World record holder qualifies at Philly

CHESTER, PA – Beach Cowgirl (Captaintreacherous), a three-year-old harness racing filly, who was undefeated in four starts at two and who won her final 2022 start, her Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship, in a world record 1:50 right here at Harrah’s Philadelphia, made her first racetrack appearance since that extraordinary mile on September 4 and won her Tuesday morning qualifier in 1:52.3.

Joe Bongiorno, driving the fast filly for trainer/sister Jenn and the ownership of Joseph Di Scala Jr., Zippett Racing Stable, Scarlett Stables LLC, and JAF Racing LLC, hustled her right to the top and set fractions of :29.2, :58.1, and 1:26, then rambled home in :26.3 to defeat her contemporary Earthwindfire, a winner of $321.484 and the Kentuckiana stake at two, by 2½ lengths; that pair were 38 lengths ahead of the third horse.

It will be interesting to see how Beach Cowgirl fares at three after her faultless form at two. The first 2023 preliminary for her PA Sire Stakes group is June 4, a week from this coming Sunday, right at Philly.

qualifiers can be seen at the PHHA’s website, www.phha.org. Beach Cowgirl was in race three; a remember that drivers are not necessarily wearing their racing colors in the qualifiers.

For complete qualifier results, click here.

From the PHHA / Harrah’s Philadelphia