Chester, PA — Everybody in the five-horse $14,400 featured trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon (May 4) was involved in the action at one point or another, with Inter Mischief, last year’s Massachusetts 2-year-old champion, taking a new mark of 1:54.1 in his 2023 debut.

Donzel Hanover and Cocktail Fashion left side-by-side, with the former putting the latter in behind before surrendering command to Inter Mischief by the :27.3 quarter. Senna moved late on the first turn and completed the first of two last-to-first sweeps in the race, reaching the half in :56.3 before then being joined up the backstretch by favored Fashion Annie, who advanced strongly from last as the field went to the three-quarters in 1:25.3.

Fashion Annie got the advantage on the far turn, but Tony Morgan had moved Inter Mischief out behind that filly to set up a stretch duel between the two seasonal first-timers. Inter Mischief gained the upper hand late and won by a half length for trainer Jamie Sullivan, who co-owns the International Moni colt with Frank Chick.

Favorites won five of the first seven races (average win price $5.91) but then failed to click in the second half of the card (average win price $14.11). Also, three horses came from second-over to post a victory on Thursday — two more than during the entirety of last week. David Miller had the last of the winning cover horses, which gave him daily driving honors with three wins.

Racing at Philly resumes on Friday (May 5) at 12:25 p.m., with a card that features $20,000 Open Paces for both sexes and a superfecta carryover of $1,931.71 into the first race. There will be a special Kentucky Derby Day live card at Harrah’s on Saturday (May 6) at 12:40 p.m., and then the racing week will come to its normal conclusion on Sunday (May 7) at 12:40 p.m., a card which will feature a $20,000 Open Trot. Program pages for all Philly cards are or will be available on the PHHA website.