Fearful Intent controls tempo, cruises to victory

CHESTER PA – The gray Fear The Dragon gelding Fearful Intent, a 30+% winner both this year and lifetime, got a fairly easy half on the lead then dashed home to win the $13,000 featured handicap fast-class pace in 1:51.2 at Harrah’s Philadelphia Sunday afternoon.

FEARFUL INTENT REPLAY

Tim Tetrick left well from post two with Fearful Intent and soon had everybody looking for spots along the rail, then put up somewhat pedestrian (for these) splits of :27.3 and :56.2. Lyons Steel, a noted lover of the Philly surface who had to tuck third from an outer post upon returning to the local oval, went up uncovered and battled hard with the leader past the 1:24 three-quarters and down the stretch, but Fearful Intent still had a :27.2 kicker in him to keep that foe at bay by a length.

Pollack Racing LLC owns the winner, 11-for-31 this season and 32-for-105 lifetime. Fearful Intent was driven by track leader Tim Tetrick, one of three scores for Tetrick as he took the day’s sulky honors. Trainer Jeff Cullipher was the only conditioner to record a double.

Co-featured was a $12,000 pace for developing males, won by the Captain Crunch three-year-old colt Dreamlandcappucino in 1:54.4. Tyler Miller got the sophomore, trained and owned by Sergio Lozada, to the lead in a :28.2 quarter, then was content to yield to favored In The Moonlight, who got a breather to a :58.2 half. The price of pacing went on sharply nearing midbackstretch as Miller vacated the pocket and dashed to the lead in a 1:26.3 three-quarters, and from there Dreamlandcappucino held off Stay Focused, who had taken up the uncovered chase when the winner went by, by three quarters of a length, with In The Moonlight lasting for the show dough.

The first Thursday card since the track refurbishment earlier this month will take place at 1 p.m. as Philly’s next live presentation, and it finds the “Trottin’ Thursday” group of fast diamondgaiters reassembled, with a solid crew in the $13,000 handicap feature. There will also be a carryover into the fifth race Pick 5 wagering pool. Free Philly program pages are or will be available at www.phha.org.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

From the PHHA / Harrah’s Philadelphia