Sophomore pacing filly Odds On Aces Full kept grinding away at favoured pacesetter Sweet Odds, then beat her to the line by three parts of a length to win the $16,216 feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 9 in a career best 1:51.4.
Sweet Odds and driver Tim Tetrick moved past a :26.2 opener to wrest command from a longshot, then went to the midway point in :55.3, with Odds On Aces Full (like the leader, bred by Odds On Nourrir) and driver Anibal Borjas moving outside from third nearing the far turn and the 1:23.1 three-quarters. The pacesetter proved resilient, but the winning Stay Hungry-Odds On Palm Beach filly took her measure late for trainer Tony Alagna and owners Odds On Racing. Shangri La Hanover and Jack Pelling finished third.
Coming off a pair of Pennsylvania Stallion Series show finishes, Odds On Aces Full earned her first win of the year and third career victory from nine starts.
In a $14,865 trot for two-year-old fillies, Naked And Famous had a journey similar to feature winner Odds On Aces Full, sitting fairly close to the pace and then uncorking an uncovered move that steadily brought her to victory to 1:58.1 in her first betting start. Glitterati, driven by Johnathan Ahle, backed out behind the winner’s cover on the far turn, but her late bid came up three quarters of a length short as Naked And Famous won for driver Niko Karna, trainer Noel Daley and CTC Stable. The Six Pack-Sleep Tight My Luv filly was a $97,222 yearling acquisition from the 2024 Standardbred Horse Sale.
Troy Beyer won four races Wednesday to top the Philly drivers while his compatriot in yellow and green, meet leader Tim Tetrick, visited Victory Lane three times.
Racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia will continue this week on Thursday and Friday at 12:25 p.m. and Sunday at 12:40 p.m. The Friday card will feature top quality three-year-old trotting colts in $164,266 USD of stakes action in the group’s third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series.
(With files from PHHA/Harrah's Philadelphia)