The ageless Eurobond reached the 50 career win milestone with an upset victory in a $14,865 conditioned event on Thursday, July 10 at Harrah's Philadelphia.

The former Kentucky Sires Stakes champion was fifth off the car from the inside post behind early fireworks as Somebody Special (Art Stafford Jr.) blasted forward to lead to the quarter in :27.1 before Saint K (Tim Tetrick) pressed on to take over in front of the stands. He trotted to the half in :56.2, when Eurobond left the cones for Simon Allard onto the cover of 2022 Hambletonian winner Cool Papa Bell (Andy McCarthy). The outer flow advanced to three-quarters in 1:25.1 with Eurobond licking his lips as Cool Papa Bell battled alongside the pacesetter. Eurobond tipped to the outside at the top of the stretch and, after briefly treading water, took off and soared by his rivals to win in 1:54.2, beating Cool Papa Bell by a half-length. Ricardo (Mike Cole) unleashed a big late kick to get up for third.

Eurobond, a 10-year-old stallion by Love You-True Diva, is now 50-for-163 lifetime and increased his bankroll to $858,464. The veteran trotter has made trips to many of the tracks in the northeast, with top-level wins at Yonkers, Plainridge, Pocono, Harrah's Philadelphia, and The Meadows. Per Engblom trains him for Morrison Racing Stables. He returned $17.60 to win.

The three-year-old Cantab Hall-Won An Done trotting filly Tabdone won her fourth straight race as she took Thursday’s $18,243 featured conditioned event, a neck to the good over Inferno DK. Looped out of the gate by her Danish rival, Tabdone continued on to the lead by a :28.1 quarter, stayed in control through mid-race fractions of :57.2 and 1:26.3, and then drew away on the turn and into the stretch. Inferno Dk (Tetrick) fought on gamely in a :28.1 last quarter, but Tabdone got the job done in 1:54.4 for the red-hot pairing of trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer and owner Purple Haze Stables LLC. Inferno Dk finished second. Im Out (Jonathan Ahle) was third. Tabdone is five-for-eight since her debut earlier this year.

Fast-class trotters contested a $17,568 purse in the co-feature, and the well-traveled Tactical Landing-Sheenas Shadow gelding Djimon (a Yoruban word for “powerful blood”) continued to live up to his name with his third straight win here, tallying in 1:53.3. David Miller sat outside with him behind an early contested pace past the :27.2 first quarter then moved Djimon to the top, with middle fractions of :56.1 and 1:24.3 following. Favoured Once In A Lifetime (Tetrick) swung wide off cover but could finish no closer than three lengths behind the winner, who is trained by Mark Steacy for Hudson Standardbred Stable Inc., Dale Larson, and Stephen Downey. He earned his fourth win in 12 starts this season.

In the first of two $16,216 conditioned trots, the Muscle Hill three-year-old filly Jersey Slide got her game together in a big way, going wire-to-wire for an easy victory in a lifetime-best 1:53.4. Tetrick guided the Jim Campbell trainee for Runthetable Stables. In the other section of this condition, the Cantab Hall mare Tracks Of My Tears turned in a career best time of 1:55.1 to parry a late move by Jeffery J (Tetrick) for trainer Frank Ingrassia and driver Jackie Ingrassia, the latter a co-owner with Donna Franchetti.

The meet’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, had three victories to lead the sulkysitters colony, while Andy and David Miller each had two – bringing the career totals of that trio to 39,381 visits to the winners circle. Two of Tetrick’s wins were for Jim Campbell, the only doubling trainer.

The Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series returns to Harrah’s Philly on Friday at 12:25 p.m. with the third preliminary round for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Earlier Sire Stakes winners Meshuggah and The Fix Is In have drawn in separate divisions, while in the Stallion Series the only two-time winner, Gimlet Hanover, will be joined by six other single-leg winners in the three cuts.

(PHHA / Harrah's Philadelphia & Standardbred Canada)