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With late-developing youngsters coming to Harrah’s Philadelphia from every direction, the southeast Pennsylvania track featured four $12,600 events, two on each gait, that could serve as steppingstones to nearby future glory. The meet’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, guided a feature winner on each gait during a day which would see him win five races overall. On the pacing side, where both headliners were limited to males, The Cookie Monster gobbled favoured pacesetter Rockin Rocko late to be along in 1:52.4 over what was then a “sloppy +2” surface. The son of American Ideal, unraced at two and three, has now won half his ten lifetime starts, with Tetrick driving and Scott Di Domenico doing the training for JFE Enterprise LLC. ....
A trio of $11,200 contests for developing horses opened a five-day racing week at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Wednesday (April 28). In the first of the contests for pacing males, the gelded son of Mr Wiggles Nextmovebestmove remained undefeated in four starts, chopping down the well-regarded leader Rockin Rocko while lowering his lifetime best to 1:51.2. Montrell Teague drove the Clyde Francis trainee, improving by the race, for George Teague Jr. Inc. and David Collins. In the other headliner section for sidewheelers, most bettors thought one of the McCarthy brothers would win–but they thought it would be Todd McCarthy behind 1-10 shot Shakespeare. However, it proved to be brother Andrew getting the victory with the Sweet Lou three-year-old colt Tapped Teen in a career best of 1:52.3, coming out of the pocket to wear down the big chalk for owner-trainer Aaron Lambert. ....