Son of Sportswriter victorious in co-feature

CHESTER PA – A pair of $13,000 paces for fast-class harness racing horses helped bring the week to an end on Sunday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

The division of the feature for males was taken by Mayhem Hanover (Sportswriter), a son of Sportswriter who was piloted by Corey Callahan for trainer Jeff Cullipher, co-owner with Pollack Racing LLC. Mayhem Hanover quarter-moved near the :27.1 initial station, took over from Somebaddude, and then had that rival behind him through splits of :55.1, 1:23, and the final clocking in 1:51.1.

MAYHEM HANOVER REPLAY

In the division for females, the Somebeachsomewhere mare Odds On Whitney showed improved form for trainer Tony Alagna and owners Odds On Racing, taking her first win of the campaign in 1:52.2. Tim Tetrick had the full sister to Papi Rob Hanover in high gear down the backstretch, pacing her third split in :26.2 to surge right to the lead and draw off to an open-length score.

ODDS ON WHITNEY REPLAY

Also featured were a trio of $9900 trots in the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) series for amateur drivers. And yes, it’s a coincidence that the first two letters of AHDC are the first two letters of the last name of 25-year-old Johnathan Ahle, who swept the three events, are the same.

Probably the most popular victory came with the 15-year-old wonder TSM Photo Bugger (S J’s Photo) (allowed to race in amateur events), who wired his field while drawing away late in 1:55.4. The S J’s Photo gelding, trained and leased by Karen Fread, now has 64 career victories and earnings of $891,944.

The other two Ahle successes came with horses trained by Terry Morgan: Drazzmatazz, a 1:57.3 winner for Danbry Racing Inc., and Morgan’s own Lionhead in 1:58.1.

Harrah’s Philadelphia is currently racing on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12:25, and Sunday at 12:40.

For complete race results, click here.

From the PHHA / Harrah’s Philadelphia