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Sweet On Her zipped to the lead from post six and drew off late to capture Thursday’s $19,800 championship leg of the Margaret Provost Memorial for three-year-old filly trotters at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Voukefalas has given Michael Russo little reason to worry this year and, even after dealing with a back issue that flared up in mid-September, remains a bright spot for the New Jersey-based trainer as he prepares for his Governor’s Cup elimination for two-year-old male pacers on Saturday at The Meadowlands.
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.
They turned for home in a $74,435 division of a Pennsylvania Sire Stake (PaSS) Sunday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and the two favourites were battling – the one with the driver with 14 lifetime wins in North America on the lead, the one with the driver with 12,982 wins coming on.
Sire Stay Hungry swept the two third-preliminary round divisions of the $162,620 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) for two-year-old pacing colts at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Sunday night (Aug. 7), and both divisions were clocked in 1:51.3 over "sloppy" going.