Chester, PA — Pacer Maximus Miki and trotter Adore Me proved the best in Friday’s (June 9) $15,300 co-features at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Maximus Miki, despite being off for 21 days and having only one race in the last 33, missed his mark by just a tick with a 1:50.1 win. The Always B Miki gelding tucked midpack in a :26.4 quarter led by favored Kolby Two Step, followed that one along to a :55.1 half, then angled uncovered on a second move. Maximus Miki engaged battle with the leader before the 1:22.1 three-quarters and proved the best in the stretch, winning by three-quarters of a length over a trip-troubled Sporty M Three. Kolby Two Step held for third, another half length back.

George Napolitano Jr. drove Maximus Miki for the Cancelliere brothers, trainer Tom and owner John.

In the high-level trot, the Father Patrick mare Adore Me, nosed out in a $150,000 Kentucky event in her last start, won in a lifetime best 1:54 after she put up splits of :28.1, :57.1 and 1:25.3. Betterinpinehurst rallied from the pocket in the stretch but came up a half length short of the returnee from Oak Grove, whom Andy Miller drove for his wife, trainer Julie Miller, and Windsong Stable.

Tim Tetrick, the meet’s leading driver, won half the card, checking in first on seven occasions.

Sunday’s (June 11) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia will be topped by a $20,000 Open Handicap Trot with It’s Academic assigned the outside and an $18,000 fast-class handicap feature with Tattoo Artist and A Rocknroll Star trying to surmount the rightmost spots behind the gate. Post time is 12:40 p.m. Program pages for all races at Harrah’s Philadelphia are available on the PHHA website.