A field of eight upper-conditioned level pacers battled in the featured harness racing event on Sunday at Harrah's Philadelphia.
Favored Sweet Rock (Brett Miller) was in search of his fifth straight win. The 4-year-old son of Rocknroll Hanover was coming off of a 1:51.2 clocking in his most recent effort at Dover Downs.
At the start, it was the Julie Miller trainee Exit Cam (Andy Miller) who took the lead, with Sweet Rock securing the pocket. Sweet Rock vacated the pocket immediately after the quarter to re-take command, getting to the half in :56.4 (:29 2nd quarter).
After battling with millionaire pacer Dial Or Nodial (Dave Miller), Sweet Rock opened up at the top of the stretch, winning by a diminishing length in 1:52:1.
Dial Or Nodial finished second, while Exit Cam was third.
The Wayne Givens trainee now has nine wins of thirty-eight career starts.
He is owned by Legacy Racing of Delaware, Reginald Hazzard, and G P Calloway. He paid $5.00 to win.
Michael Bosch