Hundred Dollar Man, a pacing colt from the first crop of sire Lather Up, paced in 1:55 for driver Montrell Teague, the regular pilot of Lather Up, and trainer-owner Brenda Teague during the Tuesday (June 13) morning two-year-old qualifiers at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Out of the dam Whirl The Girl, Hundred Dollar Man led at every pole, coming home in :55.2 to win the faster of two events for his division. His time bettered the season’s record that stood at the start of the day; this race went off at 11:05 a.m.
Team Teague also won the other pacing colt section, with Hustle Up, another son of Lather Up out of Hustle Hard, who paced his own back half in :57.2 in hanging up a 1:59.1 final time.
In the companion filly ranks, a familiar combination of driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Jim King Jr. behind a fast distaff sent out Lyons Legend, a daughter of Stay Hungry-Skinny Dip who came from behind with individual back fractions of :55.4-:27.3 to win in 1:57 for Threelyonsracing.
A mention also goes Blue Point (1:57.2, Huntsville-Amber Blue Chip), who now has two successful baby starts under her girth.
Fastest of the two-year-old trotters was Tandem Hanover, a daughter of Walner-Think Twice and thus a full sister to the top stakes colt performer Temporal Hanover ($991,847). She won on the engine in 1:58.3, last half :57.3, for owners William Pollock, Bruce Areman, and A Harris Racing LLC. Driver Andrew McCarthy had four victories with the babies, three of them including this one for trainer Andrew Harris.
The trotting males were led by the Walner-Religuous colt Legal Scholar, another McCarthy-Harris teamup who was victorious in 2:01.1, last half :58.2 for the Pollock-Areman-Harris team which sent out Tandem Hanover; that combination also clicked with pacing filly Donegal Spirit (Captaintreacherous-Lus Illusion), a 1:58.4 winner.
Also worth a mention in the trotting colt division are the Bar Hopping-Southwind Angel gelding Rise, whose 2:02.3 time would be a season’s mark if not beaten before 11:40 a.m., and Greenspan, from the first crop of Greenshoe out of Firm To Stay, a winner in 2:02.2.
(PHHA / Harrah's Philadelphia)