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It is hoped that the Harrah’s Philadelphia racing surface can be as fast on “Super Sunday” as it was on Friday (May 26), when 12 horses took lifetime marks in the 14 races, and three horses were victorious in 1:50.
On Sunday afternoon, Harrah’s Philadelphia will present what is one of the best cards so far in 2023 North American harness racing, with three $100,000 Invitationals, action in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series for the “glamour division” three-year-old pacing colts.
Its Academic trotted the fastest mile over any five-eighths-mile track in North America this year when he won the $20,000 Open Handicap Trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon in 1:51.2.
Features for all types of horses – trotters and pacers, fast-class veterans and developing younger stock – helped close out the racing week at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon.
The pacing powerhouse Ruthless Hanover came within a fifth of a second of the oldest track record on the books at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning the $20,000 Open Handicap Pace for males on Friday (April 21).