet of $12,600 contests for developing horses, three on the pace and one on the trot, headlined the Thursday (June 15) action at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

The Heston Blue Chip gelding Flash Move, coming off two second-place finishes in the Pennsylvania Stallion Series, flashed to the top by the quarter for driver Andrew McCarthy then paced home in :55.4 in lowering his mark to 1:51.3. Trainer Robert Cleary co-owns the quick pacer, who is two-for-five this year after not racing at 2, along with Royal Wire Products Inc.

There were two divisions for filly pacers. The faster went to the Lazarus N filly Lisa Lane, coming off of three checks in New Jersey Sire Stakes competition and able to front her field throughout in a new mark of 1:52.2, with a swift back half of :55. Patrick Ryder was in the sulky for his father, trainer Chris Ryder; both of whom share ownership with Nadia Tarnawa.

In the other distaff pace, the Sweet Lou sophomore Lulu Rocks looked hopelessly stuck in a blind switch as horses swept wide on the turn, but trainer-driver Pat Lachance backed her out to the extreme outside in the lane and overhauled stretch leader Allrighty Then by a length in 1:54.1. Lachance also owns the winner with Monmouth Bay Racing LLC and Edward DeRosa.

On the trot, the 3-year-old International Moni gelding Allmoni and driver David Miller roared by heavy favorite Double Dippin up the backstretch, and although that one kept up the pursuit to the line, Allmoni held a 1-1/2-length margin at the finish while equaling his mark of 1:57.1. Trainer Jason Johnson owns the winner of three-of-four in 2023 with Edward and Kelly Moore.

Open Handicap Paces going for $20,000 will head the final two days of the Harrah’s Philadelphia racing week. On Friday’s (June 16) card, distaffers gathering for the feature include the winners of the last two Betsy Ross Paces, Max Contract and Majorca N, while the Sunday (June 18) program will find its feature headed by Southwind Gendry, who set an all-age track record of 1:47.2 in his last local start, although the mark was eclipsed the same day as Ruthless Hanover lowered it to 1:46.3. Program pages for all races at Harrah’s Philadelphia are or will be available on the PHHA website.