Chester, PA — A pair of second choices upended the favorites in the $204,634 final preliminary leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 27) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, including a 1:54 track record performance by Insta Glam.

Insta Glam’s driver, Tim Tetrick, yielded the lead to Evening Stroll before the :27.3 first quarter, but regained the top with his filly during a moderate :29.3 second quarter.

Favorite Anoka Hanover charged with a vengeance after the leader, trotting her own third split uncovered in :26.4 and poking a nose in front at the 1:25 three-quarters. But Tetrick kept his filly on the bit and battling, and in the end, Insta Glam won by 2-1/2 lengths, with Anoka Hanover saving second by a neck over Evening Stroll. The 1:54 track record clocking took three ticks off the former divisional standard, set by Cooler Schooner in 2013.

The Father Patrick-Hollywood Hill miss Insta Glam notched her third career win and has earned $113,349 to date for trainer Nancy Takter and owners Goran Falk and Christina Takter.

In the second division, the Father Patrick-Skara Brae filly Gimme Shelter went to the lead for Dexter Dunn through a :27.3 first quarter, yielded to favorite You Ato Dream and stalked her through mid-race splits of :57.3 and 1:26.1, then angled out of the two-hole and trotted by for a one-length victory in a lifetime best of 1:55.1.

Mike Palone trains the five-time winner, who now has two Sire Stakes and an Arden Downs split to her credit, and she has bankrolled $134,730 for Lone Wolf Stable and Nicholas Catalano.

There were also four $20,000 Stallion Series divisions for this group. Love Muffin became a three-time preliminary winner for driver Corey Callahan in 1:58; other winners were May Karp (Dexter Dunn, 1:56.3), Miss Cleopatrick (Andrew McCarthy, 1:57.1) and Pantera (Tim Tetrick, 1:57.2).