Lyons Stealth News Today

Alexandra Goldin's pacer Marco Beach not only wired the field in Sunday's featured $10,959 Winners Over Pace at Shenandoah Downs, but he shattered the previous track record by two-fifths of a second when he crossed the finish line three lengths the best in 1:51.4.

Pennsylvania champion Fulton became the fastest two-year-old ever at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows when he steamed to a 1:49.4 victory in Friday’s $82,500 Keystone Classic. Lyons Stealth sprang a 7-1 upset in the other division of the stakes for freshman colt and gelding pacers.

Harrah’s Philadelphia hosted its richest racing card of the year on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 4) with $1.3 million on the line in four $252,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships for two-year-olds, their complementary $50,000 consolations, and a $40,000 Invitational among many other overnight events.

Annapolis Hanover quarter-poled to the point, then cruised to his fifth straight victory — and third in Pennsylvania Sires Stakes competition — in Friday’s $160,618 PASS at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

Ervin Hanover is now a double Pennsylvania Sire Stakes winner in his young career after capturing his $81,110 division of the second prelim for two-year-old pacing males Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.