Sister Christina bounces back

CHESTER PA – The Father Patrick sophomore filly Sister Christina, who had had three wins and two seconds prior to miscuing in her previous start, bounced back in a big way on Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning the $14,400 harness racing featured trot in 1:56.2.

Corey Callahan wanted the lead with Sister Christina and worked most of the :28.3 quarter to wrest the lead from favored Ceffyl Dwr, then rated the half to :58.3.

The filly increased her speed to hit the three-quarters in 1:27, but could not shake off the opposition – indeed, she had several coming at her in the lane, but she found enough to take a three-quarter victory of Ceffyl Dwr, with Givem The Goo, stuck with the tuck-then-first-over journey photoed out of the deuce. Jim Campbell trains the winner for Coyote Wynd Farms.

SISTER CHRISTINA REPLAY

Much of the excitement on the program (which trickled into evening after a 2:05 start to run parallel to the Breeders Cup) was generated by drivers Montrell Teague and George Napolitano Jr., who each brought four horses home first.

The feature on Sunday’s 12:40 card is a $16,200 handicap pace which has gathered a talented group: two horses, Sugartown and J M Mandamin, have already earned over $100,000 this year, and five of the eight entrants have lifetime marks of 1:50 or better, with a sixth at 1:50.1 and a seventh at 1:50.2. Program pages for Sunday’s card are available here.

For full race results, click here.

From the PHHA/Harrah’s Philadelphia