Harrah's Philadelphia: Tim Tetrick records 13,000th driving victory

Tim Tetrick became only the seventh North American driver to reach 13,000 career victories when he guided Sir Isaac Newton to the milestone in the fourth race at Harrah's Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon.

The Captaintreacherous-Newborn Sassy (a $1M winner) 2-year-old gelding, co-owned by Tim Tetrick LLC. along with Jo Ann Looney-King and trained by Jim King Jr., had not raced in 35 days, and Tetrick followed the "gravitational" pull of the pylons with Sir Isaac Newton. Tetrick rallied the horse from sixth all the way up the inside, pacing his own back fractions of 54 3/5 - 27 1/5 to post a head victory over Storm The Court in breaking his maiden in 1:53 4/5.

Tetrick, 40, has won seven driving dash titles in the history of Harrah's Philadelphia, and is well ahead this year in the pursuit of his eighth seasonal title. He also has eight local UDR crowns. The countless superstars he has driven have under his guidance earned just shy of $249 million, third on the all-time list.

This was the last Wednesday program of the "regular season" at Harrah's Philadelphia; the track will be cutting back to a three-card-a-week schedule starting next week.

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Some terrific racing will be taken place at Harrah's Philadelphia this Labor Day holiday weekend, starting with the talent-packed "Trottin' Thursday" card, which will have a $2,127.05 carryover into the third race Super Hi-5 bet. On Friday, 2021 Harness Horse of the Year Test Of Faith will make the first betting start of her career at Philly, assigned the outside in a field of six in a $22,500 fast-class distaff pace. And on Sunday, $1.3M will be on the line on Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship Day for 2-year-olds, with $252,000 finals and $50,000 consolations for each of the four freshman groups, along with a $40,000 Invitational pace.

--press release (Harrah's Philadelphia/PHHA)--