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Thebeachiscalling and Always B First took top billing in Wednesday s (May 19) Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies at Harrah s Philadelphia with matching 1:50 miles, while Continualou won the remaining division.
Thebeachiscalling, who had earned $161,196 without winning in the first 10 starts of her career, built on a winning effort last week to take her $50,645 Sire Stakes event in a new mark for Bella Racing Ltd and trainer Chris Ryder. The daughter of Somebeachsomewhere led early before being overpowered by Grace Hill and favourite Blue Diamond Eyes past the :26.4 quarter. Blue Diamond Eyes carried on through fast :54.1 and 1:21.4 middle splits before Andy McCarthy angled outside to challenge on the far turn. Thebeachiscalling moved powerfully on the turn into contention and pushed to the lead in upper stretch. Mikala rallied for second, a neck behind, and Blue Diamond Eyes finished third.
Prompted by a two-day carryover of $8,286.37, Wednesday afternoon s (May 19) Pick-5 at Harrah s Philadelphia will carry a $30,000 guaranteed total pool.
Harrah s Philadelphia, in conjunction with the United States Trotting Association s Strategic Wagering Program, will offer the $30,000 guarantee on the track s mid-card horizontal wager, which spans races five through nine and carries a 50-cent base wager along with a low 18 percent takeout. The sequence includes two of the card s three Pennsylvania Sire Stakes events for three-year-old pacing fillies.
Full-card past performance pages, courtesy the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen s Association, are available on the PHHA website. First post for Wednesday s 14-race card is 12:25 p.m. EDT.
The Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies gets underway Wednesday (May 19) with three divisions at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Among those making seasonal debuts in the event are two stakes-winners from the stable of trainer Ron Burke: Blue Diamond Eyes and Continualou.
Blue Diamond Eyes won last year’s Three Diamonds Stakes and was both the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Kentucky Sire Stakes champion. Continualou closed her 2020 campaign with a 1:50.2 score in the Matron Stakes at Dover Downs that was only one-fifth of a second off the world record for a two-year-old pacing fillies on a five-eighths-mile track.
“I think with a better draw in the Breeders Crown, Blue Diamond Eyes would have had a shot at being the two-year-old filly of the year,” Burke said. “Continualou was unbelievable. She did great early and then hit a little bit of a rough patch. Then she just turned it around at the end of the year. Very rarely do you race a horse back into racing good
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