Harrah's Philadelphia: Tetrick, Donttellmeagain shine in qualifiers

Driver Tim Tetrick was at the top of his game on Tuesday morning at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning five times in 10 qualifiers, including a sweep with four quality-proven performers.

Donttellmeagain, as good as the best FFA pacers when at his best last year, won his second straight 2019 qualifier, this one in 1:51 4/5. The Jim King Jr. trainee, an altered son of Dragon Again, moved out of the pocket down the backstretch and covered each of the last two panels in 27 1/5 to be 2-3/4 lengths clear of Closing Statement, third as a baby in his Breeders Crown event and on the comeback trail. Caviart Ally, a consensus second-best in the 2018 aged mare ranks behind Shartin N (ironically another Tetrick/King horse), came from last to be third, with her own last quarter in 27.

Three-year-old stakes fillies who had had six-figure campaigns at age 2 put in some sharp miles in other events, all under the guidance of the green, yellow, and white. The So Surreal filly So Awesome, a nose shy in her New York Sire Stakes final last year, came home in 27 4/5 to win in 1:54 1/5 for Tetrick and trainer Scott DiDomenico, while the “hometown horse,” Rockin Philly, lowered her freshman record by a tick. The A Rocknroll Dance filly reporting home first in 1:53 1/5 – 27 2/5 for the Donttellmeagain team of Tetrick and King.

Tetrick’s mastery also extended to the trotting fillies, as the Cantab Hall miss Magical Beliefs, a neck shy in her Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship, came out to win at first crack in 1:57 2/5 for Tetrick and trainer Linda Toscano.

-edited release (PHHA/Philadelphia)