A field of eight upper-conditioned level trotters headlined the harness racing card on a stormy Thursday afternoon (July 30) at Harrah's Philadelphia, going for a purse of $18,000.
The race favorite was Bradley Grant's It Really Matters (Brett Miller).
The 4-year-old son of Explosive Matter was coming off of a tough trip, finishing off the board at Pocono in his most recent.
He wasted little time getting into the action today.
Starting from post 4, the Larry Remmen trainee stormed passed second-favorite Pocket Trip (Corey Callahan) just after the opening quarter. He never looked back from that point, going on to win by a length, wrapping up the mile in 1:54.1. Pocket Trip was second, while Charles VII (Marcus Miller) closed from well off the trot to be third.
It was the 11th career win out of 53 starts for It Really Matters, who paid $4.20 to win.