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CHESTER PA – The Dragon Reborn (Bettor’s Delight) certainly got a break when he drew the rail for the $14,000 featured pace for classclimbers Sunday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia. He needed only one more break in the race, and after that he maximized his ability to score a 1:51.2 victory. THE DRAGON REBORN REPLAY […]
CHESTER PA – No horse or horseperson will ever turn down the misfortune of others as good luck helping towards a harness racing victory, but it’s indeed likely the Walner filly Sparks would have won under any circumstances as she took the $12,000 featured trot on Friday at Harrah’s Philadelphia. In a seven-horse field, two […]
CHESTER PA – Enough fast-class pacers dropped in for the Sunday afternoon card at Harrah’s Philadelphia that there could be two $13,000 harness racing divisions at the highest level, which were won by On Accident (1:49.4) and TH Colby (1:50.1). ON ACCIDENT REPLAY On Accident had been close without winning in his last several […]
Chester, PA – Joe Lee, Geovany Hernandez and Michael Fiumenero all found the harness racing winner’s circle in their respective American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) divisions on Sunday (Dec. 21) at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Joe Lee opened proceedings with a 1:54.2 romp by 6-1 shot Rose Run Woodrow in the first of two $7,500 divisions for […]
CHESTER PA – Khaosan Road overcame a two-move mile that saw him uncovered from late backstretch on, gamely outtrotting Resolve To Win to his left and stablemate Southwind Tyrion to his right to take the $16,000 fast-class handicap trot in 1:53.2 at Harrah’s Philadelphia on “Trottin’ Thursday” (which lived up to its name with six […]
Rising Australian reinsman Jack Callaghan is continuing to make his mark in the United States, adding a third win to his tally with a well-judged drive on Sargeant Sonny at Harrah’s Philadelphia today (Aug 22). The victory came for New Jersey-based trainer Petter Engblom, and brings the 23-year-old’s US record to 50 drives for 3 […]
CHESTER PA – A pair of $12,000 contests, one on each gait, for horses on the ascendancy was featured at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. KNOCKOUT ROUND REPLAY Knockout Round, who showed lines in Adios, Meadowlands Pace, and North America Cup competition, found Sunday’s company more within his abilities, and after quarter-moving and fronting […]
CHESTER PA – The three-year-old Cantab Hall trotting filly Tabdone won her fourth straight race as she took Thursday’s $13,500 feature event at Harrah’s Philadelphia, a neck to the good of Inferno DK. TABDONE REPLAY Looped out of the gate by her Danish rival, Tabdone continued on to the lead by a :28.1 quarter, […]
CHESTER PA – As a sure sign that summer is just around the corner, the season’s first harness racing two-year-olds made the racetrack during Tuesday morning’s qualifying session at Harrah’s Philadelphia: a pair of two-year-old pacing fillies getting their first charted lines. In a race won by the sophomore Ragin Lacey (Lazarus N) in 1:58.1, […]
Chester, PA — Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe), the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year, made her seasonal debut a winning one Sunday (May 25), capturing the $100,000 Grade 3 Betsy Ross Invitational, for older female pacers, by 3-1/4 lengths over My Girl EJ in 1:49.3 at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Valar Dohaeris finished […]
Chester, PA — Aetos Kronos S (Bold Eagle) took the lead from early pacesetter Sir Pinocchio just past the opening quarter then later fended off that pocket-sitting harness racing rival in the stretch to win Sunday’s (May 25) $100,000 Grade 3 Maxie Lee Memorial Invitational, for older trotters, by three-quarters of a length in 1:51 […]
Harness racing videos and results for Harrah’s Philadelphia “Super Sunday” RACE 1 PENNSYLVANIA STALLION SERIES 3 YEAR OLD COLT & GELDING PACE Division 1 of 7 RACE ONE REPLAY _____________________________________________________________________________ RACE 2 PENNSYLVANIA STALLION SERIES 3 YEAR OLD COLT & GELDING PACE Division 2 of 7 RACE 2 REPLAY ______________________________________________________________________ RACE 3 OPEN RACE […]
Amigo Volo (Father Patrick) might not be the same horse who set at least one world record at ages 2, 3, and 4 in addition to capturing two Breeders Crown titles and a Dan Patch Award, but the now 8-year-old trotter is still producing winning harness racing performances and big miles. In 35 races since […]
CHESTER PA – The first qualifying races of the 2025 harness racing season were held at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday morning, over a track rated “good +1.” The very first race of the year saw the Captaintreacherous colt Captain Fear come home in :56 to hold off Meltdown Monte by a nose in 1:55.4 for […]
CHESTER PA – Tim Tetrick did the “driving championship double” – posting the highest win total and best UDR – at Harrah’s Philadelphia for the third consecutive season, but an old rival made things interesting in the first category as the southeast Pennsylvania track closed out its 2024 harness racing season with a twilight Tuesday […]
CHESTER, Pa.— Lee Morris, Tony Beltrami and Cote Keim each collected wins at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Dec. 29) in the last harness racing events for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) in 2024. Morris scored first in the lone division of the AHDC Pace with a pocket-pouncing effort by Tellitsabb (Tellitlikeitis) in 1:55. After […]
CHESTER PA – The Uncle Lasse gelding Tarpon Springs S, a recent import from Sweden, won his second race in as many starts on U.S. soil when he triumphed in the $12,000 featured trot during the next-to-last card of the year at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday. Andy Miller got Tarpon Springs S away in the […]
CHESTER PA – Benjamin Hanover (Sebastian K S), despite being handicapped outside to post seven, just had too much for his opposition easily winning the $15,000 featured fast-class handicap trot on Friday afternoon as Harrah’s Philadelphia began the last week of its 2024 harness racing season. Driver Johnathan Ahle had the gelding up on the […]
CHESTER PA – Harrah’s Philadelphia has a little bit extra to celebrate during this holiday season, as during its Christmas Eve noontime harness racing program, the track handled $1,587,638 – the biggest betting total ever at the southeast Pennsylvania oval. Trainer Joe Bongiorno made a sweep of the two handicap fast–class pacing spotlight races, both […]
CHESTER, Pa.— A trio of $7,500 dashes for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) opened the Sunday (Dec. 22) harness racing card at Harrah’s Philadelphia and saw a different driver win in each division. First to finish first in the first was Yogi Sheridan with 3-5 favorite The Will To Play (Shadow Play) in the […]
CHESTER PA – The Uncle Lasse gelding Tarpon Springs S won his initial United States start after being shipped over from Sweden, taking a $12,000 conditioned trotting harness racing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. It was quite chilly in Philly on Sunday, and driver Corey Callahan looked to have ice water in his […]
CHESTER PA — The four-year-old Sebastian K S gelding Benjamin Hanover, who earlier this season trotted the Harrah’s Philadelphia oval in 1:51.4 for a divisional track record, didn’t quite go that fast winning the $15,000 fast-class handicap feature at the riverside oval on a Friday that saw snow fall through the last third of the […]
CHESTER, Pa.— Raymond Burt and Geovany Hernandez vaulted off pocket rides to win their respective $7,500 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) harness racing divisions at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Dec. 15). Burt bolted with even-money chalk Mister Boinga (Bar Hopping) to take the AHDC Trot in 1:59.2. Mister Boinga stalked tempo-setter Archibald (driven by Geovany […]
CHESTER PA – Whoodle Hanover (Cantab Hall), 20-1 in the morning line but perhaps being aided by the scratch of the two harness racing favorites and three foes in all, capitalized on her situation, making every pole a winning one in capturing the $12,000 featured trot on a cold Sunday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Jim […]
