Tag Up And Go and Watkins emerged as the winners of the joint $14,500 features during the “Trottin’ Thursday” (April 18) program at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Tag Up And Go enjoyed a drop in class on Thursday. Tag Up And Go was pointed right to the front by driver Marcus Miller and never looked back, Tag Up And Go raced through splits of :28, :57 and 1:25.1 before hitting the wire in 1:53.4. Seven Iron raced in the pocket and stayed closest to the winner, but he was still almost three lengths in arrears. Tag Up And Go, who is an Angus Hall gelding, now has 42 wins and $560,466 in purse earnings. Rob Harmon trains the winner for owners Lester Gelardi Jr. and Anthony Passafaro.
Twelve-year-old Striking Sahbra gelding Watkins won the other co-feature in 1:55.2. He has now visited victory lane 50 times in his career and his overall purse earnings now stand at $913,385. David Miller was able to delay a first-over move until well past the five-eighths-mile marker, and the greybeard just kept rolling from there. P L Icabod finished a neck back in second.
(With files from PHHA / Harrah’s Philadelphia)