WASHINGTON, PA, July 22, 2017 — Done Well did well again, extending his career unbeaten streak to three with an impressive win in Saturday's $159,165 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows. The harness racing event for freshman colt and gelding pacers, known as the Albatross, was contested over three divisions, with Closing Statement and Pedro Hanover taking the other splits. Tim Tetrick enjoyed a PASS double behind Done Well and Pedro Hanover.
Done Well had won two stakes with mid-pack moves, but Tetrick sent him to the front from post 8. It took the entire first quarter for him to pocket Karpathian Kid, but he easily kept him there to down him by 2 lengths in a stake-fastest 1:52 over a sloppy surface. Better Watch Out earned show.
Done Well
The victory contributed to a big day for winning trainer Brian Brown, whose top-ranked 3-year-old, Fear The Dragon, won an Adios elimination later in the card.
"We've had lots of horses in the past who looked great and trained down great," Brown said of the son of Well Said-Dagnabit Hanover. "But this one has never disappointed us. We've loved him from the beginning."
James Stambaugh, Wingfield Brothers, Milt Leeman and Alan Keith campaign Done Well, a $45,000 yearling acquisition.
Closing Statement also was stuck outside during his first panel, but he was strong enough to hold off the previously undefeated Kwik Talkin by a length in 1:52.4 for David Miller. Early leader Lucky Leonard completed the ticket.
"I wasn't worried about the first quarter," said Joe Holloway, who conditions the son of Somebeachsomewhere-Ideal Newton, a $120,000 yearling acquisition for Val D'Or Farms, Rojan Stables and Ted Gewertz. "I thought that was just David waiting until things settled down."
Closing Statement
Pedro Hanover broke stride from post 8 in his last start yet rallied strongly outside to finish third. He was flat and even more powerful from post 8 in the Albatross, plucking off horses to score in 1:52.2 for trainer Andrew Harris and owners Brad Gray and Denise Guerriero.
"That break last time, that was just some green stuff," Tetrick said. "He showed what he could do."
Pedro Hanover
In the $20,000 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace, the pocket-sitting Hawk's Red Chief outkicked his stablemate, Lincolnjames, to beat him by 1-1/2 lengths, with Techtor Hanover third. Yannick Gingras drove for trainer Ron Burke and owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Michelle Tanek. With the victory, the 6-year-old I Scoot Hanover-Fancy Trouble gelding vaulted over $200,000 in career earnings.
Hawk's Red Chief
Dave Palone and Tetrick each collected four wins on the 15-race card.
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