Lyons Sentinel recorded a nice Breeders Crown tune up on Wednesday (Oct. 9) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Lyons Sentinel recorded a 1:52.2 victory in her division of the Simpson Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies.
The Captaintreacherous filly sat third early as the unbeaten Drama Act, 3-for-3 was sent to the lead and put up pedestrian splits of :28 and :57. Driver Tim Tetrick’s hand was forced at the half with an outside tier moving up, so he moved his filly out for the uncovered journey, which brought her to a stubborn Drama Act before the 1:25.2 three-quarters.
Drama Act shows little sign of giving way around the far turn, either, but then Tetrick asked the Jim King Jr.-trained miss for a higher turn of speed as the field turned into the stretch. She covered the last quarter in :27 to defeat the pacesetter by two and three-quarter lengths. The ownership of Threelyonsracing saw their prize filly go over a half-million in earnings, with her bankroll at $519,255 after only ten starts.
In the other division of the pacing stakes, another daughter of Captaintreacherous, Arden Hanover, bounced back to stakes-winning form when she was able to rally from the pocket to win a three-horse photo in 1:54, a lifetime mark. Tyler Buter urged the filly, a three-time winner in PA Stallion Series competition, up the inside and she responded with a :28 kicker to win by a head over the uncovered favourite Ashtini. The pacesetter, More Than Kute, finished just another nose back in third. Mark Harder trains Arden Hanover, and he co-owns the freshman with Joseph Jannuzzelli.
The first division of the companion $108,200 Simpson filly trotting stakes was won by Tricky Sister. The daughter of Trixton won on the engine in 1:57 in what was a mark-lowering performance. Dan Dube was in the bike for trainer Andrew Harris and owner Robert Key.
Tim Tetrick came back to also win a division of the trotting stakes. His was behind the Sebastian K S filly Next Level Stuff, who recorded an easy 1:56.4 win. Next Level Stuff had soft fractions with a rank outsider outside her much of the way. The margin of victory was seven and a half lengths. Jim Campbell trains Next Level Stuff – who has never been beaten in eight career starts when she has stayed on stride – for the Runthetable Stables.
(With files from PHHA / Harrah’s Philadelphia)