Tim Tetrick, Donttellmeagain shine in Philadelphia qualifiers

Chester, PA — Driver Tim Tetrick was at the top of his game on Tuesday morning (April 9) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning five times in 10 qualifiers, including a sweep with four quality-proven performers.

Donttellmeagain, as good as the best FFA pacers when at his best last year, won his second straight 2019 qualifier, this one in 1:51.4. The Jim King Jr. trainee, an altered son of Dragon Again, moved out of the pocket down the backstretch and covered each of the last two panels in :27.1 to be 2-3/4 lengths clear of Closing Statement, third as a 2-year-old in his Breeders Crown event and on the comeback trail. Caviart Ally, a consensus second-best in the 2018 older mare ranks behind Shartin N (ironically another Tetrick/King horse), came from last to be third, with her own last quarter in :27.

Three-year-old stakes fillies who had had six-figure campaigns at two put in some sharp miles in other events, all under the guidance of the green, yellow, and white.

The So Surreal filly So Awesome, a nose shy in her New York Sire Stakes final last year, came home in :27.4 to win in 1:54.1 for Tetrick and trainer Scott DiDomenico, while Rockin Philly lowered her freshman record by a tick, the A Rocknroll Dance filly reporting home first in 1:53.1–:27.2 for the Donttellmeagain team of Tetrick and King.

Tetrick’s mastery also extended to the trotting fillies, as the Cantab Hall miss Magical Beliefs, a neck shy in her Pennsylvania Sire Stakes championship, came out to win at first crack in 1:57.2 for Tetrick and trainer Linda Toscano.

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